Zits

This is interesting. CBS apparently picked up the rights to Jerry Scott's and cartoonist Jim Borgmann's popular comic strip, Zits. The live-action comedy explores the life of 16-year old Jeremy Duncan and his comical relationship with his parents.

I love this comic strip. It's funny, witty, and oh-so-true. My slacker of a brother specially gets a kick out of it. Every time he reads it in the newspaper he just screams "MY! LIFE! MY FUCKIN LIFE!"

So the question now is...can this brilliant concept translate well into TV? Much of my reservation for this stems from the fact that Zits works best in small doses. The jokes are short, quick, and funny. But for a half-hour show, there's a huge chance that it'll just turn out whiny and annoying.

The only upside to this is that, if they really follow the vein of the comic strip, we might finally be able to see a teen-oriented show that depicts high school life realistically: bad clothes, mediocrity, and omg zits.

Oh CW, I love the way you lie...