Feh. Barely watchable. Aggressively unfunny. Even Martin Short couldn't help.
OK, I'll give you a little bit more than that. I like Mulaney's standup, especially his bit about L&O:SVU. I was curious to see how he'd do as the frontman of his own sitcom. Answer: horribly. He has ZERO on-screen presence. He's using the same delivery for his lines that he'd use in his standup set, and it just doesn't work. Writing was classic 'FOX mid-'90s sitcom' quality. Nasim Pedrad should have stayed at 30Rock - although since Lorne Michaels is an EP on Mulaney, maybe she'll be able to go back when the show tanks. Which brings me back to Martin Short, as an amalgam of Regis Philbin and...um...Martin Short? There were flashes of the Martin Short we all love, but buried under layers of terrible writing and a retread Rob Petrie/Alan Brady relationship. Only Mulaney is no DVD, and as much as I love Short, he's no Carl Reiner. I will be utterly shocked if "Mulaney" survives to Thanksgiving, although it might get a little extra life if it can hold Family Guy's lead-in. -- -- 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/d/optout.
