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TITLE: HAPPY HOUR - FOX FALL 2006
Info:
Premiere Date: Thursday, September 7, 2006 (Warner Bros. Television)
Network: FOX
Time: Thursdays at 8:30 p.m.
Cast: Starring John Sloan, Lex Medlin, Beth Lacke, Nat
Faxon, Jamie Denbo, Brooke D'Orsay
Introduction:
So life is all settled for you, but your girlfriend
has convinced you to give it all up and move to
Chicago with her. Except when you get there, she
doesn't want you. So how do you rebuild your life in a
new city? With the help of new friends and a bar.
Cast Details:
The series is about Harvey Beckman (John Sloan), who
moves to Chicago to be with his girlfriend, Heather
(Brooke D'Orsay). Except she doesn't want him anymore,
so he has to build his life all over again in the new
city, and does this by moving in with Larry (Lex
Medlin). Larry is able to accommodate Harvey, because
his old roommate, Brad (Nat Faxon), has gotten engaged
to Tina (Jamie Denbo).
Pilot Plot:
In the pilot (here we go again with repeating details,
this is what happens when a show has a bad premise),
John gives up everything that he has to go to Chicago
to be with Heather. And once he gets there, Heather
dumps him, so he has nowhere to live or work. So he
moves in with Larry, who has just lost his own
roommate. Larry helps John find a job. And at the end
of the day, everybody drinks, in other words happy
hour.
Analysis:
Let's see... I've reviewed two FOX sitcom pilots for
the fall season.
The other one was a better show. And I thought that
show was painful.
I'm not getting this show at all. Basically the guy
moves to Chicago and is trying to live there and goes
to a bar and drinks because his girlfriend doesn't
want him now. There isn't much to analyze there, it is
just boring. It is a traditional style sitcom without
any cutaways or anything (which is not common for
Fox)... but unfortunately it lacks any comedic value.
Conclusion:
This show is just bad and I don't know what they could
do to make it better except for to cancel it quickly.
You are probably wondering why there are so few
details in this review. I would have included them if
there were any. The bottom line is that the show is
just really boring and poorly developed. You'd have to
be drunk to watch this... I don't even think I need to
say any more.
Final Numbers (out of 5 stars):
Watchability: 1/5
Funniness: 1.5/5
Overall: 1/5
-- Reviewed by skees53 on 09/02/06
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