The Comedians

Love this show; it reminds me a lot of Curb Your Enthusiasm (no doubt due to Larry Charles' involvement in both) and while it's not quite as good it's still up there with the best comedies currently on television in my opinion. If you like awkward humour and mockumentaries then you should like this. Crystal and Gadd are brilliant together and Stephnie Weir is absolutely hilarious!

I hope this show gets renewed and I hope it gets more recognition as I think it's seriously underrated at the moment. I look forward to seeing where they take it and how it develops but so far I've enjoyed every single episode.

One of the funniest shows ever. Original; clever; surprising. In an interview, Billy C. quoted his late dear friend Robin Williams as asking if he would bring out the Dark Billy. He has. The sketch parody of "Orange is the New Black" was genius. There are so many throw away laughs that would be belabored in a network comedy. It's as if there is such an abundance of good writing that the show can afford to toss out lines that the audience may or may not catch. All kinds of allusions across the pop culture landscape: the premise of old/young gives the script leeway to go anywhere. Please leave in minority jokes, in both senses. When Billy tells his wife he has the Clippers schedule tattoo on h. is arm and that's why he can't be buried in a Jewish cemetery, only a small group of viewers will get that. Bravo for leaving it in. The conceit of rotating directors will let a new character appear smoothly. Steve Weir looked like he was having fun playing the former hunk, now a transvestite. Lots of minor great motifs.

The Comedians is not your typical comedy because I think it brings quite a bit more to the table. It is funny, I laughed out loud many many times, but this show also delivers some vulnerability without losing it's humor.

Billy Crystal and Josh Gad are obviously very talented performers; but the documentary aspect of the show is extremely convincing because they each give a very honest performance. And Stephanie Wier is perfection! Every moment she is on screen she is magnificent. She really thinks about the details and the result is flawless. I wish she were in more. Give the woman an Emmy.

I think the reason this show flopped, is because FX has a very brief window for anyone to watch their stuff on demand and binging tv is the preferred method of consumption now. It was a new show and if you didn't see it within the first two weeks of airing, you just didn't see it. I loved this show when it originally aired and I just watched it a second time. My favorite scene still holds up and had me doubled over in laughter.

I heard about this show from Bill Burr's Monday Morning Podcast because he describes it as the closest thing to reality, showing what its like for comedians to try and get a show on the air. Its only appropriate that this shows is paired with Louie on FX as they both stretch the bounds between funny and uncomfortable. Although it isn't on par with the brilliance that Louie brings, it carries its own very well and has made me long for new episodes as badly as Louie, It's Always Sunny, and Archer. It is still in it's initial stages and obviously hasn't found it's audience judging by the low rating it has accumulated so far. Let me say this though, I have never felt the need to sign up for an online account due to unjust reviews until now. Billy Crystal is in his finest form in years, and although Josh Gadd plays an understandably irritating character, the shows writers have done a fantastic job building the character into someone that you can feel empathy for. Great Show!

This is/was a fabulous show. Inventive, unusual, and absolutely hilarious. Great writing and great acting. Stephnie Weir was incredibly vulnerable and yet so offbeat - a charm to watch. Josh Gad and Billy Crystal played off each other so well. Both Larry Charles and Steven Weber as the directors was a stroke of great casting. For any one who has worked in any form of entertainment, whether TV, film, video, Equity or community theater, this show rings true to the combination of egos and jerks and brilliant talent found in them all. Not since Chris Thompson's 'Action' starring Jay Mohr, Illeana Douglas, and Buddy Hackett has there been a show that delves so riotously into the imagined backstage of Hollywood. I miss this show and wish it would come back to life. Even my DVR misses recording it. Anybody know any backstory about it's disappearance? Will it return?