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UPDATED: People attending the NBC presentation were buzzing about one line in particular from the trailer for new comedy Friends With Benefits. in it, one of the guys complains to a girl about her tongue in his mouth: ”You kiss like a hobo cleaning out a margarine container.”
Over at Fox’s presentation, Jane Lynch scored big laughs as Sue Sylvester with her take on Fox’s entertainment president Kevin Reilly’s hair: “The last time I saw something that sweet and sticky, it came with a coffee and had jelly in it.”
And Scott Silveri, co-creator/executive producer of another new NBC comedy, Perfect Couples, and his wife, fellow ex-Friends executive producer Shana Goldberg-Meehan, both had new comedies about couples picked up. Goldberg-Meehan also is due to give birth next month. “The baby will come just as we’re gearing up the shows,” Silveri told me at the NBC lunch. “We were looking to see if we could push it to midseason.”
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If that hobo line is the best they’ve got, then expect another dismal fall season. The lost art of comedy writing stays lost.
I agree, that’s just an ‘ok’ line at best. Kinda a reach though. I think NBC will be struggling again this year. I mean for a network who’s bottom line is in the red, I dont think they’re going to be able to put big bucks into “The Event” all season. The pilot looks hella expensive, and do we really think they can keep such high standards up with as bad off as they are right now? I think “The Event” will start off strong, but ratings will quickly taper off and due to the pricetag of the show, it’ll be cancelled by the end of the first year.
Oh and, JJ Abrams “Undercovers”…DOOMED. While it’s awesome to see a primetime all-star creator show like that have African American leads, the casting choices seem….boring. At least the wife anyway. The guy actually seems pretty funny but I think they could have cast a better choice for the wife. I just think it’s a one episode pony and will only last about 6 episodes max.
6 episodes max? The show may not be good, but it’s by far NBC’s most high profile show. It’s J.J. Abrams’ first directing gig since directing Star Trek!
Whether it has a sustainable premise, that remains to be seen. But, on NBC, the channel that kept Kath & Kim on the air for 13 episodes, will certainly give Undercovers at least a season, whether it stinks or not.
Yeah, Dolemite, you’re so right, there’s no good comedy at all on tv, it’s completely a lost art. What a sage and non-exaggerated comment.
Silveri is a sweet guy. Good to see good things happening for him.
NBC needs to be doing more USA style shows and Undercovers fits the bill.
Undercovers looks like it could be the next Burn Notice and I think that’sNellie Andreeva said that Undercovers tested extremely well. I think Gugu Mbatha-Raw will be the next Jennifer Garner
NBC does not need to be more goofy slap stick drama like USA. It needs to be itself. High end urbanite shows like ER, Frasier, Friends, The Cosby Show, and Seinfeld. Smart sophisticated fare that a mass audience can digest.
Their whole current packaging and website just looks so B-list. Like stuff that aired on Saturday syndication w/ Baywatch in the 90′s. What’s next an Acapulco H.E.A.T remake?
Go to hell NBC. Oh that’s right, you’re already there.
ugh. nellie, your reporting’s great, but if you think that’s a good joke, maybe leave the criticism to someone else.
I hate to say it, but a show with 2 African American leads (Undercovers) will not last.
The Cosby Show lasted 8 years.
That’s racist. But you’re probably right.
It’s not racist to point out the public’s racism.
Why LDS, you don’t plan to watch? Be more specific; what is “lasting” in your opinion? One season, two, three, etc…
good to see that this year’s tv should be right on sched to be worst ever. well, at least some people’s asses got kissed. got to look on the bright side.
People seem so jaded about comedy nowadays. If any of you “Meh, it warn’t so great” folks had written that line yourselves, you’d be proud of how clever you were — and if people were actually TALKING about it after the show — you’d be patting yourselves on the back from here ’til next Sunday.
Nellie was just reporting that observation — people were talking about it. THAT is what it’s all about. Not impressing people who have “seen and heard it all” and can’t be pierced.
The line is not funny. It’s tasteless to many. And it smacks of a show, and a line up, that’s destined to fail – again.
Other than that, things are looking bright.
BTW – I don’t think too many are saying, “Meh, that’s not so great.” They seem to be saying, “Jesus, that line sucks.”
OK, shill?
you’re right. it would be my life’s dream come true. thanks for clearing that up.
actually, this post originally said “that’s pretty good” re: the shitty hobo joke, and it looks it’s since been edited out. so, she wasn’t just reporting an observation, she was offering commentary on the material.
not trying to attack nellie, who’s a delightful addition to the blog. i just didn’t like the joke. at all.
Great joke. Series probably won’t last but what does?
Anybody who thinks that joke stinks should be required to give their example of a joke from a show they think is great.
Hoboes are historical from a time before the Hippies, whom are also historical. I’ve been called both. But this is 2010, people. I’m just a long-haired homeless person who would like to use your shower.