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Fox’s struggling freshman Running Wilde seems to be facing a slow and painful death. The low-rated show, which just came back on Tuesday after two weeks of preemptions, is being benched again for the rest of the November sweep, slated to come back with an original on Nov. 30. In the next two weeks, Fox will air reruns of its other freshman comedy Raising Hope in Running Wilde‘s the Tuesday 9:30 PM slot. Running Wilde, which averaged a 1.3 rating among 18-49 to finish a distant last among all programs on the Big 4 networks on Tuesday, remains the last new fall series whose fate has not been decided though its chances for renewal appear very slim. Fox is already eying a midseason order for the Christian Slater-starring comedy Breaking In as a potential replacement for Running Wilde, whose star/co-creator Will Arnett has been rallying support for the show.
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Okay, this isn’t a case of FOX bungling a good comedy. This is straight case of a bad show.
This. It’s confusing, too, as there are a ton of talented people crapping this thing out. I watched the first few episodes and I really wanted to like it, but it was just too bad. Maybe it got better once it found its legs?
When will Hollywood give up its love affair with the failed “Arrested Development”? Ratings were abysmal, which means nobody in America watched it, yet these “We’re so much hipper than America because we watched ‘Arrested Development’ and know who Will Arnett is” Hollywood execs keep acting as if this is a cast of superstars. It doesn’t matter how talented and funny he is. Nobody in America has a clue who he is, yet they foolishly marketed this show with his name and face plastered all over it. It’s no wonder nobody gave it a chance. (Plus that terrible title)
It’s a damn shame because it’s a really funny show. It should have been scheduled on another night. This was Sunday night material. I think you can hang this defeat on the geniuses at the network.
They should try to help the show find an audience instead of jamming Christian Slater’s third show in as many seasons into the spot.
Sparky, what show have you been watching? What appeals to you most; the unrelatability, the unfunny jokes, or the bad storytelling?
The original pilot was much funnier. A rather “big-boned” older female with a Russian accent played Will Arnett’s nany. Whoever axed her axed 80% of the potential of this show. This is definitely the Network’s doing or undoing. Just let Mitch Hurwitz do his thing… or give him a cable deal. Sheesh.
Watched the pilot and the 2nd episode. Terribly disappointing.
It’s disappointing because Will is practically doing the same character he does in all his other TV or film projects. There’s also no chemistry between him and Keri. This should ‘Will’ definitely be cancelled.
The fact that this show is going to get the boot is as certain as Jeff Gaspin getting sacked from NBC yesterday even though he told everyone that wasn’t the case.
Cancel it so the writers can get other jobs, and America can keep it’s dinner down.
I watched again Tuesday night. Not funny, just cringy. Will Arnett is not sexy at all – the hairline, the hairless muscle-free bod, the arched eyebrow, the mugging. He looks like he’s wearing lipstick for chrissakes. And the Felicity gal acts confused. Just like in all the cringy promos.
If it’s supposed to be romantic comedy, the leads hafta look/act desirable. Each needs to come off like a real person – not a cartoon. Her environmentalist backstory went out the window and he’s a Walmart Arthur without the drinking problem.
The dynamic of the pair fighting their inevitable togetherness is clumsy and unconvincing. Any daytime soap could show the producers how to do it right and entice viewers to root for them.
Don’t matter how many affable Latino servants, cute well-meaning kids, Gunga Din neighbors or Renaissance Faire hijinks — this show is underdeveloped ‘n not ready for TV.
Maybe it’s creators should go on the Internet and figure out how to do credible plot ‘n character so they know how to make a real TV show.
Back to the lab.
I have a friend, former classmate, that has been working on the show since the pilot that announced earlier that the show had been canceled.
Show stinks. Vanilla as is Arnett. This dud has been trying to make it for too long. Let the younger guys in.
At least the show’s fans can take comfort that the internet will be infested with pointless rumors of a Running Wilde movie that will never come.
Funny.
