The cancellations of the following shows are victories for all of womankind:
In the Motherhood (ABC). I view this show's inability to gain a viewership as a mark that there is, in fact, still a world worthy of typical collegiate aspirations of saving it. ABC marketed the show as being about the “challenges of juggling motherhood with work and love lives in a complicated modern world.” It was really about an obsessive-compulsive competitive parenter raising children she’s already made into basket-cases, a washed up rockstar that didn’t appear to parent at all, and a working mom that didn’t appear to work or mom. There was no juggling or challenge—just an uninspired reveling in defeat.
Kath and Kim (NBC). Every few years, Molly Shannon tries to make some non-SNL TV comeback. Every one of them gets yanked in a few episodes, probably because her slapstick, flat characters just don’t work in anything but sketches. And it’s generally a bad sign when one of your leads, Selma Blair, tells the media that she’s embarrassed to be seen in her costumes. Here’s to not celebrating mediocrity!
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Have you seen the original Australian version of Kath and Kim? I think it is quite hilarious and suggest you give it a go if you can get it on netflix. It does rely, however, completely on the two characters being Australian women, and when I heard that they wanted make an American remake, I couldn't realy understand how it would work. I guess it didn't.
-Justin
That seems to be the general consensus on the show, that's its remaking in the American context made about as much sense as remaking Seinfeld for Australia would have. The humor is just too specific.
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