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# Fugs and Fabs: The NBC Upfronts
- URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/fugs-and-fabs-the-nbc-upfronts-05-2013/
- Published: 2013-05-14T15:00:54.000Z
- Updated: 2013-06-11T17:39:09.000Z
- Author: Heather
- Tags: Fugs and Fabs, Photos, upfronts, #wp, #wp-post, #hasslideshow, #Import 2026-10-07 07:35

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If NBC had canceled *Parenthood* or *Parks and Rec* for any of the shows on display at upfronts, I would have GONE INSANE FROM RAGE. [The Michael J. Fox comedy might be okay, maybe; the others seem resoundingly average, if not bad](https://www.vulture.com/2013/05/nbc-new-sitcom-michael-j-fox.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). *The Blacklist* is basically James Spader chortling for an hour (and, Jess pointed out, full of a bunch of people doing that thing I HATE where they fake-type but forget to hit the space bar, like, JUST TYPE YOUR NAME OVER AND OVER AND IT WILL LOOK MORE BELIEVABLE), although you know I will probably tune in for that a couple times because James Spader chortling for any length of time is weirdly hypnotic. *Dracula* looks nonsensical, and I don't understand why Jonathan Rhys-Meyers couldn't just be BRITISH because instead he occasionally sounds like he's holding his breath while constipated. And *Ironside*... [just watch](https://www.vulture.com/2013/05/here-are-nbcs-new-dramas.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). I kid you not, there is a line where some says to Detective Blair Underwood Ironside, "Dammit, there are PROCEDURES to be FOLLOWED," and then later there is the cliched line about how He Has A Different Perspective From Down There (Which Is In His Wheelchair, In Case You Missed It). I love Blair Underwood, but Jessica is right: That entire reel felt like the lines were written in the hopes that David Caruso would pop by and rip off his sunglasses.

\[Photos: Getty\]