TELEVISION REVIEW | The actors work very hard, but even they can't help
November 26, 2007
BY DOUG ELFMAN Television Critic
People I know sometimes ask me why I hate a lot of things on TV.
First of all, I like plenty of good shows. But also, these people only turn on the shows they want to watch. They don't watch all the crap I have to watch.
They don't sit through all of a "Notes From the Underbelly." If they did, they would see I am always right about everything, and they would find it remarkable that watching so much bad TV hasn't turned me into an alcoholic or a member of an opium den.
"Underbelly" is a terrible, awful, unfunny "comedy." It sucked in its first season, although, granted, there were a few good lines every now and then, just as a stomach virus occasionally provides moments of relief.
In tonight's debut of the second season, pregnant Lauren gets aroused when her husband Andy finally starts asserting himself after years of saying "yes, dear." And Julie hires a foreign nanny who swaddles Julie's baby awesomely, and Julie really, really wants to know how she does it so well!
Each short scene ends with wacky music to try to convince you the painful scene is funny. The actors try their best. Some, especially Peter Cambor as Andy, would be great if they were in a funny comedy.
Alas. They are not.
BY DOUG ELFMAN Television Critic
People I know sometimes ask me why I hate a lot of things on TV.
First of all, I like plenty of good shows. But also, these people only turn on the shows they want to watch. They don't watch all the crap I have to watch.
They don't sit through all of a "Notes From the Underbelly." If they did, they would see I am always right about everything, and they would find it remarkable that watching so much bad TV hasn't turned me into an alcoholic or a member of an opium den.
"Underbelly" is a terrible, awful, unfunny "comedy." It sucked in its first season, although, granted, there were a few good lines every now and then, just as a stomach virus occasionally provides moments of relief.
In tonight's debut of the second season, pregnant Lauren gets aroused when her husband Andy finally starts asserting himself after years of saying "yes, dear." And Julie hires a foreign nanny who swaddles Julie's baby awesomely, and Julie really, really wants to know how she does it so well!
Each short scene ends with wacky music to try to convince you the painful scene is funny. The actors try their best. Some, especially Peter Cambor as Andy, would be great if they were in a funny comedy.
Alas. They are not.
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