[anaron]

http://www.hbo.com/girls/index.html

WATCH THE PILOT ON YOUTUBE

Trailer - Extended version.

Premieres Sunday April 15th.

Created by and starring Lena Dunham ("Tiny Furniture") the show is a look at the assorted humiliations and rare triumphs of a group of girls in their 20s. Dunham wrote and directed the pilot which she executive produces along with Judd Apatow and Jenni Konner. The cast also includes Adam Driver Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet and Allison Williams. The 10 episodes were all shot in New York.

Reviews:

88 on Metacritic.

Tim Goodman: 'Girls' Is Brilliant Gem For HBO

Entertainment Weekly/Ken Tucker: A

Sepinwall: HBO's 'Girls' brilliantly channels Lena Dunham's comic voice

Maureen Ryan: Lena Dunham's Frank And Fearless Debut

Televisionary @ The Daily Beast: HBO’s ‘Girls’ Is the Best New TV Show of 2012

Newsday: A-

- USA Today: The scruffy side of the city

Happily, what adults may notice is a refreshing lack of pretense in Dunham's work. She's not claiming to be the voice of her generation (an idea she dismisses in a joke) or pretending that her generation has a monopoly on wisdom or problems. She's simply writing what she knows, and incredibly well.

- Time: Brave New Girls

It's raw, audacious, nuanced and richly, often excruciatingly funny.

- Salon.com: “Girls” lives up to the hype

[AwesomeSauce]

HBO?

I'll give anything they produce a shot :-)

[Kabouter]

Trailer looks pretty cool, will check this out.

[daffy]

lol, I was tossing up making a thread on Sunday. It looks fun, its gotten some exciting praise from the first 3 eps. Looking forward to it.

[Keyser Soze]

There will probably be only one girl left by the end of season 1

[bodyboarder]

Will watch.

[Dennis]

I will give the first episode a watch and see if it is for me.

Edit: girl number 2 is hot

[BeeDog]

Despite the early critical acclaim, the trailer does absolutely nothing for me. Might give the first episode a shot, but it looks like I'm sticking to Eastbound & Down for my HBO comedy.

[Timbuktu]

hmm... so this is the new Miranda July? Looks like it might be good, but also might be annoying

[gimmmick]

HBO has another hit on there hands.

[Funky Papa]

I find immensely troubling that I'm a male in my 30's and seem to fit perfectly in the show's demographic.

I swear to God one day I'm going to sprout a vagina.

[Swag]

Will be checking this out, love that guy that was in Bridesmaids

[Peru]

I find immensely troubling that I'm a male in my 30's and seem to fit perfectly in the show's demographic. I swear to God one day I'm going to sprout a vagina.

Gilmore Girls is a top 5 drama series for me.

[daffy]

I find immensely troubling that I'm a male in my 30's and seem to fit perfectly in the show's demographic. I swear to God one day I'm going to sprout a vagina.

Feels good man (well except for that one thing..) the vagina fairy is keeping tabs on you.

Here are the details on the first three episodes:

1. "Pilot"

Hannah (Lena Dunham), a 24-year-old aspiring writer living in New York City, is blindsided when her parents (Becky Ann Baker, Peter Scolari) cut her off financially. Subsequently fired from her unpaid internship, she seeks comfort in Adam (Adam Driver), the eccentric actor she sometimes sleeps with when she can get him to respond to her texts. Meanwhile, Hannah’s best friend and Type-A roommate, Marnie (Allison Williams), hosts a dinner party for their bohemian British friend Jessa (Jemima Kirke), who’s returned from god-knows-where to move in with Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet), Jessa’s younger, “Sex and the City”-obsessed cousin.

2. "Vagina Panic"

Hannah reveals her “Forest Gump”-induced AIDS phobia when she realizes Adam might not be practicing monogamy. Marnie lives in denial of her growing boredom with (and sexual repulsion by) her long-term boyfriend, Charlie (Chris Abbott); Jessa avoids Marnie’s meticulously planned day at a women’s health clinic, where Shoshanna confesses a humiliating secret.