I’ve never seen a full episode of Arrested Development, but I’ve LOVED the 5 or 6 episodes I’ve seen of Running Wilde. Forrealz. It’s a funny show for a small group of people, but I totally understand that it’s not at all funny for a much larger group of people. Really wish they had done this on cable, instead. As far as I can tell, off the top of my head, it’s the only show with its type of comedic sensibility that’s currently on the air. Shame to lose it so soon, but I’m grateful we had it at all. Again, really enjoyed the handful of episodes I watched.
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I watched the pilot as well. It just… failed. Not memorable – I’m sure there’s better comedy material out there. Go find it, FOX.
This show sucks. Mitch is not a commercial writer. America rejects him time and time again. Fox should clean house in the comedy ranks. Slater show will not save them.
Maybe if it had a laugh track for you yanks you’d get it and know when to laugh
That’s unfair, there’s a lot of popular shows that’s not using laugh track.
It has nothing to do with a laugh track. The Office and 30 Rock don’t have laugh tracks and I laugh plenty. And you know why? Because they’re funny, clever, and have characters I care about. In fact, even if they miss on the funny a few times a year, I forgive them, because the characters are people I don’t mind letting into my home. The Running Wilde characters are beyond unrelatable. That’s why nobody’s watching this show and it’s why Arrested Development — despite all the hype — was not widely watched.
I was a huge fan of “Arrested Development” but “Running Wilde” is simply not good.
The pace isn’t satisfying and the Keri Russell character is simply humorless every time she’s on screen. Outside of the fact she’s quite attractive, you don’t understand why Steve Wilde does so much in every episode for her in a way that gets more and more formulaic.
It’s a little better than “Sit Down, Shut Up” but it’s another misfire of Hurwitz and his current writing team.
nowtbut69 you may be on to something.
Sure, RW is nowhere near Arrested Development quality but it is even farther away from multicam crapfests like Mike & Molly or Shat my Dad says. At least Wilde tries to be original and every episode has a few good moments. If it wouldn’t be cancelled after 13 episodes it could grow to one of the best network comedies.
Yes, EXACTLY! Am I the only one that remembers the first 10 episodes of Community… or Parks and Recreation… or even the beloved 30 Rock? They were all bad! But they were given the time to find their comedic footing and it totally paid off. Now those are maybe the best 3 comedies on TV (gotta give a nod to Modern Family also, though.) But Fox has never had this kind of foresight. I fear for Running Wilde’s future, even though I know in my gut it would grow to be an amazing show by year’s end, if given the chance.
Running Wilde was so painful, I couldn’t even sit through the entire first show. On the other hand have really taken to Raising Hope. Now that’s funny!
Thank God Fox is thinking of Breaking In. That was one of the best pilots they had and didn’t pick it up for some crazy reason. It’s not as funny as Raising Hope, but it was different and cool. Maybe it’ll have a shot.
What is it with you people? Saskia lectures us on the ‘rules’ of a romantic comedy and how they apply to Running Wilde. I see, so because it doesn’t follow the drab mathematical formula of all those horrible, empty films on your DVD shelf, kill it, yeah?
It is blatantly obvious to anyone whose brain isn’t stuffed with the contents of ‘How to write and sell a TV show’ books and all that coffee you drink in the Starbucks where you’re writing your never-to-be-commissioned sitcom, what the intended tone of Running Wilde is. My wife and I and saw the episode you’re savaging. We laughed out loud lots of times! I can’t get more than a few minutes into any other horrible, blank, formulaic sitcom currently on TV without desperately reaching for the remote.
Running Wilde isn’t What Happens in Vegas. It isn’t docudrama. It isn’t The Office. It isn’t It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (urrrrrgh!). It’s its OWN THING. Sorry you’re all struggling to ‘root’ for Steve and Emmy to be together, or that Will Arnett isn’t Ashton Kutcher, or the ‘tone’ wasn’t to your personal taste. Sorry if it was a confusing mix of smart, broad and hilarious. Sorry if it falls to please both the year zero fundamentalists who can’t forgive it for not being Arrested Development, and the gazillions who want Two and a Half Men pumping out of their feeding tubes.
