Murderville

Fans of Improv are going to love "Murderville" on #netflix.

Eccentric detective Terry Seattle (played by the hilarious Will Arnett) teams up with a new clueless celebrity guest star on each of the 6 episodes in series one.

Stars include (Stuber, The Big Sick) Kumail Nanjiani, Sharon Stone & late night TV Talk Show host Conan O'Brien.

The guest stars have no script and no idea of the plot line which is wickedly funny, especially when Will has to adlib to their reactions.

Together they investigate a series of murders in this improvisational crime comedy and the guest who plays a Trainee Cop has to solve the crime by the end of the episode given the cryptic clues laid out over each half hour instalment.

The results are very natural and better than most totally scripted streaming shows.

It's got it all comedy, crime and mystery.

While it might not be everyone's cup of tea I'm enjoying it.

Directed by Iain Morris the EP on "The Inbetweeners" which took me back to my high school days.

Here's hoping this is the first of many series of "Murderville" based on the British show, "Murder in Successville".

It's comical to read how many people have such STRONG feelings about such a light hearted, silly tv show. Yikes, go do some yoga or something. My wife and I laughed out loud the entire first episode. It was refreshing to watch a new kind of tv show and it's understandable that not every joke is going to land. Don't listen to dramatic people that should be on a stage themselves. Just like all reviews, you should ignore all ratings with a 1 or 10 because they have no idea how to objectively review anything.

Comparisons to the British original are unavoidable. This US Netflix remake of 'Murder in Successville' jettisons the surreal film-noir feel and celebrity impressions from the supporting cast and opts for a more straight-up spoof of police dramas. The chaotic humour feels the same, though, and it's still very funny. Like the US version of 'The Office', it manages to be different from the original yet still be something equally as valid. My only complaint is that the guest stars in the US version, who have to improvise without a script, all come from comedy or acting backgrounds, so they improvise well and there's very little corpsing. Part of the fun of the original was seeing celebrities without any acting skills out of their depth and struggling not to laugh. But with no more series of the original in production, I'm happy to have both exist.

As a lot of reviews have said, pick your 'partners' carefully. Poor Annie Murphy. She definitely is not used to improv and needs a script. I hope this gets a second season. But they really have to select people who can improv similar to Kumail and Conan. Get people like Larry David, Keegan Michael-Key or, Arnett's ex, Amy Poehler. Or, go back to Arrested Development and call on Jason Bateman or David Cross. Hell, Michael Cera would probably be brilliant! Again the concept is great, and Arnett is hilarious. He carries the show. Let's get a second run but this time they have to NAIL the casting.

This is great. If your review is negative because you think the acting, writing and production is bad then you don't understand the show and therefore your review is redundant. Go watch Brooklyn Nine Nine or something. Is it laugh out loud funny? No but it's really entertaining to watch the actors fight corpsing and impressive to see such good improvisation.