Scream Queens
 

The people who brought us Glee and American Horror Story are bringing out a comedy horror TV series this fall called "Scream Queens." It centers around the secrets and murders of members of the Kappa Kappa Theta sorority house. The plot centers around a "1995 pledge gone wrong and someone who is out for vegenance." Jamie Lee Curtis is playing the Dean.

I'm probably going to hell for watching this, but I sort of can't wait. It has the potential to be really, really funny. I haven't been this happy to hear about a new show since I heard that Buffy the Vampire Slayer was being turned into a TV series.

http://www.fox.com/scream-queens

http://www.tvguide.com/news/scream-q...excited-about/

Interesting- I could never get on board with American Horror Story but will check out Scream Queens.

I will probably check this out as well. I hadn't heard of it, but it looks interesting enough to investigate.

I got to see a sneak preview in a movie theatre last week. I love American Horror Story and the first few seasons of Glee, but was unimpressed with the first episode of this. First, why use Kappa Kappa Tau and the nickname Kappa - it looks so much like Kappa Kappa Gamma!

There are also things that I know Greek Chatters would enjoy, like a girl wearing her mother's badge to recruitment! My friend didn't understand why that was strange, but can you imagine?

Oh no! :( I like AHS and I liked the first couple of seasons of Glee so I was hoping this might be good too. I'm still going to check it out though.

That's the point of using KKT. I can definitely see how viewers might find that more entertaining than having random letters.

That would be bizarre! Hahaha, I like that little detail. :p

I'm sure it's going to be terrible on the details of Greek life. I am a lawyer married to a nurse, though, so I am used to everything being wrong on TV.

Just saw an ad for this. I'm sure I'll get sucked in and watch it. :D

Just saw the promo trailer on Fox for Scream Queens. I had to rewind it several times to make sure the front of the house said KKT and not KKG!

http://www.fox.com/watch/519670339756/7740238848

Reminder bump! This show starts tonight. I think it looks campy and fun.

I'm generally not a fan of Ryan Murphy's stuff. We'll see.

I've watched most, if not all, of Ryan Murphy's stuff - "Nip/Tuck", "Glee", "American Horror Story".

I hope "Scream Queens" doesn't rely too much on stereotypes, although since it's for entertainment purposes, it likely will. I mean, who would watch a TV show about young women raising money for a philanthropy?

It was stereotype central. It was farce and not parody territory. Someone I know IRL dropped it after ten minutes.

Unfortunately, it was SLOW farce. If you're going to do farce, it should move a lot more briskly than Scream Queens moved for the premiere. They really need to step up the pace.

It was...not good, for many reasons. Mainly because it was stereotypical of everyone, and not in a smart, satirical way. Emma Roberts cannot carry a show and Jamie Lee Curtis was the best part of the episodes.

That’s disappointing. I ended not watching it because my husband wanted to watch the new Muppets (which unfortunately, I thought was just “meh”), and the DVR was being used to record something else.


Assuming it’s available OnDemand, I still might check it out. It’s supposed to rain all weekend anyway.

I have not seen it yet, but the friends I heard from thought it was funny.

Just found out it looks like Fox is re-broadcasting Tuesday night’s episodes tonight, so I might either watch, or maybe even DVR so I can watch over the weekend and skip through commercials.

I watched it on Hulu last night. I've already decided who I think the murderer will be and what plot twists will be involved. Will have to see if I care enough to watch more.

They used almost an exact copy of Alpha Phi's crest in the show, but with the letters KKT

YESSS it does look like the Alpha Phi crest! The minute I saw it I recognized that they had "lifted" an image of a real crest. How lazy of them to do that!! And, in case you can't tell by my log in name, I am a Kappa and I do not like it one bit that the sorority is KKT and goes by Kappa! Really, Ryan Murphy? Why not make up a greek name? Why slander Kappa Kappa Gamma?

There was also Alpha Omega Pi who went by AOPi in the movie "Pumpkin." Sadly, this isn't without precidence.

Right! It's so easy to stick together some random Greek letters, why use something so close to our actual letters and nickname? I don't think the show Greek was any worse/unrealistic because they used made up letters.

Plus Greek wasn't quite so outrageous. I did like that show. But idk, I might give Scream Queens a little more time.

Did you mean Glee? Ryan Murphy had nothing to do with Greek.

I think she meant Greek. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0976014/

I know Ryan Murphy was not involved with Greek, but it's an example of a show about fraternity/sorority life that didn't feel the need to copy or sound like established houses. (And it's a great show!)

So FUNNY
 

If you are watching this cause you think it is about Greek Life you are missing the point. The one liners were endless and I thought it was one of the funnier shows I have seen on TV in a LONG time. I will keep watching for the laughs and the one liners

'We are hitting golf balls at the hippies'
'Mrs B go organize the garbage'
'You're only hot to me it other people think you're hot'
'Everyone wants to get with me'
'Sharmaine, why you got a knife in your throat?!'

There are hundreds of them. Animal House meets American Horror story. I am a fan!

The "Bro, are you going to touch my wiener?" scene was the funniest part for me. :)

For me, it was a yawn. They shot for satire and missed.

I agree. I watched it tonight. It was just too far out there to be satirical.

I am so-so on it. My husband who was not Greek did not get any of the parallels. I agree JLC carried the show and I will On Demand it if I decide to watch another episode.

Yeah, I mostly was confused. Not funny or satirical or scary, just sort of meh.

btw in case no one mentioned it yet on any other threads, the pledge that's a legacy played by Skyler Samuels, (girl from 9 Lives of Chloe King) is a Kappa Alpha Theta at Stanford for those who might think no 1 on set knows what Greek Life is really like in real life, lol.

And I thought it was trying to be like Scary Movie with the whole horror/comedy, not good, hopefully it will be more horror in the future episodes instead of comedy... too many funny shows already and hardly anything in the scary category other than ahs, walking dead, supernatural, tvd/originals if those even count lol.

I kind of like it- I will watch it but not LOVE it like I did with Greek. Wish it was a bit less raunchy but overall it's a campy horror show. I can't believe how many big name actors they were able to get for the show.

I may have an unsophisticated sense of humor, but I thought it was hilarious! I actually kindasorta liked Emma Roberts and I HATED her in everything else I've seen her in.

The stereotypes of greeks don't even bother me anymore; I'm used to them so I don't expect anything else.

Everytime they say "The Dickey Dollar Scholars" I just LOL..... I don't know why.

Here's some stills from the next ep that will air after the World Series. I do have to say I love the Kappa's ridiculous clothes. :D
http://www.spoilertv.com/2015/10/scr...are-of_22.html

I thought the story behind the earmuffs would've been better

I was hoping they would be because she has weird ears or her ears look like Charles Manson's. lol I get that they are a nod to her mom's famous Princess Leia hair though.