Night Court

In a word, this show sucks, and that's a shame...The original Night Court was hilarious. John Laroquette is the only actor with any real comedic timing and delivery. He even makes his lines that are at times terribly written bring a chuckle. The lady playing Olivia almost ruins the show. The bailiff is played by a comedienne, and I understand why I've never heard of her.

This show is so poorly written...The writing team must not understand comedy, because they sure can't write a good joke.

Melissa doesn't annoy me as much as she seems to bother many other reviewers...she's okay, it's just the material she is given lacks comedic substance.

My wife loves the show...I have to watch this show and Call Me Kat weekly. Please have pity on me.

Now i love the original 1984-92 night court, it was funny, hilarious and had a lot of style, this one however despite the comeback of john larroquette is truly banal and all over the map, melissa raunch who was hilarious in the big bang theory is wasted here is abby stone, the daughter of judge harry t stone and the rest of the cast is lost too, there's no brent spiner, no marsha warfield, no richard moll, none of that, the teleplay is real boring, the dialogue is ridiculous and what is a laugh track doing in this predicable mess, i know there a few good moments here and there, but this is just a bore, this is a very poor and boring intimidation of the original, rent the original night court instead.

I'm giving it a c-

thumbs down for me on the new version of night court.

Outside of Rauch and Larroquette, the casting is just terrible. Most of them overact nearly every line. Then again, it could be the writers. But then again, poor writing would not account for terrible acting in every episode, and all the time. Or at least, that was my initial thought.

As the season goes on, the writing becomes worse. They try to get cheap laughs but the genuine funny is few and far between. And having the lame laugh track audible for every flat joke, makes the bad jokes stand out.

If it were not for Melissa Rauch and John Larroquette, I would wish that this show be one and done.

Most people reviewing here seem to be honest fans of the original show, and it was indeed funny .... every episode. Harry was a treat, and the surrounding cast played off of his humor very well, and he off of theirs.

The reboot uses the device of his supposed daughter showing up as the new Night Court judge. Harry was funny. She has yet to be.

Olivia, the DA, is simply annoying. Her part is badly written and she responds by going over the top. WAY over the top.

The only saving grace is John Laroquette, but he can't carry the show on his own. He's trying his best, I'll give him that. And the idea of bringing him back as the Public Defender was an interesting touch. I hope the show improves, but already my wife refuses to watch it anymore :-(

The laugh track does NOT help. When the laugh track plays for something you found no humor whatsoever in, that's a bad, bad sign.

I wanted so badly to like the show, and I have stuck through it into the second season simply because John Larroquette has. It has departed so far from what the original was supposed to be. The jokes are terrible. The majority of the characters are unlikable. The cuteness that Melissa Rauch had on big bang is just annoying now. I will probably finish out this season for John, but unless there are major improvements in the remaining episodes, I'm giving up on it, and I think everyone else should too. It's clear now that this show never should have happened. The charisma and talent of the original cast is what it made so special. None of that is present here.