Life > September 22, 2006

By Kell Wilson

Asst. Life editor

Six Degrees

If you’re planning to watch the season premiere of Grey’s Anatomy, you might want to stay tuned afterwards to see the series premiere of J.J. Abrams’s new show, Six Degrees.

Based on the theory that any individual can be connected to any other person through a series of six people, the show focuses on the lives of six New Yorkers as they struggle with personal dilemmas.

This show has the potential of being a big hit or white noise. The idea of everyone in the world being connected in some way has always been an intriguing concept, and coupled with romance and humor, Six Degrees fits the requirements for modern day primetime.

Yet Six Degrees seems to lack the central conflict that people want in their drama shows today. Each character may have their own personal crises, but as of yet, there is no single overriding problem.

If the creators can eventually merge all of the personal complications into one main dilemma that encompasses each character, then the show will definitely be successful.

That point being how people can affect others they don’t even know. Be sure to tune in to ABC at 10 p.m. on Sept. 21 to catch the Six Degrees series premiere.

Heroes

If you’re a fan of X-men, then you will probably love NBC’s new TV series Heroes.  The show follows six main characters around the world. Each character wakes up one day to realize that he or she has supernatural powers.

At the same time a genetics professor is trying to investigate the disappearance of his father, who may be the reason why these people have powers in the first place. The antagonist of the series is a politician who wants to harness the supernatural DNA for himself. Their inevitable destiny is, of course, to save the world.

The plot may sound clich