Summetime, and the L.A. TV's Easy

This summer's crop of original series pretty much all take place in Los Angeles, and all revolve around people with money and/or good tans, so says the Chicago Sun-Times.

(Of course, this fall's new batch of shows all seem to take place in San Francisco. I'm not sure that's a fair trade).

Writes the paper:

There are "John From Cincinnati" (rich kid goes surfing), "Sunset Tan" (upscalers go tanning!), "Californication" (novelist with child) and "Traveler" (rich kids on the lam). Already on: "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" (Hollywood, behind the scenes); "On the Lot" (rich execs auditioning filmmakers), and "The Simple Life" (Paris Hilton and pal).

The story collapses in a predictable "network execs avoid 'the rest of America'" complaint after that.