9JKL - Scomodi vicini

OK I watched the first episode of this and I felt very let down after doing so I get that comedies now days are not what they used to be and all but this was just a mess I wax waiting to watch the gifted and this looked cute so I tried it remember when cbs had family comedies ' the millers the mccarthys ' OK well this is the same story as those two shows just a sucky job of humor its really not even worth writing a review except to warn folks not to watch sorry cbs you completely screwed up this time

I really wish Linda Lavin had a better project to be involved with. This is so beneath her, it's depressing.

The show itself comes across as if it was some high school student's creative writing project; every stupid, obvious, and tired joke possible gets deployed with painful results.

There are some series where you think, 'With a better cast/better writers, this could work." Not the case here. Skip it; probably won't be around much longer.

Loved Cliff Calley on The West Wing. Really loved Hank Lawson on Royal Pains. Not loving 9JKL, although Mark's charm and Linda Lavin's quintessential stereotype of the Jewish mother are occasionally fun, in a kind of cringe-moment way. Elliott Gould adds a sweet if bumbling touch as the henpecked dad.

But sad to say that this sit com is the kind of insult to intelligence that made me leave broadcast channel shows years ago. The brother and sister in law are superfluous. Not sure of the purpose for the door man, although the reality check kid is useful. It must be really hard to write good 22 minute comedy.

I'd much rather see Feuerstein bring his charm and humor to another hour long drama that has something significant to say. Sorry, Mark, this show just isn't worthy of your talents.

I'm writing this review after I watched 8 episodes.

This is a SitCom with a fake laugh track, basically about an oppressively loving mother who lives (with her husband) next door of her two 40-ish sons (9J 9K and 9L is the adjacent apartments) and who suffocates with her love the one (and single) son played by Mark Feuerstein.

OK. So it is what it is. That's the TV genre. IMDb is filled with one star reviews because of this. If you hate it (especially the canned laugh), don't watch it. It isn't for you and go watch something else.

BUT for its genre and its format and its typicality... isn't that bad. Isn't great, and by the definition of canned-laugh-sitcoms groundbreaking, but it is an OK show to spend 21 minutes without really caring about deep meanings. The jokes are mild and the situations typical and you can see them coming from a mile away but ...again... that's the genre.

Overall: A mother who suffocates with caring her adult "child" is the epitome of ALL SitComs. So, this is one of those. Not great, not bad either.

I appreciate that the big three networks (NBC, CBS & ABC) are in an increasingly difficult position to produce unique and entertaining content. That said there are some shows, like 9JKL that are just bad. No sorry, its awful. Its plays on tired clichés, simply isn't remotely funny and is at times offensive. Sure there can be surprise hits but who watched the pilot of 9JKL and thought "wow, this is amazing, people will love it"?

No it won't get better with time because the basic premise of the show isn't original or funny. Its tired and hack.