Morf

Reminder that this new improv show starts tonight. I originally wasn't interested, but I gotta say the commercials for this have piqued my interest.

http://www.nbc.com/TGYH/

"Thank God You're Here" showcases the improv skills of a group of four brave actors each week as they take on the high wire act known as improv comedy.

SERIES PREMIERE Monday, April 9 at 9/8c

* Jennifer Coolidge ("Best in Show")
* Bryan Cranston ("Malcolm in the Middle")
* Joel McHale (E! Entertainment's, "The Soup")
* Wayne Knight ("Seinfield")

The series is hosted by David Alan Grier ("In Living Color") and presided over by judge, Dave Foley ("NewsRadio," "Kids in the Hall").

magiccmom

eh, looks like a "Whose Line is It Anyway" Wanna be....

MrX

The first episode was on Yahoo for the past week, I'm not sure if it's still up.

SonOfAStu

Fixed.

clckworang

I'm recording this, but I have to admit that I'm not holding out too much hope for it.

Keith6601

Man, nbc is destroying such an awesome show. The australian version is full of laughs the entire time.

Timber

I was ready to take a crap on this show but I've been laughing throughout the whole thing. I really don't want to like a show like this so I'm holding out hope that I will lose interest and Jenifer Coolidge is just the person that could make that happen for me.

Snowmaker

I'll watch the 2nd hour.

HE Pennypacker

Jesus Christ, I can't believe Wayne Knight gained all of that weight back. He was looking great there for a while. What the hell happened?

Snowmaker

I knew Kevin Nealon would be good.

Lee Harvey Oswald

I thought about watching this but forgot about it. Although the "blue balls" joke I heard on the commercials was extremely lame and childish and if that's the joke they are going to promote their show with it's probably best I did forget.

Quatermass

I saw a few hunks of this while flipping channels. It was pretty bad. Even though I had given up on the Black Donnellys, it was better than this. Has it been cancelled?

Charlie Goose

Temporary diets never work in the long run.

Actors doing improv without having any improv experience can be deadly. I forgot to watch, but maybe I'll catch it next time.

SoSpacey

sadly, it has.

rfduncan

Problem is that most of these folks DO have rather large amounts of improv experience...

CPA-ESQ.

Well I watched both hours - and while I didn't want to like it...

I must admit that I laughed the whole 2 hours. Some people were better than others, you just know who is going to be funny. You can see that they edit the skit down so that you only see the funny parts.

I will watch again

nateman

I Just watched it to see Dave Foley.
he took over TV last night. He was on the new adventures of old christine on CBS & this on NBC.
The Joke's were so-so, I never did care for whos line is it anyway?

if Dave Foley just stood infront of the camera and it nothing for 2 hrs it would still be better than watching the black donnelly's. & the Black donnelly's has offically been cancelled, NBC might air the unaired episodes online.

Big Dave

I think this is a show I will only watch when there are people I like on, not all the time.

darkside

Have to agree. My wife pushed me to watch it and I didn't want to like it, but it worked much better than I thought. I liked the first show much better though. The group on the second one was pretty weak.

BTW, the Black Donnelly's was dogshit. Anything was going to be better than that series.

StealthStratos

I had low expectations, but I enjoyed both episodes. As long as they keep Wayne Brady far away from this show, I'll keep watching.

It seems like a good opportunity for some B-list celebrities to get some exposure and showcase their talent, without having to degrade themselves by going on the Surreal Life or being a guest judge on an Animal Planet game show.

boc4ever

I had low expectations for the show but thought it was great. I know it is edited, but the comedians have to be pretty talented to pull this off. I'll keep watching...

mdc3000

I thought it was just OK, very hit and miss. I thought Wayne Knight was painfully unfunny, Bryan Cranston was Awesome, Joel Mchale was just alright but the regulars kept cockblocking him...speaking of, I wanted to slap the regular players in the face when they kept correcting Monique... they should be more flexible in their bits.... I thought the taped stuff was funnier than most of the live stuff. Kevin Nealon was great. I'd say out of the 2 hours, I liked probably 30 min... Good concept, but the 'regulars' need to roll with the punches, not correct the guest stars...

MATT

megashock5

I gotta say, I laughed through almost all of the superhero skit. Especially with Wayne Knight's multiple 'wardrobe malfuntcions'

"I can't see!"

CPA-ESQ.

I agree 100%

It is hard enough for them to be up there "on the spot" and the actors don't play along.. It was like they put the brakes on every time they corrected her. I would see if they gave them funny names like "Mr Cockenstiff" or something - but "Rachel" is not funny

Phodg

Not funny IMO. I'll give it a miss from now on.