Listen Up – You’re Terrible
You know, there are a lot of pretty good shows on television these days. It's just that none of them happen to be on CBS Monday nights at 8:30.
CBS teased the American viewing public by not picking up the dreadful “Yes, Dear” for the 04/05 season, then they messed with us even further by announcing they would pick up the sitcom (the “com” part is up for debate) as a midseason program. What did any of this mean? Well it meant we would be subjected to a new low in bad comedies first. The result was “Listen Up.”
As I try to do every year, I give as many new shows as I can a fair chance. So I settled in to watch “Listen Up.” It took all of 12 minutes of the pilot before I had the overwhelming urge to gouge my eyes out with the nearest pointy object. In my case, it was a swizzle stick.
I never thought I'd actually say this, but I'd rather watch “Yes, Dear,” and that show rivals Electrolux in the suck department. Oh, who am I kidding, I still wouldn't watch “Yes, Dear” but you get what I'm saying.
The show suffers (as does the viewer, but in a different way) from poor casting, weak jokes, and predictable story lines. Why does the son have such a thick accent while nobody else does? That drives me crazy.
The show is doing all right in the ratings, but you know that’s because American’s are lazy and won’t change the channel between the superior “Still Standing” and “Everybody Loves Raymond.” Which is a shame, because I think anything on C-Span might be more entertaining. It’s impossible to think there are 11 million people sitting around saying, “Oooh, I can’t wait for the new ‘Listen Up’ to come on!”
Les Moonves, listen up; Get rid of the dead weight.
