How To Be A Gentleman Moved to Saturdays, Effectively Cancelled

Over the weekend CBS announced that its underperforming freshman sitcom How To Be a Gentleman would be sent to the television graveyard, Saturday night. The announcement was coupled with news that the episode order would be cut from 13 to nine.  read more

How To Be A Gentleman Review: "How to Have a One-Night Stand" (Episode 1.02)

For some reason How to be a Gentleman opens with a recap of the pilot. Did the writers/producers feel like no one would watch the premiere show, or is it that they feel the audience is as stupid as Bert? Either way it’s not a good sign for the show. The pilot had its highs and lows, but it was a pilot so weak plot and awkward dialogue can be excused. Unfortunately, it didn’t get that much better this episode and is at risk of flat lining. Reports are already swirling that HTBAG is at risk of being cancelled thanks to mixed reviews and sub-par viewership for a CBS sitcom.  read more

How to Be a Gentleman Review: "Pilot" (Episode 1.01)

David Hornsby (Rickety Cricket from It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia) has adapted a non-fiction novel that outlines, well, exactly how to be a gentleman in an easy to read contemporary guide to common courtesy. CBS’How To Be a Gentleman centers on Hornsby as Andrew Carlson, an uptight magazine columnist and his friendship with Kevin Dillon’s (Entourage) Bert Lansing. Bert’s a man’s man who is an Iraq War veteran turned personal trainer. Their differences provide comical tension, but the question is whether or not their relationship will be able to provide enough comedy to back an entire sitcom.  read more

Seven New 2011-2012 TV Shows Worth Waiting For

As the five major broadcast channels are unveiling their line-ups for the 2011-2012 season, a few new shows have already been set in our DVRs. In honor of upfront week, we’re seven upcoming shows that have us looking toward the fall (and beyond)....  read more