Little fact, before you leap on my me with your ratings and your demographics and ‘I don’t find the kid who narrates the show relatable, why would the kid voice the show, she isn’t the protagonist, anyway it says in my ten screenwriting books that you mustn’t have voiceovers or flashbacks’ bs – When the UK version of The Office first aired, it tanked. But by the end of its short run, a few people liked it enough that that the BBC took a chance and repeated it and it took off. Now it’s on in the US and ticks all your ratings boxes. Now don’t start screaming that the BBC isn’t advertiser funded so they have the luxury to take chances. I know. My point is that if all you ‘burn the witch’ idiots lived in the UK, you would have been immediately campaigning for The Office to be taken out and shot after the first episode.
You’re right its not Always Sunny, because Always Sunny is funny. I gave it a shot, it’s just slow and weird
I have to agree, This is an Awsome series. It’s just different from what most people are used to. Sorry if some of you guys don’t get the humor but I have found myself laughing out loud to every episode I’ve seen, i’m not usually into comides just don’t see the humor. I wish it was given better advertisment as i had no idea what it was or would have had any desire to watch such a thing but it happend to be on at work one day and i thought it was great before i had any idea what i was watching, went back and had to see the rest of them.
I think as was previously posted, Hurwitz has a definite voice and sensibilty, but he’s not commercial.!his next show (and he will ALWAYS get another chance because of Arrested) will be on cable. He’s just not the guy to appeal to a wide audience. I think Will Arnett could totally anchor a show if he finds the right material.
I didn’t mean to imply balding men aren’t sexy. Bruce Willis,Bob Hoskins, Ed Harris, Vladimir Putin are all smoking hot, older baldies.
I like Will Arnett — just not as a rom-com lead. Esp. not this half-gelled aspic of a show.
But shrill whining from Mike still won’t make anybody laugh at Running Wilde.
An’ Mike, it’s not cute to gripe and dis cuz u don’t like when adults espouse opinions other than yours.
Your fave show is failing & sour grapes are out of season.
I’ve watched Running Wilde episode a few times over and found myself laughing at stuff i missed the first time round, I watch a range of comedies from the mentioned Office UK and US, 30 Rock, Community, $hit my dad says, Modern Family and they are all different in their own way.
I will have a lot of time for Mitch Hurwitz because of Arrested Development.
I like the show…not the funniest or edgiest thing on television, but it’s still a lot of entertainment in 30 minutes. There is a sweetness and comic twists that appeals to me. I mean, a theme wedding getting so elaborate it becomes a top 5 things to do on Long Island this week-end and Fa’ad the neighbor serenading the viewing public on the lute with songs from the renaissance dealing with admission fees and blue wrist bands –funny! I miss this kind of oddly humored but clever television. I think it is in the wrong time slot….no matter, if it’s truly good, Fox will cancel it. Maybe there is another reality show we can plug in there–now THAT’s good television right? At least it will bring in ratings from the mouth -breathers who watch tv and that’s all that matters in the end.
Don’t blame Mitch Hurwitz unless you’re blaming him for allowing the show to be watered down. He’s on record as saying he’s taken more notes from the studio than he’s ever done in the hopes of making this a commercial hit. That’s the problem. You don’t run a plow horse in the Kentucky Derby, and you don’t put a Thoroughbred behind a plow. If he was allowed to make his own show this thing would be great. But he’s not, and it’s a shame, because as William Blake said, “The eagle never lost so much time, as when he submitted to learn of the crow.”
I love this show! And will arnett Is hilarious in everything he does
Everyone I know fell in love with this show. We’re all sad to see it go. It would have faired better on cable, but the same could be said of Arrested Development. By the time Running Wilde found it’s footing it was canceled. The comedy is not for everyone, but it was funny at the core. We will miss you Will Arnett.