3. "All Adventurous Women Do"

Hannah meets up with her erstwhile college flame to find out how she contracted HPV, uncovering much more in the process. Marnie’s art-gallery boss introduces her to a cocky artist who piques her interest, while Jessa gets a babysitting gig.

[Danielsan]

Will probably check this out, but, and I know this is incredibly shallow, the lead actress' looks really put me off.

[Greyface]

Who the hell puts mobile page links in the OP?

Will probably check this out, but, and I know this is incredibly shallow, the lead actress' looks really put me off.

You consider them ugly? Or not sufficiently beautiful?

[Sirpopopop]

I am very hyped for this show.

I don't know why.

[anaron]

Who the hell puts mobile page links in the OP?

Excuse you.

I made the OP on my phone that's why. lol

[brianjones]

finally a show about girls

[Messofanego]

I guess I should see Tiny Furniture?

Can't be as annoying as Miranda July, right?

[Stumpokapow]

Who the hell puts mobile page links in the OP?

People starting threads on their phone? Is that really that unusual?

[Ken Masters]

20 something's living in NYC, how incredibly original

[Yami]

Chris O'Dowd yeahhhhhh!

[Peru]

20 something's living in NYC, how incredibly original

"Mafias, how original", "cops, how original". It's about the execution, isn't it? Thankfully not all shows are high concept.

[AdventureRacing]

20 something's living in NYC, how incredibly original

What are you comparing it to? I've seen shows about 20 something's living in NYC but this looks different and it actually looks well done.

[entrement]

20 something's living in NYC, how incredibly original

It seems they are actually in their 20s, though.

[Ken Masters]

The last HBO 20 something's NYC show on HBO was how to make it in America, and that was just cringe worthy

[Danielsan]

You consider them ugly? Or not sufficiently beautiful?

Just find the lead girl highly unattractive. That arm tattoo isn't helping.

[GK86]

Giving it a shot, kinda liked the trailer.

[Stumpokapow]

20 something's living in NYC, how incredibly original

You'd have to be pretty tone-deaf to think you can assess a show based on its premise without evaluating its tone.

Seinfeld is "a sitcom about friends". Friends is "a sitcom about friends". Seinfeld has a neurotic, quintessentially New York tone, and a cold-almost-cruel detachment from its characters wellbeing. Friends has a very warm, caring attachment to its main characters and a very broad slice-of-life feel with a moralistic element. I'm not a skilled critic--that's what immediately came to my head in ten seconds.

Law and Order is "a drama about cops and criminals". The Wire is "a drama about cops and criminals". Law and Order plays as a procedural with limited serial elements, very scattershot and normally headline-grabbing social commentary if any, and an emphasis on the police characters. The Wire plays as a serial drama that focuses very specifically on Baltimore, The War on Drugs, and the social decay associated with gangs--with equal emphasis on the police characters as the criminal characters.

What makes this show distinct from How I Met Your Mother or Sex in the City? I've seen two minutes of this show and I can give you an easy answer. This show focuses on significantly less affluent characters, it focuses on significantly less self-assertive characters, it has neurotic elements, it's very clearly describing a post-2000 "emerging adulthood" generation (IE boomerang generation) of young adults who fail to launch or launch and fail. It's got a comic feel most similar to Apatow's stable of work. How is it different from How to Make It in America? While HTMIIA was aspirational in some respects, this seems more self-aware and almost ironic in how the characters present themselves as clueless punching bags.

I have no idea if it will be a good show or not, but it's not unoriginal simply because many other shows involve 20-somethings in NYC.

[BrLvgThrChmstry]

The last HBO 20 something's NYC show on HBO was how to make it in America, and that was just cringe worthy

It really is all about 'execution'. But my problem, this show doesn't look to be doing anything different on the surface, I guess we'll see. Admittedly, I do watch "I just want my pants back" if its on...

