The Moodys (Hulu) - fairly unwatchable standard sitcom of the "for some reason all the fully grown-up kids are at their parents' house and are with each other 24/7" genre. Denis Leary is the exact same he always is - anybody from a younger generation is a total pussy, and he can't believe at age 65 he can't compete with the company hockey team. Elizabeth Perkins is the same she always is which is fine except she's obsessed with her son's sex life. The second they're back in their parents' house, the two boys turn back into 12 year-olds, "oooooh, only one cupcake left, let's run around the house trying to fight each other while aaaaaaaaalmost smashing everything in the house to bits!" Hysterical! The only redeeming character is their (Puerto-Rican?) cousin Marco, whose boundless optimism and smiling fits nicely in a new Ted Lasso world. UPDATE: looks like it's mercifully been cancelled.
Home Economics (Hulu) - fairly watchable solely because of a cast way stronger that the material. A thoughtful premise in today's time, with three siblings in different economic classes: the youngest sibling is a kazillionaire, middle kid is unemployed and struggling, and the protagonist is somewhere in the middle. There could be interesting ways to make this premise work but so far 99% of the show takes place in the kazillionaire's house with him doing kazillionaire things. And he's supposedly a kazillionaire finance genius, but is portrayed as a man-child who surprises you when he can read. Some funny lines here and there, but hopefully this will get more interesting past "oh look here's the siblings all up in each other's business 24/7 at the rich one's mansion".
Rutherford Falls (Peacock) - oh look, it's Ed Helms playing a WASP-y elitist white doofus, who saw this coming? Only one episode in, this seems to be Andy Bernard moves to Pawnee. The "breakout" actress playing Helm's sidekick Native American does that thing Neve Campbell started 25+ years ago that every actress has copied since, where every line is delivered haltingly and under breath while giving an out-loud play-by-play of how nervous they are. Great bones - Helms and Michael Schur - but I see no hope for this show. Only thing I'm looking forward to is that they really lean into the two Native American casino workers shitting all over the Native American's desire to help "our people", and never turn into well-meaning stereotypes you'd expect from a show like this.
Frank of Ireland (Amazon) - made it almost 10 minutes. Oh look, more 35 year-old man children careening around town without consequences. Hilarious!
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