We all know what life at Washington University is like, but TBS’s new series “Glory Daze” promises to portray what college life was like at a university in Indiana in the ’80s. It focuses on a group of freshmen boys rushing a fraternity at the beginning of fall semester. We can tell within a few minutes that over the course of the first season, we will get to watch these boys go through hell. And a funny hell that will be.

The featured characters all seem to fit a certain stereotype: Eli is the Jewish virgin, Chang is the Asian, Joel is the boy next door and Jason is the ultra-conservative prep. Through the logistics of freshman year geography, however, these floormates all end up as friends. Even though the boys are assigned to certain categories, they are likable characters that end up in funny predicaments.

Right after Eli settles into his dorm room, he strips down to his underwear, convinced that now that he’s in college, he is finally going to get a girl. He dances around practically naked, building up confidence but not looking at the door. Of course, it is at that moment that Chang, his roommate, walks in with about five of his very modest family members. Oops. Joel gets into trouble on the first day of class when a beautiful girl, Christie, sits next to him and asks him if he has any unfiltered cigarettes. He doesn’t, so he decides to ask those sitting around him if they do. It is inevitable that his inquiries catch the attention of the professor, played by the always-amusing Tim Meadows, even in this large lecture class.

When Chang visits the Asian frat because his father wants him to pledge, the boys show up and crickets literally chirp. There is nothing going on, but Chang reluctantly knocks. A brother answers, makes sure Chang is alone, and then brings him into the secret basement where a wild Asian party is going on. “Glory Daze” does a good job at managing expectations, only to break them.

The cast seems extremely engaging. The professor Meadows plays seems to be the only adult in the regular cast, but he has a perfect deadpan, which works swimmingly to ridicule his students with. It will be interesting to see how these very different boys stay together, especially because it seems like they will all end up in the same frat, Omega Sig. Whatever the case, the characters all seem very likable. To watch a show about a college very different than ours, check out “Glory Daze,” on TBS, premiering Nov. 16 at 9 p.m.