If nothing else, it'll be a more convenient method of wandering through Brooklyn. As I'm sure its probably based and filmed there per usual.

[AwesomeSauce]

Just want to chime in and say I loved How to make it in America. Still sad that it's gone :-(

It has its haters, but those who enjoy the show absolutely love it.

[JCtheMC]

Hope the show isn´t as Lena-centric as the trailer was. I wouldn´t mind her becoming a Carrie (Sex and the City) like character in terms of focus, as long as the others get enough screen time.

[Dennis]

finally a show about girls

not sure if serious

Most tv seems aimed at girls/women these days. Especially crappy reality crap.

[giga]

Fun fact: that second one in the OP is Allison Williams, the daughter of anchor Brian Williams.

She can also sing. Mad Men fans should know her from her rendition of "A Beautiful Mine": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEj0z0maxzM

[Ken Masters]

It really is all about 'execution'. But my problem, this show doesn't look to be doing anything different on the surface, I guess we'll see. Admittedly, I do watch "I just want my pants back" if its on... If nothing else, it'll be a more convenient method of wandering through Brooklyn. As I'm sure its probably based and filmed there per usual.

IJWMPB on MTV is insufferable. To me it feels like someone who has never stepped foot in NYC writes a show on what he thinks NYC is based on every stereotype he's ever heard.

[Rash]

Will probably check this out, but, and I know this is incredibly shallow, the lead actress' looks really put me off.

I think that's kind of the point. The girl is extremely average, which makes her relatable. It's nice to not be bombarded with overly pretty women in TV and movies.

Sometimes you just have to challenge yourself when it comes to entertainment. In my experience, a good challenge leads to better payoff. It's why my tastes in shows, films, and especially music have shifted away from the stuff that focuses mostly on surface qualities.

I will agree that even some average girls are at least fun to look at, and this one has a blandness to her. But I've only seen the trailer so it's not my place to judge.

[tycoonheart]

Sex and the City the early years?

[dokish]

HBO? I'll give anything they produce a shot :-)

First post nailed it.

[Stumpokapow]

Sex and the City the early years?

No, Sex and the City The Early years is being made by the CW right now. It's called "The Carrie Diaries".

[Cornballer]

Early reviews have been great. I'll give it a shot along with Veep.

[tycoonheart]

No, Sex and the City The Early years is being made by the CW right now. It's called "The Carrie Diaries".

Surely you jest Mr. Stump.

[Stumpokapow]

Surely you jest Mr. Stump.

[Old Lace]

What's up with HBO and these short seasons? I can understand 10 episodes for something like Game of Thrones, but you would think a half hour comedy would get 12 or 13 episodes a season.

[Ken Masters]

What's up with HBO and these short seasons? I can understand 10 episodes for something like Game of Thrones, but you would think a half hour comedy would get 12 or 13 episodes a season.

Probably a budget issue

[shanshan310]

HBO? I'll give anything they produce a shot :-)

yup yup.

[mescalineeyes]

Fun fact: that second one in the OP is Allison Williams, the daughter of anchor Brian Williams. She can also sing. Mad Men fans should know her from her rendition of "A Beautiful Mine": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEj0z0maxzM

Words can not properly express the atrocity that is this video.

Show looks amazing though, especially seeing how it's HBO. I actually don't mind the premise either, as, between Seinfeld and Sex and the Coty there's still enough ground to cover for a show to be fairly original.

[ThisWreckage]

The trailer and theme of this show does nothing for me.

[dead souls]

My hype level is through the roof for this show. I loved Tiny Furniture.

[aku:jiki]

Wow at dat photoshopping in the poster. Not one of them look like themselves! The girl with the arm tattoo isn't even kinda close to how she actually looks.

Looks like all right. Humor doesn't seem like my thing, but the tattoo girl is adorably sweet (if, yes, unattractive) so I might like it anyway.