In these tough economic times, there's been a noticeable theme of penny-pinching floating across network television. Sons of Tucson, a mid-season entry from FOX, stars Tyler Labine (Reaper) as Ron, a down-on-his-luck schmo who is recruited by three kids to play their dad. Their father is in prison for some kind of financially-related crime, so they move to Arizona where he keeps a house. They need to get accepted into school so that people don't ask questions, and that's where Ron comes in. Yes, in this show, the kids are responsible, while the 30-something is the slob. And a desperate one ...

Sons of Tucson is not Fox’s answer to the hardcore motorcycle drama Sons of Anarchy on FX. It’s an unorthodox family comedy where three boys hire a slacker (Tyler Labine) to play their guardian so that child services won’t separate them. One of the boys, Matthew Levy, previewed some of the hilarity to come.

“Without giving it away, the sort of things that we get into, on their own, even if we didn’t have the incredible cast we did, they are just so funny,” Levy said. “The situations that we get tied up in while we’re trying to evade child services and put on this façade of being a perfect ...

January and the coming months are full of returning TV favorites and a few new series worth checking out. The new season of "The Bachelor" premiered last night, "American Idol" arrives next week, and the last season of "Lost" kicks off in February. Check out our guide of what's what in the next few months:

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The Bachelor: On The Wings Of Love Jan. 5 ABC

Pilot Jake Pavelka seeks his soulmate.

The Biggest Loser Jan. 6 NBC

Season nine is a couple's season, and teams are made up of moms and daughters, husbands and wives, best friends and more. The shocker for the prem...