Run the Burbs

Saw a clip of this show on instagram and decided to check it out on hulu. My roomate joined in and we binged two seasons of this show in a few days. It's so relatable and honestly just cool to see a mixed family on tv but it's not a show about just being mixed. It's about them just living life. Not every show has to be about deep dark problems and this is just feel good tv. You fall in love with Andrew and Camille but all the characters are great and as the show goes on you see more and more of them. I was a fan of Andrew when he was on Kims Convenience and didn't even know he had a new show. The show really figures itself out part way through the first season and the second season is just amazing to watch.

Its easy to watch television that just makes you happy to watch. It also blends the familys culture in really well. We both grew up in the suburbs and everyone feels like someone we know from growing up. We finished both seasons and found out there is a third one but not sure when it's coming. Hulu, we need season three now!

Really only checked this out because the guy from Kim's Convenience is in it. Casting is decent but I think they need to recast the daughter in the show. Her acting seems weak even for this show. Humour was ok but didn't laugh out loud to anything. Will give it another shot by watching episode 2. Maybe things get better and I'm wrong about certain casting.

When I first watched an episode I honestly didn't like it. It didn't grip me at all. But as it ran on in the background of my house I found myself loving it. There's not a character I didn't end up liking. It's an easy binge that gets better and better.

The whole family can watch this. I love the quick whit humor. There's always a good family message but not overly cheesy.

The diverse cast was really nice to see. It talks about culture and diversity in a clever way without feeling forced.

I feel like if you don't fall in love with the relationships here you're just trying to be an angry elf....

It's a fun show to watch. The characters are likeable. The opening montage, from the first episode, of carrying the groceries from the car to the house was hilarious -- very good physical comedy.

I do feel it's missing some tension. Everything just seems okay. The characters are all charismatic and a bit zany without any actual problems. There's no plain anchor character for us to relate to and experience the zaniness with. So that does make it tough to embrace it and leaves the stories a bit flat.

CBC is in such a huge rush to replace Kim's Convenience. They keep creating diverse comedies with weak writing & weak casting. It took two years to write, develop & cast Kim's Convenience.

They missed an opportunity to make a much better show. Moving from Toronto to the suburbs is a huge adjustment for people living the DT Toronto lifestyle.

There was plenty of humour that can be found in transitioning from city life.

They need to spend more time casting & finding better comedy writers. The show requires a solid adversary for Phung.

Conflict drives the comedy. This show is so obsessed with trying to portray a conflict-free idealized diversified world; it fails to deliver any laughs.

There are too many one dimensional characters who do nothing to drive the comedy.

I like Andrew Phung. Run the Burbs is not very funny. It's a huge miss.