I finally watched the first episode. I liked it, but not enough that I watched the second. There were some good jokes. Surprisingly, or maybe not, the weak link in the cast is Roseanne Barr.. Okay, I don't expect her to keep up with John Goodman or Laurie Metcalf. But she wasn't keeping up with Sara Gilbert or some of the kids. I mainly watched to see how they handled Sarah Chalke. It was probably smart casting the original Becky to play the role again, because quite frankly she looks worse for the wear. Chalke still has the Hollywood actress glow. It could be a situation where ratings erode so that by the last episode they have an ordinary number of viewers. But even with a 25 percent drop in the demo they are the 800-pound gorilla of Tuesday night and are showing up in the weekly tally.
On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 10:23 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry - I am of a generation where “TV Show” still automatically means on > broadcast or cable TV. In the context of what was presented in the linked > article on this thread, I am specifically referencing broadcast network TV. > > You are actually underlining my point - the shows you mention are, I > believe, streaming on Netflix and Amazon. > > The success of Roseanne on ABC offers some hope that broadcast networks > will see value in airing sitcoms built around stand up acts (just hopefully > new ones, not reboots). > > On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 10:11 AM Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > I would be happier though if we again saw successful hit comics being >> given chances to turn their acts intoTV shows. >> >> How quickly we forget Maria Bamford's "Lady Dynamite" and Tig Notaro's >> "One Mississippi." (Just to name the first two recent examples that came >> to mind of comics turning their acts into TV shows.) >> >> -- >> 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. >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
