Uncle Buck (ABC)
And the Next Cancelled Show is...
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Well, that doesn't surprise me.
Yeah. Based on a decades old movie that hardly anyone even remembers. No surprise there. Failed just like the first TV show version did.
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I knew the show was in production, but I didn't know it had already started airing until I saw the same news article today saying the show had been cancelled. So I went over to Hulu to see if they had any free episodes up, and they do have them if anyone is interested in watching it.
My takeaway is that it's fairly decent overall. The writing is often kludgy, but there are some solid one liners. The acting is very hit and miss.
My favorite character so far (I've watched the pilot and am into the second episode) is James Lesure's "Will Russell." His timing and delivery seems much more natural compared to the rest of the cast.
The problem is that Mike Epps, who plays Buck, can be okay one minute, and just cringe inducing the next, and not in the fun way, but the "this is terribly scripted and poorly timed" way. This is a problem because I need to identify with Buck the most, since he is the main character and the everyman whom we're supposed to connect with. While he has some fun lines every so often, none of it feels natural. One of John Candy's greatest gifts as Buck was that you felt like this was Buck. Everything he said and did was an organic outgrowing of how Buck Russell lived his life and how he saw the world. With Epps, it just feels rehearsed. It shouldn't feel that way.
Overall, the show isn't growing on me, and I can kind of see why it was cancelled. I will watch it to completion and hope it gets better, though I guess it doesn't matter now. This is the second show in which I had high hopes based on some of the casting, and it just fell apart. The other one was "Partners," the show starring Kelsey Grammer and Martin Lawrence as lawyers. It was just horrible executed, and contained many of the same sins which I find in this show.
My takeaway is that it's fairly decent overall. The writing is often kludgy, but there are some solid one liners. The acting is very hit and miss.
My favorite character so far (I've watched the pilot and am into the second episode) is James Lesure's "Will Russell." His timing and delivery seems much more natural compared to the rest of the cast.
The problem is that Mike Epps, who plays Buck, can be okay one minute, and just cringe inducing the next, and not in the fun way, but the "this is terribly scripted and poorly timed" way. This is a problem because I need to identify with Buck the most, since he is the main character and the everyman whom we're supposed to connect with. While he has some fun lines every so often, none of it feels natural. One of John Candy's greatest gifts as Buck was that you felt like this was Buck. Everything he said and did was an organic outgrowing of how Buck Russell lived his life and how he saw the world. With Epps, it just feels rehearsed. It shouldn't feel that way.
Overall, the show isn't growing on me, and I can kind of see why it was cancelled. I will watch it to completion and hope it gets better, though I guess it doesn't matter now. This is the second show in which I had high hopes based on some of the casting, and it just fell apart. The other one was "Partners," the show starring Kelsey Grammer and Martin Lawrence as lawyers. It was just horrible executed, and contained many of the same sins which I find in this show.
Royal Pains is officially over. The finale was obvious and safe, but it still had a few touching moments.
The Royal Pains musical last week was fun.
Buck himself is awful, but the rest of the family in growing on me.
The law and order parody on Uncle Buck yesterday was a laugh.
Buck himself is awful, but the rest of the family in growing on me.
The law and order parody on Uncle Buck yesterday was a laugh.
It was the last (that I know of) USA fluff shows like Blue Collar and Pysch, so of course it was safe.
Uncle Buck was DOA. It was supposed to be a mid season show that got pushed to the summer.
You're much more forgiving than I am. I could only give it 5 minutes before I turned it off and started watching the movie Uncle Buck.
You're more forgiving than me. I could only give the movie 5 minutes before I turned it off to watch paint dry. No way I was going to checkout the tv series.
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I was determined to get through at least the pilot, to see if it got any better, but it didn't, at least not for me. I wanted it to work, but it was too kludgy, too cliche, and lacked all of the fun, nuance, and quirkiness that gave the original movie its charm. If I would have seen the pilot when it first aired, I'd have not doubted one moment it would have been cancelled within a season.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_from_Hell
They're finally airing the EIGHT unaired episodes beginning last Saturday. It wasn't an amazing show, but Jane Lynch was funny in it.
They're finally airing the EIGHT unaired episodes beginning last Saturday. It wasn't an amazing show, but Jane Lynch was funny in it.
is It wrong that I come in here hoping to see Sleepy Hollow listed?
Wow. I can't believe that I used to love, love, love the show and recommend it to everyone (season one). Then came season 2 and I was sad. Then S3 where I kept hoping that they could right the ship. Now, I gleefully root for its death.
Die show. Die, die, die!!
Ahem. I'll show myself out now.
Wow. I can't believe that I used to love, love, love the show and recommend it to everyone (season one). Then came season 2 and I was sad. Then S3 where I kept hoping that they could right the ship. Now, I gleefully root for its death.
Die show. Die, die, die!!
Ahem. I'll show myself out now.
Not surprising.
I tried watching the first episode of this, but gave up after the former lead on Nip/Tuck started making the same weird guttural clicking noises that the Predators make in their movies.
Thomas Gibson (Hotch) Fired From ‘Criminal Minds’ After Kicking Producer
He is going to be hastily written off the show. Sucks for the fans. Next season will likely be the last now.
He is going to be hastily written off the show. Sucks for the fans. Next season will likely be the last now.
For the life of me I can't stand some sitcoms..
"Life In Pieces" I really tried to watch this. But I just couldn't. Didn't laugh one bit during the first 2 episodes and it all felt very forced and awkward.
"Life In Pieces" I really tried to watch this. But I just couldn't. Didn't laugh one bit during the first 2 episodes and it all felt very forced and awkward.
Comedy Central cancels The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore.
That's too bad. I kinda liked that show.
That's too bad. I kinda liked that show.
Comedy Central cancels The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore.
That's too bad. I kinda liked that show.
I'm super bummed.
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