Yeah. "Mr. Sunshine" is okay, but like "Mad Love" and "Happy Endings," I won't miss it when it's gone. On the other hand, I found "Episodes" (with "Friend" Matt LeBlanc) to be a terrific series worthy of another half-dozen or so episodes - which are coming. Then again, I'm a fan of Matt's U.K. costars Stephen Mangan and Tamsin Grieg from their work on "Green Wing," so the deck was stacked there.
On Apr 14, 7:01 pm, "Melissa P" <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry. Just another Friends rip-off, including the pilot. Doesn't anyone > remember that Friends began with Rachel's aborted wedding? > > Nothing new or original there. Oh, yeah. One of the six is black and > another is gay. That's enough to differentiate it from Friends? (Which got > a lot of criticism in its day for having no black characters; it did have a > gay one in the form of Ross's ex-wife). > > Easy to skip, in other words, you won't miss anything. > > BTW you left out "Mr. Sunshine" -- which had its moments, meaning a few > flashes of originality. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Michael > Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 8:42 PM > To: TVorNotTV > Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: Happy Endings > > Insofar as I have a rooting interest in what sitcoms make the fall > schedule (and actually read every sitcom pilot script in one network's > development slate), I went into this with a chip on my shoulder. > (Damning-with-faint-praise alert!) I found it much better and funnier > than "Mad Love" (despite my misguided love of Sarah Chalke and > righteous love of Judy Greer). Watched both eps, back to back, and > thought it had great promise. Not quite HIMYM, but less stagey and > broad. Outlook: Promising. > > On Apr 14, 2:34 pm, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > > Swayed by a rave review by ex-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette TV critic Rob > > Owen, who called the show laugh-out-loud funny, I watched the show's > > pilot on abc.com. I can't say I found the show laugh-out-loud funny. > > it's a relationship sitcom about a group of friends and while it may > > stand apart from the pack of relationship sitcoms this year, I can't > > say I found any reason to keep watching. And the only way I'd watch TV > > shows on abc.com is if I'm really desperate not to miss an episode. > > The interface for commercials is really distracting. > > > Owen's review: > > >http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11100/1135550-67.stm > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! 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
