What Would Freud Watch?

We asked PT's bloggers (psychologytoday.com) to come up with premises for sitcoms they'd enjoy. Here are a few of our favorite ideas.

Big City Love

A rare occurrence in nature, a polyandrous society found in the Canadian Arctic, with one woman mated to several men, is offered a year in Manhattan as part of a research project. Once transported, hijinks ensue as the men are baffled by the abundance of single and unhappily mated New York women when so many males are available. —Nando Pelusi (Locus of Control)

Dating Up

An anti-Sex and the City, this show is about four men in their 20s and early 30s—all of them unemployed slackers—who are trying to become the kept men of wealthy women in New York City. Inevitably, one actually falls in love with his sugar mama and must face the realities of a long-term relationship with a woman who supports him. Another starts dating a struggling actress but hides it from his friends, convincing her to pretend she's a psychiatrist when she's around them. Humor ensues as age-old assumptions about gender get flipped upside-down each week. —Micah Toub (Growing Up Jung)

Altered Boys

Just think of what Hogan's Heroes did for Nazi POW camps. We transpose that fascist hilarity from the waning days of WWII to the Catholic Church with a lighthearted look at pedophile priests. Join our crew of wacky (but clever) altar boys as they outwit the lecherous men who are constantly devising ever more outlandish plots to introduce them to "the holy sacrament." Timely, provocative, controversial: This one can't miss! —Christopher Ryan (Sex at Dawn)

When All Else Fails

A mockumentary series where each week the focus is on a different kind of outlandish (and fictional, I hope) therapy, and the therapist is interviewed about his or her technique. Sessions are shown, as well. Examples: "Blame Therapy," where the client comes to see that it really is other people who are responsible for all of his or her problems; "Empatherapy," where the therapist trades places with her client for a week. —Mark Sherman (Real Men Don't Write Blogs)