Is this show a poor man's Arrested Development?
I think you'll find that it is. It's funny, but with the paterfamilias role resting on the shoulders of Eric's dad (Kurtwood Smith) from That 70's Show, there is a lot of re-tread going on. The dad is kind of a one hit wonder, but funny nevertheless.
The part of the son-in-law-to-be (Kyle Bornheimer) is acted like a SNL skit; tons of stammering and elongated vowels. Can't you see your queue? Aren't you memorizing your lines? It feels like AD in that it seems like they are filming with less than one script read through. Note that he had a cameo in Breaking Bad!
Also I don't quite get the premise. Do they live together in that house forever? Is that just a week long? Will the show end after 7 episodes? Enlighten me!
Well, this article states that there are 13 episodes planned.
Final note. The girlfriend/fiance is hot.
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This show is awful. I am unable to watch an episode without turning it off. Every single scene makes me feel so uncomfortable that I can't watch. I don't find any of it funny.
The fiance is hot. Kurtwood Smith's role on That 70's Show did give him the Homerian (or perhaps Simpsonian) catch phrase, "Dumb Ass!" but it will always be secondary to in my mind to his turn as the overbearing, suicide inducing, father from Dead Poets Society.
In my estimation this show has very little in common with the erstwhile masterpiece known as Arrested Development.
ay carumba! i don't know about this show... it makes me feel anxious, like i need a klonopin and perhaps an ambien so i can just lay down and forget about this guy's life. but maybe that is the point? i am confused by the premise a little and was totally surprised when i read this:
CBS picked up two more scripts for its Monday night comedy Worst Week, per TV Week. The sitcom, with lead-in Two and a Half Men, averaged 9.9 million viewers and a 3.2/7 among A18-49.
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