Comments on: Updated! Premiere Week 2011: CBS http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2011/09/26/premiere-week-2011-cbs/ Responses to Media and Culture Fri, 12 Feb 2016 19:35:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.5 By: Erin Copple Smith http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2011/09/26/premiere-week-2011-cbs/comment-page-1/#comment-115569 Sun, 25 Sep 2011 12:21:08 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=10566#comment-115569 Thanks for the input, Sharon! I have to say, I was surprised NOT to like it, as I (frankly) do not have very erudite tastes in TV. My sister and her husband are visiting this weekend, and they loooooved it, so you and your students are certainly not alone. Big Bang is one of my favorite shows on TV, and I also really enjoy Mike & Molly, but for some reason…2 Broke Girls really turned me off. (And I dug The New Girl, unlike basically everyone else in academia!)

I suppose it goes to show that there’s no accounting for taste. Funny, that’s a point I belabor with my students–you like what you like because you like it! I chose to review premieres I thought I’d enjoy, but…not so this one! Thanks for adding your more favorable review here.

]]> By: Sharon Ross http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2011/09/26/premiere-week-2011-cbs/comment-page-1/#comment-115435 Sun, 25 Sep 2011 01:58:43 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=10566#comment-115435 Wild! I really enjoyed this sitcom and especially enjoyed what I aw as great chemistry between the 2 actresses. While the ratings can’t be a guideline given the monster 2 1/2 Men lead in, they did do well enough (19+ million) to get to a full half season (unless there’s a monster match drop off in the next few weeks). It’s not genius and it had it’s crass moments for sure (see above) but I found it to be appropos of the lead-inand the target market (my college juniors and seniors like it). Harmless fun so far–and once in a while I like a sitcom that doesn’t aim to over-think itself. Like Mike and Molly and Big Bang (though not a Lorre show), this might find a matured groove as it winds towards its second season, I think. I found it to be less tiresome than The New Girl, which was a little too cutesy for my taste (though has much potential I think.)

]]> By: Erin Copple Smith http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2011/09/26/premiere-week-2011-cbs/comment-page-1/#comment-113517 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 01:42:18 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=10566#comment-113517 Well, your agreement is gratifying, Jonathan! I was so disappointed, as I really do like Dennings, but man. BAD. And yes–the cum-on-the-uniform jokes were awful. That was the first thing I mentioned to Andrew when telling him how bad it was. Of course, CBS is still hanging on to the awful Rules of Engagement, so who knows?

]]> By: Kyra Hunting http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2011/09/26/premiere-week-2011-cbs/comment-page-1/#comment-113510 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:17:56 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=10566#comment-113510 I am particularly looking forward to the half episode.

]]> By: Jonathan Gray http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2011/09/26/premiere-week-2011-cbs/comment-page-1/#comment-113482 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:23:32 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=10566#comment-113482 Erin, I agree with you completely (spookily so?) re: 2 Broke Girls — awful supporting cast and characters, clunky (and surprisingly/ disappointingly so from Dennings), and the sophomorism of the humor was made all the worse by its repetition (just in case you missed that there was cum on the uniform, they made the joke again). 6.5 eps seems about right, so I agree with your maths too 🙂

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