I always liked the snappy, manic quick-fire hysteria of the original show, and this premiere of the reboot is pretty flat. The script isn't particularly funny and certainly not edgy, there's a bland going-through-the-motions quality, forced laughter and all.
It did pick up a little steam about 20-odd minutes into the episode with the Twitter gags, but no telling how many viewers they lost by then.
If this show doesn't find its legs soon, I doubt it will make it through the season. With Trump's three-ring circus and an obsequious, dysfunctional Congress, they have a target-rich environment.
It did pick up a little steam about 20-odd minutes into the episode with the Twitter gags, but no telling how many viewers they lost by then.
If this show doesn't find its legs soon, I doubt it will make it through the season. With Trump's three-ring circus and an obsequious, dysfunctional Congress, they have a target-rich environment.