Hit the Floor

.....kissing (devouring each other) in each episode, this tripe wouldn't be worth the time I spent on it. The truth is, it's the only reason I watched it.

I'll thank them and the producers for giving us that much, at least. Ibsen, this ain't; but it doesn't try to be. It's "Hooters" in different costumes. Predictable, snoozy and boring. There have been myriad opportunities over the eight decades of television to make it anything but vapid and vacuous, but smart money is not on entertaining and educating; it's on stuff like this, more and more. I gave this one star each for Brent and Kristian, and one star for diversity of the females in the "cast". The other seven stars I'm giving to almost anything and everything else.

Remember Hellcats? Ever wish that it would cut the amount of cheese and angst in half and just have a relevant storyline? Hit The Floor is VH1's attempt at getting Hellcats right. A lot of the cheese is cut through. So far, we don't have any characters trying to get a grip on God vs Evolution.

The main protagonist is black, her mom is black, the evil bitch cheerleader (because there has to be one) is also black, as are the two guys involved in the burgeoning love triangle... but I don't think it falls into the "black show" category. There's enough white/ latino/ non-black people included in key roles to make it not a "black show". Or at least, it's a "black, but not exclusively black, show".

It's on VH1, not BET.

Also: it's not done by Tyler Perry; stars Dean Cain; has a good enough number of whodunnit subplots running through it to make it quasi-mysterious, like a ABC Family show dialed way down; good music and actual dancing by people who can dance. Not to say that they hired dancers and gave them an "acting for dummies" crash course - the acting mightn't be top notch from everyone all the time, but it's not jarring, and no way near as cringe-worthy as anything on CW. It's at a Friday Night Lights level.

All the characters, from the foolishly naive protagonist, to the fallen from grace single mom, to the HBIC, to the country girl hooker/stripper, to the clingy-ish poverty-riddled boyfriend - they're all tolerable. No one crosses over too far into "unlikeable" territory, and no one spends too much time there as to become hateful. Honestly, I'm most invested in the Country Stripper who's a self proclaimed unashamed gold-digger - she's just awesome.

It's not Breaking Bad or The Borgias, but it's not trying to be. Definitely in the guilty pleasure category, but it's entertaining. Bottom line - it's entertaining! In a new age soap opera, rnb/country/dubstep professional Tiny/Private Dancer kinda way. With good music featuring a diverse lot of people who are easy on the eyes.

And there's Dean Cain. No Van Der Beek, but, lol, Dean Cain people! How can you not give this a chance?

The only thing missing maybe is the actual basketball... We don't get a lot of that. I don't think they've even shown a game. Or five minutes of a game. But as I'm not into basketball, at all, that doesn't detract much.

The show has a racially diverse cast. They are all beautiful. Especially Logan Browning, the sexy and opportunistic villain. I can not wait to see more of Katherine Bailess. She makes the show sexy and fun to watch. I love the dancing! Great show! My only wish is that there were full episodes of the show available to watch on a mobile platform so that I could enjoy the show at work. The music adds energy to the show. It's current and gives another level of dimension to the show. I can not wait to see more of the characters develop. It's refreshing to see actors who are physically beautiful and are actually able to "act". They may not be as intense as Julia Roberts or Al Pacino, but I don't think the show is made to be intense, but rather entertaining. It hits the mark!

Poor Cafesmitty from Maryland: hopefully I'm not a English native speaker so I didn't understand all of your bullshit complains about the great vh1' show. From abroad at least the show succeed to explain to the poor European that we are what is going on between US and the cheerleaders. Of course as the girl got most of the powerlessness shown on screen end that one of the most unassertive love story is between two (f... hot) gays, I assume that was too much for you Cafesmitty...And as someone already said :"A show does not need to have A-list actors and Emmy caliber dialog/scripts to still be entertaining. I watch shows to be entertained, not to critique the dialog." Of course it's not Broth&Sist but it's not trying to be and at least It's not Breaking Bad or The xth zombie'series.... primal pleasure , but it's entertaining.

I like the show.

Its fun, and many of the characters are fun to watch, especially Asha and the cute yet so evil Jelena.

A show does not need to have A-list actors and Emmy caliber dialog/scripts to still be entertaining. I watch shows to be entertained, not to critique the dialog.

This show reminds me somewhat of the Hellcats TV series a couple of years ago, but with less focus on the actual cheering and more on the behind the scenes drama. That show only lasted a year though as network TV has higher ratings requirements than Cable. Being a VH1 series I'm hopeful for a second season.