Tribunal Noturno

Thank God for John Laroquette. If not for him I wouldn't have bothered watching this reboot at all. By the way, who asked for this reboot? NOBODY.

One thing that the original NC was great at (and there were many things, at least back in the 80's) is that it didn't feel forced. There were goofballs coming in left and right, Harry played off of John well, everyone had their own thing and everything just worked. Nothing felt forced. This new NC feels just like every other comedy show made after the 90's (with a few exceptions)...canned. I don't think that John can carry this show andI don't see it lasting more than maybe two seasons though I'd be shocked if they make it to two seasons.

Not sure they can re-create the magic. The characters aren't very likeable with the exception of course of John plus the bailiff. But even the bailiff's schtick is going to get old if they don't get these scripts and characters dialed in. It is nearly impossible to reboot a show and have it be as good as the original and so my hope is that they cut this nonsense out. If the studios decide to reboot The Jeffersons, Three's Company, MASH, Different Strokes, Alf, Golden Girls or anything else on my list, I'm jumping off the planet (lol).

I was looking forward to this and was cheering for it to work. Wow. Talk about a disappointment. (Note the 4 stars.)

The original was a staple in my home - and brilliant! The laughs were consistently rolling by, subtle, smart and witty. Yes, some were slapstick, but not ALL of them were like on the new version.

The new version is a bad copy. Really bad. It takes slapstick to a new level - and that's hard to do, and not at all attractive or appealing.

Then there's the laugh track. PLEASE. OMG! It is singularly AWFUL. The show treats its audience as if we are idiots who don't know when to laugh and need a LOUD massive reminder. We do not.

We are smart, fun loving people who were a built-in audience for this program! And they threw us all away by not providing a quality show. Everyone lost on this one.

This show has the potential, and the cast, that could work into successful series. BUT the very fake canned laughter absolutely ruins the show and makes it hard to watch. The producers should have faith in the cast to make it a show to watch. Too bad. Also, I'm not sure having the judge be the daughter of the previous judge is helpful in any way.

John Larroquette alone would make it worth watching and I'm wishing that it could become a more wry and sophisticated comedy although it's pretty hard to recover from such a faulty start.

Welcome back to TV John Larroquette, but hopefully someone will find something for you worthy of your talent!

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.

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.