TV
Big Events: iZombie (March 17, The CW; March 18, Shomi); One Big Happy (March 17, NBC)
Big Picture: iZombie, based on a critically acclaimed comic book, is Veronica Mars meets Night of the Living Dead meets Medium. Rose McIver stars as Olivia, a quirky, sarcastic, crime-solving zombie who passes for a live woman. She works as a med student at a coroner’s office — which doubles as her favourite fast food outlet. When Olivia eats the brain of a fresh corpse, she also digests some of the deceased’s thoughts and memories. (In Canada, it is also available via streaming on Shomi). Meanwhile, on One Big Happy, a lesbian, her best friend and the father of her baby, and his whirlwind-wedding newbie wife move in together. Hilarity ensues? Producer Ellen DeGeneres certainly hopes so. Elisha Cuthbert, Nick Zano and Kelly Brook co-star.
Forecast: These two shows could be trendsetters. By 2016, I predict a sitcom about a lesbian werewolf living with the zombie father-to-be, his best friend and her ex-lover.