CW's "Jane the Virgin" is Sweet and Funny

I've been watching "Jane the Virgin" promos and I thought it was going to be a hokey show. Well it is a little bit hokey, but it's also fun and funny, especially the guy who narrates flashbacks and adds his 2 cents to the on-screen action.

I love the way Gina Rodriguez portrays Jane. She's a grown-up, but she seems a little too sweet to be an adult. I know you'll probably hear this a lot, but her character reminds me a little of "Ugly Betty."

I like the show, which is going to be a problem for me. The last thing I need is to be hooked on another TV show. I'm at my limit.

The plot goes like this

Jane is a young Latino lady. She remained a virgin because she didn't want to turn out like her mother, but she's pregnant anyway. (Her mother got pregnant with Jane when she was 16 and never told her father--who is now a sexy TV star.)

A doctor inseminated Jane with someone else's sperm by mistake. That's probably for the best because the wife of the owner of the sperm is cheating on him. In fact he just asked her for a divorce. Of course you got some of this if you've seen any of the bizillion promos aired over the past few months

Jane is now engaged to her boyfriend. They're treating the pregnancy like a minor speed-bump in the road of life. They have a plan: She will have the baby and turn it over to the "loving parents."

Jane's fun family

Jane's quirky family members help keep the fun going.

• Her mother is young--remember she got pregnant with Jane when she was 16. She's youthful enough to be a sexy night club dancer.

• Jane's father--whom she'd never met--showed up out of nowhere. He's a TV star. He's easy on the eyes, and he's stressing Jane's mom a lot.

• Jane's Spanish-speaking only Abuela (grandma) is sporting a mellow transformation from the mean-ish mother she was when her daughter first announced her pregnancy. She wants Jane to keep the baby, even though she didn't quite get the idea of insemination. Jane couldn't think of a word for it in Spanish. 

It's a fun show that you don't have to have cable to see. It's on CW at 9:00 P.M. on Mondays.