Or alternatively, The Carmichaels, since NBC seems to be using both names during the airing of the show Wednesdays at 9. I decided to try the show after hearing Marc Maron interview Jerrod Carmichael on WTF. Carmichael is young and vey intelligent and it sounds like he has a chance at a good career in TV.
Carmichael said that they taped six episodes of the series and NBC is airing them two at a time with the last two coming this Wednesday - I assume that they are also available on nbc.com. The show has a structure that recalls All in the Family and Everybody Loves Raymond. David Alan Grier plays the Carroll O'Connor/Peter Boyle role and Loretta Devine plays the Doris Roberts role. Jerrod Carmichael plays Jerrod and the main problem of the show is that he can't center it. He ends up playing straight man to all the wacky people around him. His comedic talents may be in the writing but not his performance. My main criticism of the show is that there is no way to identify with the characters or care what happens to them. I found that as plot complications develop I don't care if the characters get what they want or what the consequences are and as a result I gave up on watching it early in the fourth episode. -- -- 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.
