Murderville

This was way better than I thought it was going to be. Very clever and fun to solve mini murder mysteries. But I agree with another reviewer on here, they didn't pick the right celebrity guest stars. Annie Murphy was a right waste of time, she barely said anything. For this type of show you really have to throw yourself in there. Conan O'Brien who's not even an actor did better than Annie, Ken and Kumail. I was expecting Ken Jeong to bring much more to the table. The second guy did a great job, he was very good. And Sharon Stone had some brilliant one liners. I hope they are renewed and if so, bring more comedians into the show as they're used to making things up on the spot.

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.

Arnett is great but the celebrities could have done better job. I was so excited to see Conan doing this, knowing he has huge improv background and 30 years of comedy behind him but he was a little dull and the others are mostly worse. The writers didn't also come up with much ideas and lots of the stuff done be celebrities repeats. I haven't seen the british version but probably will now.

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.