Family Business

Family Business is a new show that focus's on Adam Glasser. A single father and a man who works in the adult film Industry. I enjoy this show very much, as it explores all the hard work that goes into making these films, and the lengths that they must go to, to get that perfect shot, and the perfect cast. It is aimed at the adult crowd, as it is not intended for the younger audience.

Family Business, the X-rated reality series, could be one of the best goodwill ambassadors the adult movie industry has ever produced. Not only is it sexy (as a show of this nature is obligated to be), it is also touching and extremely funny. It shows that behind the porno nom de plumes like Seymore Butts lurk real people, with real problems. The only thing setting them apart from other people is that they are in an industry that ruffles lots of feathers.

The show admirably presents the porn industry with a warts and all approach, for the most part. Some aspects of the business are a little candy coated (for example, the drug use displayed in a number of Seymore's videos is not mentioned at all in any of the episodes I have seen). Yet the show does not shy away from detailing the negative impact being a porn star has on Adam/Seymore's life. One touching episode showed him trying to go on a date, with mixed results once she found out what he did for a living. In another episode, we see porn veteran Herschel Savage trying to launch a new career as a stand-up comedian; we learn that he is married to a fellow porn actress. Even Seymore/Adam talks at length about how all his serious relationships (including the one that produced his son) was with people in the industry. One notable episode follows Adam and Cousin Stevie as they try their best to dissuade an 18 year old relative from Canada from entering the porn business; we never learn whether their efforts are successful, though we do see the unveiling of Mari Possa, a porn actress who begins her career as Adam's assistant and moves in front of the camera despite Adam's initial objections.

The down sides notwithstanding, Family Business is also a hilarious show, and that is thanks to Stevie, Adam's 60-something cousin who, along with Adam's mom, helps keep the Seymore Butts ship afloat. Every moment when Stevie is on the screen is electric because you never know what he'll do next. From berating a lawyer on the phone, to sneaking into an adult bookstore for a lap dance, to accidentally (ha!) finding himself in the middle of an SM/Domination convention in Vegas, Stevie is a hoot and is, beyond Adam/Seymore, the true star of the show.

Family Business is not a hardcore program. We'll probably never see an uncensored version since the show includes scenes of Adam's well-underaged son (you'll have to rent or buy some Seymore Butts videos to see what Showtime's cameras can't show you), but that said it is still perhaps the most explicit series that network has yet produced. If you are offended by porn, Family Business probably won't win you over. If you approach it with an open mind, or are already a fan of the adult film genre, Family Business is a fascinating, touching, and at time drop-dead funny look at a unique family in a unique industry.

One of Showtime's better shows, Family Business follow Seymore Butts and his family as they live their colorful lives throughout the wonderful world of pornography. The fun never ends as Seymore, his loud and off the wall cousin, Stevie, and his quiet and somewhat creative mother work with some of the hottest and scariest people in the adult movie industry. Still, while the first season gained an audience and made people watch, some episodes proved the audience right that much of what you are seeing is not reality but "sketch reality." Overall, real of fake, most of what you see in LA to begin with is fake all together. A good show, worth the watch. Check it out!

I'm no friend of porn (watched some, couldn't get to like them). And I'm no friend of soaps either. But this one is somewhere in between and quite intriguing.

Technically speaking, the camera is shaky, pictures often slightly blurry, sound is ok. The editing is sometimes fast, sometimes steady - seems just right to me. Props - well, it seems to just be Seymore's (aka Adam Glasser) real house, the studio and the surroundings (nearby sex shops, strip clubs, a hotel hall, mall's parking lot). Story, simple: A porn producer and director trying to get a proper life outside of work.

After watching the first three episodes I really want to know: Will he achieve the desperately sought after, steady relationship? Will cousin Stevie cheer up a little? Will Seymore's mom find a neighbour accepting her bookkeeping of an adult video producing business, and not stop talking to her?

Well, I rate it to be 6 of 10.

Maybe I like soaps after all...but don't tell my girlfriend ;-)

After all the hype about how talented he is and how creative he is.

This guy doesn't offer anything that a 14 year old with a video camera can't do.

After several episodes of this show, I was looking forward to something new. There's nothing new. Nothing original.

To have a show that consists only of some pervert filming naked chicks is really poor quality programming.

This should be on the Playboy channel or something. There are real filmmakers out there with talent and education and screenplays and film crews.

This is an insult to everybody who went through film school only to be rejected and have some piece of crap host a film about porn.

Porn is porn and it should be available to view, but to have an entire series dedicated to some freaks with a poor vocabulary is very sad.

It's not talent or education. It's just garbage that kills 30 minutes or so.