No matter your ethnicity, ABC wants you!
October 15th, 2014 at 4:21:25 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | ABC started 6 new sitcoms this year, and they seem to want to cover all ethnic social groups. I wonder what happened with Cosby writing a sitcom where the race if the family was incidental to the comedy. 'blackish Fresh off the Boat (Taiwanese) Cristela (Mexican) Selfie (Scottish|Korean) WASP (Manhattan Love Story) LGBT (Galavant) - that last one may not be fair |
October 15th, 2014 at 4:28:55 PM permalink | |
TheCesspit Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 23 Posts: 1929 | So Selfie is pygmalion/my fair lady, the series? Looks terrible. It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die.... it's called Life |
October 15th, 2014 at 4:57:07 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
ABC has a difficult time on Tuesday nights. CBS has it's biggest show, NCIS, on Tuesdays, and NBC has it's biggest show, "The Voice" on Tuesdays. It's almost a guarantee that whatever ABC puts on will be cancelled. I think they hate to waste their good shows against such competition. So "Selfie" is a long shot against surviving. John Cho has been doing pretty well in TV and films for 17 years, and Karen Gillan is a favorite newcomer in Britain. It seems a shame to put them through the meat grinder like this, but I guess every actor hopes that they might be the one to pull it off. Unfortunately, as expected, it is ABC's lowest rated show, and probably won't even air the full 13 episodes. |
October 15th, 2014 at 4:59:22 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25013 |
I threw up in my mouth watching it.. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
October 15th, 2014 at 7:31:42 PM permalink | |
TheCesspit Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 23 Posts: 1929 | Fresh of the Boat is a telling of Eddie Haung's childhood... he's infante terrible of the food world. Looks like a version of Everybody Hates Chris. Black-ish... erm, yeah... Lawrence Fishburne might save it, but I doubt it. It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die.... it's called Life |
October 15th, 2014 at 7:42:33 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25013 | Blackish. Let me get this straight. It's now OK to point out the differences in the races in every sentence if you happen to be Black? Why don't I think we'll be seeing a Whitish show, where the dad yells at his kids for not being White enough. Where he gives them lessons in how to be White. That would be racist as hell, but Blackish isn't? It's the most racist thing I've seen since Sanford and Son. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
October 15th, 2014 at 7:51:48 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25013 | These are all awful, the blatant racism on three of them is appalling. Bashing whites is the new norm? I'm reminded of why I stopped watching network TV. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
October 15th, 2014 at 10:05:10 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
Are you kidding? Out of the 7 new sitcoms released on all network channels, "black-ish" is by far the most successful, with ABC giving the show a full season order. "Black-ish" is even getting higher ratings than the older ABC sitcoms like The Goldbergs, and The Middle (which will have 144 episodes by the end of the year). ABC 1)Manhattan Love Story 2)Cristela (F) 3)Selfie 4)black-ish NBC 5)A to Z 6)Bad Judge CBS no new sitcoms yet FOX 7)Mulaney |
October 15th, 2014 at 10:44:43 PM permalink | |
TheCesspit Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 23 Posts: 1929 |
Giving my view if I am likely to watch it, rather than whether it'll do well. Had no idea of the various ratings.... It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die.... it's called Life |
October 15th, 2014 at 11:01:41 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
Modern television networks cancel the huge majority of sitcoms in their first two years. When someone says "save it" I assume that they mean it won't be cancelled. It's a good natured show, but I have to wonder how many men in real life have said anything equivalent to: "I want my family to be black, not black-ish." It's like sitcoms with dumb blondes from 30 years ago. The idea of telling those jokes just seems dated. |