Hidden Hills aired from September 2002 until January 2003 on NBC.
A bland little sitcom about life in the generic suburb of Hidden Hills. It was narrated by Doug ( Justin Louis), a dutiful if some-what sex starved dad who ballanced his career as a construction manager with taking care of his kids, hyperactive tween Emily ( Alexa Nikolas), and chubby younger son Derek( Sean Marquette). His wife Janine ( Paula Marshall), was a busy doctor, so most of the work ferrying the kids around, chaperoning parties and coaching the softball team fell to Doug. Serving as a constant reminder of a life he didn't have, best friend Zack ( Dondre T. Whitfield), and his stylish wife Sarah ( Tamara Taylor), a successful black couple , had sex constantly and easily, even while effortlessly raising their 2 little kids . Another distraction was the sexy new mom in the neighborhood, Belinda ( Kristin Bauer), who ran a pornographic web site while not assistant-coaching Doug's softball team. Pam ( Stacy Galina), was Janine's friend with her own marital problems.
There were numerous little digs at suburbia, from The Monkee's song " Pleasant Valley Sunday" to the omnipresent cell phones, SUV's, and the fact that all the girls on the soccer team were named Caitlin.
A Review from The New York Times
NEW TV SEASON IN REVIEW; HIDDEN HILLS
By ANITA GATES
Published: September 24, 2002
NBC tonight at 9:30, Eastern and Pacific times; 8:30, Central time
Trying to please everyone rarely succeeds; but then the new sitcom ''Hidden Hills'' is just trying to please all men. There are slow-motion fantasy scenes borrowed from ''10,'' ''Flashdance'' and ''Cool Hand Luke'' as well as an ''Austin Powers'' nudity gag. When half a dozen husbands get together, one is African-American and another is Asian-American. (I probably missed the Latino.) Yet on the local girls' baseball team, every player -- almost -- is named Caitlin.
In the first episode Doug Barber (Justin Louis) is distressed because he and his wife haven't had sex in five weeks. This is made even more painful when Doug learns that one neighborhood mom, a busty blonde, has her own pornography Web site and is his new assistant coach. Just one more challenge in the frenetic married-with-children life, just one more comedy trying too hard. ANITA GATES
A Review From entertainyourbrain.com
"Hidden Hills" Review
By Shawn McKenzie 10/09/2002
One rule I would suggest sitcom creators follow when creating a new sitcom: If you are going to rip off another sitcom…rip off a good one! NBC’s new sitcom “Hidden Hills” shares many similarities with HBO’s “Mind of the Married Man,” and I still haven’t figured out why they would want to rip off the worst show on HBO.
“Hidden Hills” follows Doug Barber (Justin Louis), a husband and father in suburbia. Janine (Paula Marshall) is his wife. Their friends are Zack (Dondré T. Whitfield) and Sarah (Tamara Taylor) Timmerman. Belinda Slypich (Kristin Bauer) is the new neighbor who creates a stir when it’s discovered that the hot single mom has a porn Web site. Doug has to deal with being a good dad and husband, and he doesn’t feel like he is doing that sometimes. He finds himself tempted by Belinda and he is jealous of his friend Zack’s sex life with his wife Sarah. All of the characters try their hardest to be able to balance marriage, family, and career.
Like most TV critics, I like the single-camera, no laugh track style. I have never thought you needed to be told when to laugh. If something is funny, people will laugh. This show fortunately does have a few laughs.
Those laughs are the main difference between this show and “Mind of the Married Man.” I never laugh when I accidentally catch that HBO show, but “Hidden Hills” does have a few chuckles. I just hope it gets better, because it is by no means the funniest new show this season. There are actually shows with laugh tracks that are funnier!
Now let’s get into the under appreciation of Paula Marshall. She is always the best part of a TV show, even a bad TV show. I loved her in the last season of “Sports Night.” David E. Kelley’s weird action show “Snoops” certainly wasn’t cancelled because of her. The same thing can be said of the very creative and funny hour-long romantic ABC comedy series “Cupid.” Why does she keep getting the short shrift? Oh well. She could easily be the porn mom, because she is not only talented, she is hot! If “Hidden Hills” is cancelled, it won’t be because of her.
The rest of the cast is fine for the roles they were given, and “Hidden Hills” certainly towers in quality over “Mind of the Married Man.” I will tune into the show if I get a chance, but since it is competing with other shows in the busiest hour of the busiest night (8 PM Mountain Time on Tuesdays), I might miss it for one of those better shows.
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