Clipped

I never got to watch this show, and its sad that a show that had potential is on a network that 1/2 of America doesn't even get.

What Hollywood doesn't understand is that you have to let a show get some legs to stand on its own and find an audience. Hey Hollywood, how about instead of cancelling every show that isn't an INSTANT hit, give them a chance and see what happens.

Do you remember Cheers, Family Guy, Gilligan's Island... they were all cancelled...

I've watched 7 episodes, so I feel I can comment fairly on the show. My roommate loves sitcoms, so I tend to see a lot of them, including ones I wouldn't ordinarily flip on. I used to like My Boys on TBS, so I thought this might be reasonably similar. It's not. You have a half dozen people working in a barbershop, with the owner who has a Napoleon complex. Some of the characters are improving, the owner Ben and his lifelong friend Mo have developed something. Buzzy (George Wendt) has teamed up with Charmaine (Diona Reasonover). They make the show worth watching. Having seen enough of these sitcoms, I think Diona Reasonover will be the one lasting character to make enough of an impression to either make this show work, built around her character, or to move on to something where she can thrive.

I love Ashley Tisdale. I would tune in to a half hour show of her reading the phone book. And it would be better than this.

First, it's not funny, it's sad. Second the characters are caricatures rather than a fleshed out person who might actually exist. Third, most of the humor is potty-humor (that is too sophomoric to be high school humor.) Fourth, token gay guy? Check. Fifth, token black? Check. Sixth, short guy who's a failure owns the shop? Check.

I follow Ashley on Twitter and read her tweets about the show. I was looking forwards to seeing it, glad to see her back on TV. She's done other projects that are hilarious so the fault lies not in our stars but in the writers who ran out of ideas at episode 1.

With many sitcoms ranging between 0 and 10% (in metacritic sites), it may be a plus not to ...suck so much. I mean not to be mediocre (that's difficult too), just not being awful.

Instead of the usual ...bar, here you have a barbershop. Unfortunately the usual annoying fake laugh track is here and sometimes, ridiculously out of place.

There are a couple of semi-cute leads and some veterans of comedy and also a couple of unfulfilled romances to keep you going, but the jokes are not clever. And they don't try to be.

So is Clipped worth watching and follow to its ...remaining weeks? No, but didn't make me wanna brake my TV either.

I think it's an overall fun show to watch, but I can see why it's getting a lot of hate - it feels like just another typical unfunny multi-camera sitcom that doesn't stand out and won't go past season 1. I think the premise itself is original and interesting - a group of former high school classmates who work together in a barbershop because they couldn't pursue their intended careers (which is also relatable) and that they were hired by another guy they went to high school with who bought the barbershop from an older man (George Wendt) who now just works there with people young enough to be his children. The problems with the show is that most of the lines are cheesy and unfunny, and Ben and Mo's heavy Boston accents are so unnecessary and obviously fake. Just because it takes place in Boston it doesn't mean the main characters need accents. It's fine if the recurring minor characters like the Doyle sisters have accents but not the main characters. I'm just really glad the main female characters don't have accents - if that were the case the show would be completely unwatchable. Another problem with the show is that sometimes it tries too hard to be funny and I have a feeling most of the story lines will be predictable and full of clichés. I think this show has potential and it can improve if they come up with more clever jokes without trying too hard, more original story lines that develop and end properly without leaving any major plot holes, and get rid of the guys' Boston accents, or at least make them more subtle. I also don't find the main characters very likable, but they're not completely intolerable either. Ben, Mo, and Joy are annoyingly over the top and too cartoonish; and Danni, AJ, and Buzzy are kind of bland. Charmaine is the most likable character in my opinion. She's not as irritating as Mo, Ben, and Joy and she's more interesting than Danni, AJ, and Buzzy