Anyone else watch it? I have no familiarity with the British version, so I can't compare it.
For the most part, it wasn't very good. While I like Roy Wood Jr. a lot, and run hot and cold on Amber Ruffin and Robin Thede, it was one of the first times I've liked Ian Michael Black. The two biggest problems I found were 1) the Libertarian panelist. It wasn't his politics (which mostly went unexpressed); it was that he was basically a smart author forced to compete with four professional comedians, and there aren't a lot of civilians who are equipped for that. He was game, but out of his depth. (For example, in the closing "What Will Be News Next Week?" bit, the other three gave humorous answers while his was sober and serious.) The other, bigger, problem was that it felt like -- despite a live audience -- there was a lot of dead air; it was a 30--minute show crammed into a 60-minute slot. To be honest, probably the liveliest and most unexpected thing on the show was the two unbleeped "motherfuckers." Guess CNN didn't go with a seven-second delay. Hopefully, they'll solve some of the problems as they go along, but right now, there's not a lot there. --Dave Sikula -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/a5cbcd06-6724-4686-be49-0af9a0fe4014n%40googlegroups.com.
