Friday, September 24, 2010

Fall TV: Thursdays

As part of our big Fall TV project, I was tasked with watching two new comedies. CBS's "$#*! My Dad Says" and NBC's "Outsourced."

"$#*! My Dad Says" is based on the popular Twitter account of the same name. William Shatner plays a plain-talking father whose younger son moves in with him after he loses his job.

While Shatner had some funny moments in the pilot, I was distracted by the terrible acting of Jonathan Sadowski. He plays the son who moves back home and frankly he was unlikable and annoying. His older brother and sister-in-law is played by "Mad TV" vets Will Sasso and Nicole Sullivan.

For actors who are usually funny, they were surprisingly uninteresting in the pilot. Plus, Sullivan's low cut outfit was extremely distracting to every scene she was in.

Bottom line, the show was mediocre, however, it will probably be helped by the strong lead in of "The Big Bang Theory."

"Outsourced" was one of the worst things I've ever seen on TV. The silence was deafening as I was forced to sit through this ridiculous dreck. Hopefully, NBC will realize the mistake it made and cancel this monstrosity and bring back "Parks and Recreation" soon.

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