It looks like our will-they wont-they couple Cappie and Casey are getting serious – it’s time to meet his hippie parents!

Lea Thompson, of Caroline in the City and Back to the Future fame has been cast as Cappie’s mother, April and Jim Abele (24) will play his father, Tobias in the upcoming second half of the third season.

via EW:
“Meeting his parents will have a big impact on Casey,” says a Greek insider, adding that the modern-day hippies will appear during the second half of the show’s upcoming 10-episode cycle (debuting Jan. 25).

I think this is some good casting, especially that they decided to name the father Tobias (all Arrested Development fans know what I mean!)

I just looked at last nights TV ratings and what occurs to me? Other than The Office, all of the shows that I watch on a Thursday are not doing so well ratings-wise so I decided that I would write this post, looking at how the shows that I watch are doing creatively vs. their ratings.

Today’s Post: NBC Thursday Night Comedies.

Community
Creatively – 4 (out of 5) stars – My new favorite show of the Fall season. It’s completely crazy and the characters are mostly unrelatable but I like that. It’s what attracted me to my favorite TV family, the Bluth’s of Arrested Development. If they keep developing the characters like they have been lately it’ll keep getting funnier.
Ratings – 2 stars – a 2.1 rating last night and around 5 million viewers. It and Parks & Rec have already been given a back 9 pickup so that’s not a worry. Will need to work on that to get a sophomore season.

Parks and Recreation:
Creatively – 4 stars - I love this show. Like a schoolchild, this show seems to have been revitalised by the break and fine tuned the characters so that they complement each other. I loved last nights episode and that they have shown that Tom has feelings, which has lacked thus far.
Ratings – 2 stars – not great. Last night they posted a 2.1 18-49 rating which is poor, even by NBC standards. The good news is that they’re up vs. the beginning of the year. Will probably need to gain an extra 500,000 viewers in that demographic to have a chance at a 3 season.

The Office
Creatively – 3 stars – I really don’t know about this season. I loved the wedding and ‘The Lover’ but the others haven’t really thrilled me. I’m not sure whether i’m burnt out on the main characters and need to see more of the others. Jims promotion isn’t working for me at all.
Ratings – 5 stars – It wouldn’t be five stars on CBS or FOX, but a consistent 4.2 rating (which is double parks&rec and community) is exactly what the network needs. It is number 2 for NBC in primetime, behind only Sunday Night Football.

30 Rock
Creatively – 3 stars – Although it has only been 3 episodes, I’m not loving this season so far. Sure they have some good one-liners but one liners do not make a show. They need to make Liz the ’straight man’ again, which seems to have gotten further and further away since the beginning of last season. Plus, the side stories aren’t that great either.
Ratings – 3 stars – A 3.0 rating last night. Not bad, but not great either. Will be safe for another season if the numbers continue in that way.

Next Up: How I Met Your Mother/ Cougar Town/ Greek

So there’s a plane bearing towards Wisteria Lane and now we know who the pilot who crashes it is.

The Simpsons star Dan Castellaneta, (the voice of Homer Simpson), will be taking on the role of the pilot that crashes a small plane in Fairview during the midseason finale of Desperate Housewives on December 6.

Castellaneta has recently guest starred on Greek as Rusty and Dale’s professor in the ABC Family show.