On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]>wrote:
> The premiere of CBS' new Robin Williams/Sarah Michelle Gellar sitcom "The > Crazy Ones" basically rode on the "Big Bang/2.5 Men" coattails and > decisively trounced NBC's "The Michael J. Fox Show" Thursday night: > > > http://www.thewrap.com/early-ratings-robin-williams-easily-tops-michael-j-fox/ > > The pilot wasn't bad--it wasn't great, but surprisingly, Williams and > Gellar had some chemistry and it could work. I know, it's a David Kelley > show. > I have not watched The Crazy Ones yet - on the strength of your cautious recommendation I will probably check it out. I did watch both episodes of MJF. I think I would, using your formulation, have to say that it wasn't good--it wasn't horrible, but surprisingly (maybe) I don't think I laughed once during either episode. I love The Office, and Parks, and Modern Family, but I think the talking to the camera spiel is getting played out by now. And Modern Family is single handed responsible for more bad television clones than Seinfeld was back in the day. In MJF apparently Parksinson's = homosexuality, and I gather that most of the show will not focus on his Parkinson's, but use it for background comedy on occasion. I like MJF's work on The Good Wife, but this show is going to have to really dig deep to find some justification for its existence (maybe it will make fun of local news and NBC, along the lines of the Daily Show and 30 Rock? That might help - though it did more ass-kissing with Matt Lauer than real teasing, so that was not promising). -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
