Night Court

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.

I wanted to like this show since I loved the original. I was surprised that the dialog was difficult to follow. Did the writers or director think it would be funnier if most characters talked too fast? No, I do not have a hearing problem.

Half of the characters have shallow personalities but half are well developed. I'll keep watching, hoping it improves.

John Larroquette played the kinky sleazeball perfectly in the original. Currently he just reflects the antics of the other characters. He's almost a straight man!

Harry Anderson portrayed a bizarre but fair judge, strange interests with a heart of gold. Melissa Rauch plays a judge with.awkward half-hidden sexual desires. Not nearly as interesting and a bit of a cliche.

Richard Moll, Markie Post, Marsha Warfield, Charles Robinson, and others played characters so deep they were profound at times, and play the parts well. I hope the new series can develop like that.

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!

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.

Most people reviewing here seem to be honest fans of the original show, and it was indeed funny .... every episode. Harry was a treat, and the surrounding cast played off of his humor very well, and he off of theirs.

The reboot uses the device of his supposed daughter showing up as the new Night Court judge. Harry was funny. She has yet to be.

Olivia, the DA, is simply annoying. Her part is badly written and she responds by going over the top. WAY over the top.

The only saving grace is John Laroquette, but he can't carry the show on his own. He's trying his best, I'll give him that. And the idea of bringing him back as the Public Defender was an interesting touch. I hope the show improves, but already my wife refuses to watch it anymore :-(

The laugh track does NOT help. When the laugh track plays for something you found no humor whatsoever in, that's a bad, bad sign.