Back in the Game--A post-modern Bad News Bears, this comedy appeals to the baseball fan in me as well as having some good cynical characters like James Caan's father "The Cannon" and one of the players, a chubby sarcastic kid (ABC-TV didn't provide the actor's name). The show should be titled Out at Home though, that would better fit the darker edges of the show and also relate to the daughter character (Maggie Lawson) moving back "home" with her son into Caan's character's crib. Based on the pilot we'll keep watching.
Trophy Wife--Malin Akerman is fetching and the show did have a Modern Family manic, rapid-dialogue kind of feel to it (but we're not claiming it's anywhere near as good as Family). Based on the pilot, we'll watch one more ep and see where it goes.
The Goldbergs--We can state right up front that we will not be watching any more episodes of Goldbergs, in fact we didn't even get through the first ep! Ethnic and social stereotypes abound along with unfunny misplaced references. How is the older son Barry a Flava Flav fan in 1985? (Public Enemy's first album came out in 1987). It's also a bit of a Wonder Years ripoff, but with none of Wonder's innovation, charm or sentiment and the lame Barry is no match for Wonder Years' obnoxious older brother Wayne.
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