The start of every school year marks the start of a new crop of TV shows. We all know some are keepers and others should have never been aired.  Here are the new TV shows to watch (or avoid) this year.

“Go On:” Mathew Perry plays Ryan King, a radio personality who is forced to attend grief counseling after his wife dies.

Critique: Perry is entertaining, fun and energetic. The other attendees at the counseling sessions are likable, albeit weird, and fit in perfectly.

I enjoyed the complex characters and the story line, where emotions were constantly changing. One second it’s  heart-warming and funny, the next it’s serious and depressing.

The only negative thing is the show’s predictability. It’s about a spirited, yet troubled, man who helps a group of severely depressed misfits figure out how to love again. I’ve seen that before.

Rating: 3 of 5 stars.

Student  Review: “It’s pretty funny,” said junior James Sirota. “Matthew Perry is a good actor.”

For fans of: “Friends,” “Everybody Loves Raymond”

“The Mindy Project:” Mindy Kaling plays a sweet, self conscious doctor who juggles the pressures of dating and being a medical professional.

Critique: This show was very cute. Kaling was likeable, unlike the rest of the cast. One of Kaling’s fellow doctors, played by Chris Messina, is routinely hooking up with Kaling while another, played by Ed Weeks, is constantly taking jabs at her.

None of her co-workers or friends have any personality, leaving Kaling to make the show funny with her charmingly naive sense of humor.

This will definitely get old, especially because Kaling isn’t funny enough to carry a show. I will not be revisiting this show for the rest of the fall season.

Rating: 3 of 5 stars.

Student Review: “‘The Mindy Project’ was really cute because Mindy Kaling was really outspoken,” said sophomore Taylor Carraway.

For fans of: “The Big Bang Theory”

“The New Normal:” Young mother Goldie Clemmons (Georgia King) decides to become an egg donor for a gay couple, David Murray (Justin Bartha) and Brian Collins (Andrew Rannells), and starts her life anew with her daughter, the couple, and her racist grandmother (Ellen Barkin).

Critique: I had high expectations for this show. It’s made by the creators of “Glee” and it looked really funny. In fact, it was, but only to some extent.

The grandmother single- handedly ruins the show for me. I don’t necessarily enjoy racy humor, but I have a high tolerance for it.

This show took racy to a new level. It was riddled with more racial and homosexual slurs than I have heard in a lifetime.

The gay couple was sweet, and King’s character was likeable. Maybe if Barkin’s character wasn’t shouting horrible racist comments throughout the entire show I could actually get into it.

I didn’t enjoy the show itself, and in the end it left me feeling extremely uncomfortable.

Rating: 1 of 5 stars.

Student Review: “This is like a weird rip off of ‘Modern Family,’” said sophomore Shalaka Phadnis.

For fans of: “Glee”