Fans of Buffy, Felicity, Charmed, Dawson's Creek, et al should be pleased with Life UneXpected, CW's quirky dramedy that is set to kick off January 18th. A source tells E! Online that LUX, which is also the name of the series' Juno-like little heroine, is "great" and is "very WB" - that is, the CW prior to the merger with UPN, which successfully launched such shows as Roswell, Popular, Gilmore Girls, and Everwood.
"[Life UneXpected is] cute and well-written as Privileged without the usual CW rich people," adds the source.
Life UneXpected, of course, stars a bunch of people from WB shows, including Shiri Appleby who's from
Roswell and Kerr Smith who played Jack McPhee on
Dawson's Creek.
The Funton Critic agrees, calling it "old school WB in the best possible way."
Life UneXpected, it adds, is the "sappiest and the smartest show to come out the netlet to date" because it is "effortlessly charming, stunningly empathetic and an all around a joy to watch."
On the series, 15-year-old Lux (Britt Robertson), who pretty much lived from one foster family to another, finally wants to be emancipated so she finds her birth parents - Baze (Kristoffer Polaha), who owns a bar and lives like an aged fratboy and Cate Cassidy (Appleby), a star on a local morning radio show with real-life boyfriend Ryan (Smith).
Things are supposed to go one way, but a judge unexpectedly decides that Lux isn't quite ready to be emancipated so she grants temporary joint custody to the two, who in turn agree to put the past behind and at least give Lux the family she deserves.
Life UneXpected premieres in January 18 on the CW.
Source:
E! Online
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