Join Rob Lowe for the End of the World

Rob Lowe has been busy these days with The Grinder and Moonbeam City, but he still found time for the end of the world.  You, Me and the Apocalypse premieres on NBC tonight, and it looks like a pretty crazy comedy set in a time where the world faces destruction as a comet barrels towards us. Rob Lowe plays a priest. I'm not sure which scenario is less likely - our destruction or Father Rob - or more scary.

With only 34 days to go before Earth as we know it disappears, the characters act on some of their worst impulses.  This might be an interesting premise if I had not seen it before. You may remember Three Moons Over Milford (still available on iTunes) where the Moon is hit by an asteroid that breaks it into dangerous pieces soon that will soon fall to Earth. The series lasted one season and I have a feeling this new show will have the same fate. Besides, you can only stretch 34 days for so long. What is sad is that we may welcome the destruction.