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Old 09-18-06 | 11:13 PM
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I liked the pilot and will give it another chance... but Adrea Anders is hot... and her character looks and acts like they picked her off the set of "Joey" and dropped her on the set of "The Class."
Old 09-18-06 | 11:25 PM
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This show was horrible.
Old 09-18-06 | 11:58 PM
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Yesh, why do I never enjoy these things as much as the people on the laughtrack seem to? Heck, I don't think I've ever enjoyed anything in my entire life as much as the people on the laughtrack enjoyed this.

It's not fair, it's really not.

Buncha one-dimensional character sterotypes dealing with their wacky love lives. Not exactly a fresh premise, is it? And I didn't really think any of the girls made for suitable eye-candy. Except maybe the perpetually mean-tempered one who looked like she just left the central casting offices of 'The L Word.' She was kinda cute. But not cute enough to watch any more of this.

If this thing is still on six months from now, I might give it another shot to see if it's progressed. But I won't be watching next week.
Old 09-19-06 | 12:09 AM
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Hmm, I was under the impression that it would be more like 6-8 people who haven't spoken to one another since 3rd grade, and having them grow to become friends that way. The show could have potential though. Like I always say with pilots, they're almost never enough to judge a show upon, since there are too many introductions to make and no real character development yet.

It could go somewhere though. The suicidal guy made me laugh, and cynical girl at least wasn't totally predictable.
Old 09-19-06 | 02:22 AM
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This show was horrible.
It's the worst of the new shows I have watched so far. That said, I'll give it several more episodes before I make up my mind about it.
Old 09-19-06 | 06:07 AM
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The writing is bad. I like some of the characters. I will watch it simply because it is the lead in for How I Met Your Mother.
Old 09-19-06 | 06:25 AM
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hat chick has the most annoying voice I've heard in a long time
Old 09-19-06 | 06:40 AM
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That was dreadful (and I love Andrea Anders).

Is there one likeable character on the show? I know that most pilots suck since it lays the groundwork, but that was a whole lot of nothing.
Old 09-19-06 | 07:18 AM
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This show is horrible. The jokes were unfunny and I found all of the characters annoying. I'll give it one more chance next week since it airs in front of HIMYM.

Originally Posted by mikehunt
hat chick has the most annoying voice I've heard in a long time
I agree 100%. I was wondering throughtout the show if she was supposed to be "mentally challenged".
Old 09-19-06 | 08:39 AM
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Interesting premise, but not a great start. The most effeminate male cast I have ever seen, and I'm not just talking about the gay characters. Good enough to get another try.
Old 09-19-06 | 08:41 AM
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I agree 100%. I was wondering throughtout the show if she was supposed to be "mentally challenged".
It is funny how everyone says this - and yet that is exactly how I recognized her as "Jenna" from Sex and the City's season 3 - "Attack of the Five Foot Ten Woman" episode. Man, has she lost some weight!

It was okay especially for a pilot. I think we'll see Richie calling Kat about the accident, and Kat getting a ride from Ethan to the hospital to see Lina. How Nicolle and Duncan are going to be pulled back in the group remains a mystery to me. I'll keep tuning in as it conflicts with nothing else for me.
Old 09-19-06 | 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by B.A.
This show was horrible.
I actually did laugh out loud a couple times, although the rest of the show sucked. I'll give it a couple more episodes, mainly due to the hotness of Lizzy Caplan and that homewrecker Andrea Anders. But if it doesn't pick up quickly, it'll be yet another season where I don't watch a single show on CBS(a streak I'm quite proud of, in fact).
Old 09-19-06 | 09:11 AM
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I only watched the first half and then had to ditch it. It was just plain bad. As was said, the laugh track was very annoying coming in again and again after each and every unfunny line. The acting seemed very poor and over-done to me too.
Old 09-19-06 | 09:18 AM
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which one is Andrea Anders?
Old 09-19-06 | 09:21 AM
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AA is the blonde. Really didn't like the pilot. It was trying way too hard to be funny and hip, and ended up being neither. I didn't really like many of the characters and all the so called laughs were tired retreads of jokes we've seen 100 times before on better shows. I'm willing to give it a few more tries, due to it's creative pedigree but so far, I am not impressed.

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Old 09-19-06 | 09:31 AM
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I'll keep tuning in as it conflicts with nothing else for me.
That is about as close to a good review as this show is going to get
Old 09-19-06 | 09:31 AM
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WTF is wrong with me? I actually laughed during parts of this.

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Old 09-19-06 | 09:38 AM
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Nothing, some people just didn't find it as funny as you. I think there was just too many characters introduced in one episode.
Old 09-19-06 | 09:42 AM
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I laughed as well, but that doesn't say anything about the 19 (out of 21) minutes I wasn't laughing.
Old 09-19-06 | 09:44 AM
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I'd Give it a C. it had a couple of funny moments, mostly coming from the Mom and son in the house, that could be a show in its own right.

They also have too many characters. They need to tighten it up, and prune it. Ritter is actually one of the weak links, ohe well.

I'll give it a chance though as it showed some early promise, and is on before Mother.
Old 09-19-06 | 12:16 PM
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I actually liked the depressed guy the best! When he was on, that's when I was laughing the most! They have probably been tweaking the show since they taped the pilot, so next week is probably going to please a lot more viewers. I think this was just a starting point for them to get going.
Old 09-19-06 | 12:38 PM
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This was ok, I certainly wouldn't go out of my way to watch it. Question though. I thought Andrea Anders character was married to Eric Kramer. At least, that's what I thought I saw in the early commercials. Last night, I saw thought I saw Kramer in a scene.

Silly question--just wondering
Old 09-19-06 | 01:02 PM
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AA's character was married to the David Keith character.
Old 09-19-06 | 01:30 PM
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I find it strange to see Jason Ritter walking.
Old 09-19-06 | 03:03 PM
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I actually liked the depressed guy the best!
Wasn't he the guy from Chuck and Buck? That role was sooooo awkward and it looks like he is somewhat reprising it here.


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