Sorry, but all I see is “Lets make fun of the older white dude because he’s such a moron while the younger hip black guy holds it together including the white woman.” Not new, not original, not appealing, not funny.
Maybe try not having a couch facing the 4th wall like they all do.
I wish Abigail Spencer was on a better looking show.
Yeah, the networks have pretty much given up on taking risks. All the hip young viewers have moved on to streaming, so apparently network executives don’t even try bringing them back.
Itd be cool to he him star in something that isnt “2 and half men” style
People still watch network sitcoms?
He looks so weird bald
I remember being on set in like 2011, and the producers of the film I was on were talking about how the sitcom was on its way out and they were all on the search for the next big thing. I continually find it hilarious that 12 years later and the genre still hasn’t died or been radically changed in some way…
Watching this made me have a higher appreciation for the Night Court reboot and I didn’t think that was a very high bar to pass. Was actually illuminating to watch those two shows back to back and realize that Night Court, while not really my vibe, actually had writers that seemed to care and attempted to make jokes.
This show is the exact same premise of “Step Right Up” from Reboot on Hulu, if the central character of Step Right Up was Johnny Knoxville instead of Keegan Michael-Key.
Here’s the premise:
Jon Cryer and Abigail Spencer play the divorced parents of two kids. They agree to continue parenting together, but instead of moving the kids from one home to another, the kids stay in one home, and the parents are the ones who take turns moving in and out of “the nest.”
Okay, the housing arrangement is out of the ordinary, but otherwise the premise sounds standard.
Then Donald Faison is added to the mix as a guy who owns the Boston Celtics and falls in love with the female lead. “Guy who owns the Boston Celtics” is such a weird and out-of-nowhere character trait for a third wheel character.
It’s familiar, but it’s not bad. Feels like something that would have been on the TV Land network (is that still a thing?). Wish we as a society could find something better for Donald Faison.
So far it’s been funny
Times are hard for sitcom writers. Ever since cell phones became popular they can’t do the “character answers the phone, assumes who’s on the other end, starts talking without confirming who called them and says something the person who actually called them wasn’t supposed to know” trope 30 times a season.
One and 2 Half Men.
It’s been like 15 years since anything on TV felt fresh
Looks like a worse version of Two and a half men
Who watches network tv anymore?
Do people still watch multi-camera sitcoms? The format feels so outdated and unfunny.
Let’s create a whole slate of AI written shows. Then we can just punch up the script, add a couple of wacky moments… and voila! Mediocrity for the dying medium.
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Most sitcoms do.
Sorry, but all I see is “Lets make fun of the older white dude because he’s such a moron while the younger hip black guy holds it together including the white woman.” Not new, not original, not appealing, not funny.
Maybe try not having a couch facing the 4th wall like they all do.
I wish Abigail Spencer was on a better looking show.
Yeah, the networks have pretty much given up on taking risks. All the hip young viewers have moved on to streaming, so apparently network executives don’t even try bringing them back.
Itd be cool to he him star in something that isnt “2 and half men” style
People still watch network sitcoms?
He looks so weird bald
I remember being on set in like 2011, and the producers of the film I was on were talking about how the sitcom was on its way out and they were all on the search for the next big thing. I continually find it hilarious that 12 years later and the genre still hasn’t died or been radically changed in some way…
Watching this made me have a higher appreciation for the Night Court reboot and I didn’t think that was a very high bar to pass. Was actually illuminating to watch those two shows back to back and realize that Night Court, while not really my vibe, actually had writers that seemed to care and attempted to make jokes.
This show is the exact same premise of “Step Right Up” from Reboot on Hulu, if the central character of Step Right Up was Johnny Knoxville instead of Keegan Michael-Key.
Here’s the premise:
Jon Cryer and Abigail Spencer play the divorced parents of two kids. They agree to continue parenting together, but instead of moving the kids from one home to another, the kids stay in one home, and the parents are the ones who take turns moving in and out of “the nest.”
Okay, the housing arrangement is out of the ordinary, but otherwise the premise sounds standard.
Then Donald Faison is added to the mix as a guy who owns the Boston Celtics and falls in love with the female lead. “Guy who owns the Boston Celtics” is such a weird and out-of-nowhere character trait for a third wheel character.
It’s familiar, but it’s not bad. Feels like something that would have been on the TV Land network (is that still a thing?). Wish we as a society could find something better for Donald Faison.
So far it’s been funny
Times are hard for sitcom writers. Ever since cell phones became popular they can’t do the “character answers the phone, assumes who’s on the other end, starts talking without confirming who called them and says something the person who actually called them wasn’t supposed to know” trope 30 times a season.
One and 2 Half Men.
It’s been like 15 years since anything on TV felt fresh
Looks like a worse version of Two and a half men
Who watches network tv anymore?
Do people still watch multi-camera sitcoms? The format feels so outdated and unfunny.
Let’s create a whole slate of AI written shows. Then we can just punch up the script, add a couple of wacky moments… and voila! Mediocrity for the dying medium.