I used to watch Murphy Brown, but I don't recall *loving* it, so my response to a reboot was less, "how exciting" and more "really?" Still, I did like it, so I took a look.
My reaction is pretty similar to my reaction to the Roseanne reboot and the Conners re-reboot; you can't resuscitate a corpse. Whatever magic these show had is gone, and what is left is people flailing away at stock jokes and old-style patter that feels like it's from a thousand years ago.
It's not that old-school sitcoms are inherently terrible. I like Big Bang Theory, which is just as formulaic (but much funnier) and I think the One Day at a Time remake is quite good, although that one updated the cast and managed to seem current.
I hoped to like this show, because I enjoy anything that mocks the Cheeto in Chief, but you'll find much wittier knocks on Mini-Hands on Twitter than you will on Murphy Brown.
My reaction is pretty similar to my reaction to the Roseanne reboot and the Conners re-reboot; you can't resuscitate a corpse. Whatever magic these show had is gone, and what is left is people flailing away at stock jokes and old-style patter that feels like it's from a thousand years ago.
It's not that old-school sitcoms are inherently terrible. I like Big Bang Theory, which is just as formulaic (but much funnier) and I think the One Day at a Time remake is quite good, although that one updated the cast and managed to seem current.
I hoped to like this show, because I enjoy anything that mocks the Cheeto in Chief, but you'll find much wittier knocks on Mini-Hands on Twitter than you will on Murphy Brown.