Uncle Buck

Why people based their opinion on the first few episodes is beyond me. And personally, the pilot wasn't even all that bad. It's very rare I chuckle through a pilot but the fact that I did, I knew it would have potential. Now that it's been on for a couple of weeks, the jokes have turned my chuckling into full laughter.

If people really want these positive family shows to take off, they really need to give them a chance instead of immediately brushing it off. There's so much negative shows that we always have to flee children out the room at all times of day, and the second we try to introduce a show that can work for everybody, we're impatient.

The kids are talented, I love the fact that the parents are hardworking people trying to bring positive direction with their children, with even Uncle Buck learning to do better. No, there will never be one like the original Uncle Buck, but this version is not competing with the original. The characters have honored him by making a story of their own. I will continue to watch.

I honestly didn't have any good expectations when i first turned on the show based off of the other horrible family t.v. shows the last 5 years. Nighttime SOAPS are not my thing.

When I look for a TV show, i want a natural dialogue, comedic timing, good face humor and not exaggerated high pitched banter.

I enjoy this show because it holds its own from the original movie. A great family show with a good cast. Each character does there thing, which I enjoy. The writers don't force the characters humor, its mainly common reactions to everyday life situations. I know I'll KEEP WATCHING!

Give Uncle Buck (a new summer release comedy television series) an opportunity to complete their first season under their belt and I bet it will grow on you in a similar manner that the (now) popular Black-ish television series has blossomed. Uncle Buck stars married couple Will (James Lesure) and Alexis (Nia Long) who are both trying to improve their professional working careers and at the same time raise their three children in an affluent neighborhood. Will and Alexis have ran through a series of nannies and housemaids and are now attempting to bring in Will's unconventional big brother Buck (Mike Epps) to help raise their three kids. Will has always looked up to his big brother Buck since Buck was Will's main caregiver while they were growing up as kids well through to their current state of adulthood. Alexis has her doubts that Uncle Buck will not scar their happy family unit by his unconventional methods. The initial friction that Buck brings to the family is balanced by his good heart as well as Will's many fond memories of the two brother's childhood life success. Since Alexis soon realizes that the man she married (Will) was actually raised in to the well respected and educated man he is today by big brother Uncle Buck, Alexis grows to accept that Uncle Buck has more good intentions than bad decisions in helping to raise their three children.

As for the comparison to the popular comedy series Black-ish let us look at the similarities between the two comedy series. Both series have parents who are all working professionals living in an affluent neighborhood. Both series have parents raising children with the support of other family members. In Black-ish the Johnson parents have 'Dre's divorced parents always involved in their four kids' child rearing. In Uncle Buck, Mike Epps is brought in as the family member to help raise Will and Alexis's three kids, Tia, Miles and Maizy. When I first heard young Miles speak his opening lines on Uncle Buck, his voice sounded very, very familiar so I just had to look up his acting credentials and his name is Sayeed Shahidi. Hmmm, then I looked up the acting credentials of Black-ish's oldest daughter Zoey Johnson whose real name is Yara Shahidi. Coincidence? I think not. Uncle Buck's actor Sayeed Shahidi, and Black-ish's Yara Shahidi are actually brother and sister. Success breeds success so I do not fault the producers at ABC for utilizing a similar family oriented series with professional working parents living in an affluent neighborhood, raising their children with the assistance of other well established actors as family members.

I enjoyed the first two episodes and I have confidence that this strong cast of actors led by Mike Epps, Nia Long and James Lesure will make Uncle Buck extended beyond the first eight episodes. Although it is based on the very financially successful 1989 comedy film Uncle Buck written and directed by John Hughes, ABC has merely used the loosely based pretense of an Uncle Buck assisting his brother to raise their three children. Mike Epps version of Uncle Buck has made it his own cool and current comedy TV version with great potential for an extended shelf life. I am rooting that Uncle Buck will grow their audience and affection for the series will include a second season. I give the series an initial 8 out of 10 rating which should escalate to a higher rating as more episodes are released and we get to know this family a lot better. Great start for Uncle Buck!

Uncle Buck (Mike Epps) is a hard-partying slacker. His brother Will Russell (James Lesure) and wife Alexis (Nia Long) are having trouble with their kids Tia, Miles, and Maizy after moving from Atlanta to Chicago. They need an emergency babysitter and Will suggests Buck. Instead of meeting his girlfriend's father for a job, Buck eagerly accepts babysitting. Buck gets thrown out and is jobless. Alexis asks him to stay with the family.

This is the definition of network TV sitcom. The movie connection does not help. In fact, it hurts terribly. It looks bad by comparison. It feels derivative. Some may compare it to Black-ish and this show doesn't come off well. It's nice to have another black family on network TV but that's about it. The characters are nice and unoriginal. If one forgets about the movie connection, this is functional network TV.

There seems to be a trend of turning classic movies into TV-shows.

Sometimes it works, shame it didn't in this case.

Jokes were borderline childish and basicay a repeat of every other sitcom like it.