10 Shows That Should Inspire the New FOX Comedy ‘Enlisted’
Military-themed comedies were once a staple of network TV and FOX will try to revive the genre this fall with Enlisted, premiering Friday, November 8. The show stars Geoff Stults, Chris Lowell and Parker Young as three brothers serving together in the same platoon at a small Florida Army base.
Early clips suggest a show with a debt to Stripes: Stults is charged with shaping up Rear Detachment unit, portrayed as a crew of misfits that happens to include his two brothers. There’s an exasperated commanding officer, played by the great Keith David (Platoon)
By our count, it’s been at least twenty years since the networks tried this kind of thing and almost forty since military comedies were a regular viewing option. So we made a list of ten shows that the Enlisted crew can use either as inspiration or as cautionary tales about how terribly things might go wrong.
There are a few show you might think are missing from the list, so let’s explain why we left them out.
M*A*S*H is sort of a category unto itself and it’s not really about enlisted men and women. That doesn’t mean it’s not great.
Hogan’s Heroes is also funny but it’s set in a POW camp.
F Troop is set in the 19th century and doesn’t really fit with the modern training theme of most of these shows.
So, here are ten military-themed shows that could provide a roadmap for Enlisted. The first three are all great role models and the rest offer some cautionary tales for the show.
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