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Stand-up comedian Jerrod Carmichael navigates through life with his therapist-in-training girlfriend and his heavily-opinionated family.Stand-up comedian Jerrod Carmichael navigates through life with his therapist-in-training girlfriend and his heavily-opinionated family.Stand-up comedian Jerrod Carmichael navigates through life with his therapist-in-training girlfriend and his heavily-opinionated family.
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Watching this show with a LIVE audience, and people truly laughing at it, is amazing in todays TV. The show itself is hilarious, but definitely unpredictable. You can't predict how the characters will react in a given situation, and they have real life views that reflect todays world. You have to value a show that isn't afraid to be funny while talking about not-so-funny world issues.
No spoilers, but the pilot was the funniest show I had seen in years. The season episodes are just as funny.
I know I'm jumping around, but I'll just end this review with this. The TIMING of these actors is amazing. Comedy is about timing, and they don't miss a beat.
Gave it 9/10, because its the best comedy I've seen on TV in recent memory.
No spoilers, but the pilot was the funniest show I had seen in years. The season episodes are just as funny.
I know I'm jumping around, but I'll just end this review with this. The TIMING of these actors is amazing. Comedy is about timing, and they don't miss a beat.
Gave it 9/10, because its the best comedy I've seen on TV in recent memory.
That was unexpected, right from the beginning I was preparing for that "cringe feeling" you get when a shows pilot starts to fail, but boy was I surprised. I love the shows dialogue and how they use it as its main premise, I could even see the show kick it up a notch on its "edge factor" and it wouldn't be a problem as long as they stay within the shows formula. To have conversations on highly controversial subjects in a show that's heavy on clichés and making it work is a fun watch. An example of how these writers insert these sensitive topics like "the war on terrorism" convincingly into the dialogue, is to have a character in a conversation completely "go off topic", because they desperately wanted to get their point across. That topic is then quickly debated from both sides with arguments that's been recycled from popular media only to have the conversation re-directed back to its original topic leaving us with no conclusion as the show keeps moving forward all in a clever comedic way. This formula is repeated but works because it does something that we in the real world don't do and that's to openly talk about the issues that going on locally and internationally, it's also what makes the show so entertaining, and as a person who grew up watching "in living color", it sure was a treat to see David Alan Grier on here playing as the main characters father, hopefully he stays on. As long as they never pick a side and they remain unbiased, this show might have the potential to become a long running sitcom.
It was refreshing to watch a scripted sitcom, which parallels my experience as a southern-born first-generation African American college graduate. The humor, the values, and the political commentary juxtaposed against their faith takes me back home with every episode! I have absolutely loved both Loretta Devine and David Allen Grier for decades. Few actors can match the comedic expression of David's facial lines and raised eyebrow. The multi-talented Loretta Devine with her soulful voice is the perfect cast for the southern mother.
It has been difficult over the past decade or so to find a sitcom that both me and my extended family can relate to in this new age of "politically correct" and "millennial- centered" sitcoms ("Modern Family", "New Girl", "Big Bang Theory"). While I enjoy both New Girl and Big Bang Theory, I appreciate the NBC network for airing a show which reaches the often forgotten middle-age to older American audience. This show clearly reminds me that there is a great need for multiple voices and experiences to be expressed on network TV. I look forward to seeing the career path that the talented writer/actor Jerrod Carmichael will take.
It has been difficult over the past decade or so to find a sitcom that both me and my extended family can relate to in this new age of "politically correct" and "millennial- centered" sitcoms ("Modern Family", "New Girl", "Big Bang Theory"). While I enjoy both New Girl and Big Bang Theory, I appreciate the NBC network for airing a show which reaches the often forgotten middle-age to older American audience. This show clearly reminds me that there is a great need for multiple voices and experiences to be expressed on network TV. I look forward to seeing the career path that the talented writer/actor Jerrod Carmichael will take.
Comedian Jerrod Carmichael tackles edgy subject matters every week in this outwardly traditional network sitcom. Maxine (Amber Stevens West) is his liberal therapist girlfriend. His parents (Loretta Devine, David Alan Grier) are opinionated. Bobby (LilRel Howery) is his loser brother and Nekeisha (Tiffany Haddish) is Bobby's domineering ex-wife.
Carmichael has plenty of fun pushing the hot buttons. It's deliberately subversive. He's able to survive the network overlords for the most part except for the shooting episode. It never really got great ratings which is possibly its saving grace. Maybe none of the suits noticed what they were doing. It's 3 shorten seasons of funny, edgy material.
Carmichael has plenty of fun pushing the hot buttons. It's deliberately subversive. He's able to survive the network overlords for the most part except for the shooting episode. It never really got great ratings which is possibly its saving grace. Maybe none of the suits noticed what they were doing. It's 3 shorten seasons of funny, edgy material.
This show is very funny. I love Loretta Devine and David Allan Grier. I hate to see this show taken of the air. I do realize the show has some risqué subjects but this makes it more interesting.I would like to find out about contacting someone in regards to starting a petition to keep this show on. The actors and actresses deserve another chance
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