Speaking of Duds, Last Week Was Pretty Bad

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While Mulaney is being beaten up before it is even out of the gate, other shows that already premiered last week are legitimate targets.  First, let me say that comedies are alive and well if Fox's Brooklyn Nine-Nine, starting its second season last week, is any guide.  However, ABC had two stinkers last week -  Selfie and Manhattan Love Story.  The first was a bad recreation of Pygmalion, which might be interesting if you cared even a little bit for the main characters (and I would rather see more of John Cho on Sleepy Hollow than this hollowed-out story).  The latter was a pretty poor excuse for a love story where you continue to hear what is in everyone's head whereas all I could hear in my head was "turn it off!"

And if that was not enough, NBC's Bad Judge last week was simply a bad show.  Does anyone really want to see a character playing a female judge that exhibits all of the bad traits of sex-addled, dopey male judges over the years?  Why can't equal-opportunity lead to a better product than the past? 

Luckily, last week also brought us NBC's A to Z, which I covered earlier. This again only shows the major networks are capable of making worthwhile shows if they only try. 

Update: ABC canceled Manhattan Love Story after only a few episodes. A good start to cleaning up the airwaves.

Second Update: NBC has decided to cancel Bad Judge after a single 13-episode season. A fair sentence for an awful show.

Third Update:  ABC has canceled Selfie after its 13-episode run.  No surprises there.    Unfortunately, NBC's A to Z will also end after one season.