Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of: <a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/w/news/2014/05/09/abc-cancels-suburgatory-and-super-fun-night/" target="_blank"><b>5/9/14: ABC Cancels Suburgatory and Super Fun Night</b></a>
Originally Posted By oc_dean I discovered Super Fun Night on my plane travel to CA. I went through 6 episodes on my 14 hour flight. I quickly got into it. A light hearted comedy. That's a shame it's cancelled. I'll tell ya ... broadcast television industry is so cut-throat .. You can be an actor in a show .. and never know when you get cancelled. Sometimes for stupid reasons.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Suburgatory was one of those shows that kept getting jerked around with its time slot. Sometimes it followed Modern Family, sometimes it was before it, and when it went into re-runs, ABC would show it on different nights, so a casual viewer would never really know where to look for it if they were interested. ABC does this a lot with their shows, which isn't good at all. It had promise, but it was a quirky show. It was about a divorced dad who moved from NYC to the suburbs to raise his teenage daughter, a girl far older than her years who wanted to remain in the city. Hence, the suburbs were like purgatory, so it was Suburgatory. The mom was rarely if ever around, effectively abandoning the daughter who wanted her attention and approval. All the makings for a sitcom, eh? Even still, the cast was talented (Jeremy Sisto was the Dad, Jane Levy the daughter, with Cheryl Hines from Curb Your Enthusiasm as a neighbor with a REALLY odd daughter). Hines was also sort of a love interest for Sisto. Who knew Hines had so much cleavage? The relationship between the Dad and daughter always kind of gave me the creeps in an incestuous sort of way, even though it was never played up overtly. Jane Levy was playing a 16 year old (or 17 or 18, who knew exactly) and she was 20 or so when the show started (she's now 24). My wife and I always got the impression rather than tell her not to go too far on a date they would just as soon go upstairs and knock one out themselves. So it was really probably better suited as an HBO type show, but likely we'll never know. There were other elements to the show, like the Dad's efforts to fit in the neighborhood. Ana Gasteyer from SNL was a neighbor married, Alan Tudyk (who was in 42 as an opposing team manager abusive to Jackie Robinson), Chris Parnell and Rex Lee from Entourage as a gay school counselor whom Levy's character encouraged to come out to the school. See? ALL the makings for a sitcom. Too bad it was canceled. Despite the creepiness with the Dad, I had a crush on Jane Levy.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I thought 'Rake' was really good. Greg Kinnear was a lazy, unorganized but brilliant lawyer. Very funny show with good writing. After one episode, one, the reports were 'is Rake in danger of being cancelled' So Rake goes and yet the inane and unwatchable 'Two Broke Girls' must have a huge fan base. [insert the 'oh, I love Two Broke Girls' comments beginning in the next box please]
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I never really got into it, but I was surprised how much I enjoyed Suburgatory when I watched it. If done wrong, it really had the makings for a snarky "Isn't NYC great?" show that would have just been obnoxious; but instead, they managed to give it a lot of heart and fun, while having somewhat over-the-top scenarios. I think it would have been tough to continue after the girl graduated from high school, but I was usually surprised by how good it was And I agree with SPP that Jane Levy is quite fetching
