Porno: Un affare di famiglia

Showtime's new series following the professional and personal drudgery of America's most popular adult filmmaker Seymour Butts.

Cable television takes another step towards hardcore programming with this reality show, filled with nudity, sex, sex toys, and unsuccessful dating, as Adam (a.k.a. Seymore) looks for a soul mate who'll accept both his career choice and young son. The creative mind behind such titles as SQUIRTERS and GLUTEUS TO THE MAXIMUS runs his business with the help of Lila, his open-minded mother (the bookkeeper), and foul-mouthed, cantankerous Cousin Stevie (the distributor and gopher).

My favorite episode (there's only, like, five so far) is the one in which Chase, a male porn star wannabe, talks himself into a role, only to discover he's unable to supply the crucial money shot, even after taking Viagra.

Like BOOGIE NIGHTS, "Family Business" proves that entertainment can deal with pornography without being pornographic itself. There's a rather bemused air around this show, so it's hard to be offended by it. Besides, if you're easily offended, would you be subscribing to Showtime in the first place?

New episodes currently air Fridays @ 11:30 EST.

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!

Here's one of 3 reasons why I kept Showtime as a premium for cable! Where has Mr. Glasser been all of our lives?? Remember the days where the most television got "dirrty" was Benny Hill or Super TV?? Gosh how I just love the present!My 2 favorite episodes would have to be when they were in the studio with Madcow in Chicago with the racist who just couldn't "control himself" when Flower & her friend introduced themselves & when Seymore had a young man who had to conduct an interview in Vegas during the AVN Awards & had the time of his life! I think Seymore is the best thing to happen to real porn in AGES & it's a pity I'm having trouble locating his films in a city plagued with politicians that go after what everyone really enjoys watching but too ashamed to admit it! I love ya Mr.Glasser keep it up man!!

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.

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 ;-)