Sean Saves the World

Sean (Sean Hayes) is a gay single dad to Ellie (Samantha Isler) and he is stuck with his mother (Linda Lavin) living with him. He works at an internet company with his wacky boss Max (Thomas Lennon). His best friends are his two co-workers Liz (Megan Hilty) and Hunter (Echo Kellum).

This is a fairly straight sitcom. (Ha Ha!) The humor is safe and unimaginative. I like all the characters but they're not particularly interesting. They're cute and likable. That's how I describe this sitcom. It's cute and likable.

It was canceled after its 13 episodes run and they closed shop even before finishing the 5 episodes back order. It's too bad. There are a lot worse sitcoms out there, but this just didn't have the audience.

This is NOT a "Will and Grace" reunion, but a mismatched ensemble of clichés led by a regurgitation of Sean Hayes' "Jack" character who plays a father but...surprise(?) happens to be gay. The adult-themed "humor" and writing often crosses the line of good taste and makes the producers and cast look like perverts for subjecting underage actors to it. Karen...er...excuse me, Linda Lavin's timing is slow and off (even the editing can't seem to fix this). Sean has seriously soured his own legacy and type-cast himself into oblivion. While too painful to watch, the show is unfortunately a wind-sock for the stagnation of ideas and writing we are currently experiencing, as well as the career desperation of the actors participating on the show.

Sean Hayes is a very talented man and he works very hard in this. He has to because it's largely like a terrible parody of U.S. 90s sitcoms. If only it were a parody.

Most of the characters are TV clichés or racial tokens (one "Asian", one black guy). The plot for each episode is jammed in our faces as if otherwise we'd be too stupid to understand it: "My daughter needs her first bra!". Hilarity ensues, except it doesn't, it's truly truly painful.

Cue laugh track, then cue it again and again. The less I smile and the more laughter I hear the more depressing the whole thing becomes.

The supporting cast is a mixed bunch which range from a wooden spoon with a face drawn on it wearing a kitchen mop for hair (Megan Hilty) through to performances of genuinely twisted comedic genius from Tom Lennon.

That was really my point about a good show within a terrible one. Every scene with Tom Lennon in it seems to come from a different place than the rest of the show, a much improved place where the show is actually funny.

I sat stony-faced through the pilot yet laughed out loud at some of the Tom Lennon scenes. Whether I can continue to grit my teeth waiting for those moments is debatable.

It feels like being in a wheelchair having lost the use of your legs, with NBC looking down at you and saying in a very loud, slow, voice... "Are you alright down there? Can I get you anything? Do you want to go to the toilet? Do you want to hear a funny joke?".

I may be sitting down, but I'm not deaf and I'm not an idiot, please stop treating me as such.

If they could build on the Hayes-Lennon core a bit more (they're great together) focus less on the been there, done that ha ha ha feel of the rest of it, perhaps try to give some dimension to the characters of the other actors then this could really be something.

I don't know what the other reviewers here were watching, but I found the 2 episodes I've watched so far to be very engaging, funny, and real. I adore Sean Hayes, and Linda Lavin does a good turn as his rather overbearing mother, but they do need to tone down her character a bit, because she's too much of a cliché'. I like the work ensemble, and except for 'the boss', it feels real to me, as I am familiar with that field of work, and I can totally understand the frustrations. I see almost no similarity between Sean's Will & Grace character and the character in this series. Whereas we've seen this particular plot line before (single dad raising his adolescent child )there is enough fresh material in this to keep me interested for quite some time.

I have faith that this is a show that will grow, and get better...and I'm rooting for it to succeed! :)

I don't know about anyone else but I've had Jack withdrawals for years and there is only so many times you can watch repeats of will and grace...OK that was a lie, please forgive me baby Jesus.

This show has so much potential and you should never judge a new series before the 6th episode unless of course its an action show and the graphics is terribly poor from the get go, in which case you should jump ship immediately.

This has all the ingredients for a good watch that does have punch lines that make you laugh and just to reiterate again SEAN HAYES PEOPLE! Plus gays are so hot right now, its better than another show based on a fat useless ugly man married to an attractive woman who has an annoying family member and is full of chauvinistic punch lines...Just saying.

I just hope that I don't get too attached and it doesn't get signed for a second season. The competition is pretty tough with sitcoms these days but I will always Have time for Sean.