I don't want to leave the wrong impression. There's nothing wrong with Cynthia Stevenson. She looks great and she was fine in the role. The problem was the role. From the two episodes I saw, her character does little else but whine. She shouldn't be faulted for being unable to overcome that kind of writing.
During the taping, I kept expecting someone to ask when the show would be aired. But unlike just about every other taping I've been to, no one did. In fact, Mark Sweet, by his silence in particular on the subject, left the impression that the show was currently airing. And, no one in the audience cared enough to ask. There were only a handful of audience members like me -- in fact, I was given a seat on the front row, which has almost never happens -- and the remainder of the audience was groups (there to make a quick buck for their organizations) and VIP guests of the cast and crew. I learned that Bob Saget and Mark Sweet have been friends for many years; Sweet even introduced Saget's mother Dolly to the audience. Saget did take the time to talk to the audience at the beginning of the show, and I always like it when that happens. I think the star of the show should always take the time to do it -- and most do. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark J. Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 6:12 PM To: TVorNotTV Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: My annual trip to LA On Dec 16, 4:57 pm, "Pollak, Melissa F." <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thursday, my only choice was "Surviving Suburbia." I'll be shocked > if this show gets more than a summer burn-off. Talk about a lame > sitcom. It is the lamest of the lame. Who really wants to sit > through a show starring Bob Saget? The writing's really got to be > great to get past that, and, in this case, it isn't. And, while > Cynthia Stevenson is cute on screen, her character couldn't whine more > than if...well, I dunno, but you get the idea. The show contains zero > memorable characters, and that combined with mundane scripts (we were > shown the pilot), just makes it unwatchable. This was supposed to be part of the MRC-controlled Sunday night CW lineup, but wasn't ready for the fall, so got postponed to the spring. Since The CW ended that arrangement, I don't know where it's going to end up now--I assume the warmup guy didn't say anything. I'm almost guessing that they'll sell it to Lifetime or TBS, since those channels seem to be interested in old school multi-camera sitcoms. I'm sorry to hear that Cynthia Stevenson grated on you in performance live--I think she's utterly delightful in almost everything I'm seen her in ("Men in Trees" most recently, along with one helluva ensemble that made up for Anne Heche as the star). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
