Sean Saves the World

I really wanted to like this because I think Sean Hayes is a really talented comic actor but this show is terribly forced. It wants to be funny but isn't. I found more natural acting on a Disney channel tween show.

Scrap the whole thing Sean, bring back Jack and his mother (from one episode) played by Veronica Cartwright in a "Will & Grace" spin-off.

It is great to see Linda Lavin but "kiss by grits" she isn't strong enough to help this.

I saw that James Burrows directed - at least - the first episode but his creative genius isn't evident.

Make the pain stop...

Oh wait, I did by not watching after the second episode.

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.

Sean Saves the World sometimes gets it right. Sean Hayes occasionally delivers the great one-liner in his portrayal of Sean, a single father left in charge of his daughter Ellie (Samantha Isler) when his ex-wife moved to New York. His character is not as off the wall as it was in Will and Grace. He's not as overly dramatic and excitable as he once was. Still has the same flare, just not as loud. I agree with another reviewer that the highlight of the show is Thomas Lennon who plays Sean's new boss, Max. Since seeing Lennon in Seventeen Again and tiny parts like Doug in I Love You, Man I've been amazed at his comedic ability. He's like Jane Lynch, a great character actor that can make any part his own, even if the script is a tad weak. With him on board I see potential in this show.

In spite of the setup (gay man raising a daughter) this show almost never freed itself from being a very generic sitcom. First few episodes were bad and the worst one was the one about buying the bra, but after that it kind of picked itself up and was enjoyable for me.

Yes it was generic but I liked it because it relaxed me. Some people turn on sounds of rain falling or nature sounds, but I watch sitcoms like this.

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! :)