As the semester comes to a close, I wonder if anyone cared that I had this generic sentence at the beginning of the blog to try to show how clever I think I am?
NBC has ordered a full season of
The New Normal and it really has me thinking what their entire strategy is. They obviously want to go back to a traditional sitcom base and move away from what gave them critical acclaim for almost a decade now. Their primetime strategy clearly shows as shows such as
30 Rock and
The Office finish up their final seasons, yet these were the shows that partially saved them from their disaster of have
Friends and
Frasier leave in back to back seasons. NBC picked up a full season of
Guys With Kids and are changing
Up All Night to a multi-camera show, even though it has been on for two seasons already.
Guys With Kids is one of the worst shows I have watched in the last few years. There is nothing good on that show. They are trying to move towards multi-camera sitcoms and have it more of an original base, yet they keep
Go On and
The New Normal.
The New Normal is nothing but a rip off of
Modern Family and they clearly do not care about it. NBC wants to be traditional, but they decided to pick up a show that is a carbon copy of a hit non-traditional sitcom from another network. They are trying to move away from shows that brought them critical acclaim, but are going to end up using these shows to help bridge the gap between good content and terrible generic primetime nonsense.
Parks and Recreation and
Community are praised for how good they are, yet it seems NBC wants nothing to do with them. Also,
Whitney is a terrible show. Whitney Cummings is not funny. She is the creator of
2 Broke Girls and
Whitney, both of which could disappear right now and I could completely care less. Neither show is even remotely funny.
Either way, congrats to all of the shows who got picked up for a full season and did not get cut. I'm very happy that
Revolution is successful because NBC could use a good show like that to fill the gap they've been looking for in the sci-fi kind of genre.
The New Normal is a lot better than what I was expecting coming into this semester. It has very good chemistry between the stars of the show and I hope it last for at least a couple seasons.
The New Normal is on Tuesdays at 9:30 Eastern on NBC
I fully agree with you about The New Normal being a rip off of Modern Family so I guess NBC can't hang with Modern Family so why not try to pry some of the viewers away with The New Normal I guessing is the strategy.
ReplyDeleteClearly,we've determined that at this point, NBC doesn't know what the hell they are doing. Guys with Kids is god-awful, and I believe NBC's respect for Jimmy Fallon is the only reason why they've kept this garbage going.
ReplyDeleteHAHA, geez Greg, you just ripped everyone a new one! I agree that The New Normal is a rip off of Modern Family... but you have to think, it's hard to truly come up with anything that is completely "original" anymore. Everything just has one element changed and WAH-LA! New show. But yes, congratulations!
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