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The series returned earlier this summer delivering he CW’s most watched show (2.9 million viewers) in its time period (Tuesday, 8 p.m.) in nearly five years, and was the network’s most watched unscripted series premiere in six years.
That's awesome - good for them!
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So far, pretty good. Most of the old and new skits have been awesome. Few things that bug me though:
1) I actually don't like Aisha as the host. She has a pretty monotone voice that bugs me.
2) Not a huge fan of the guests, although I thought the guy from Glee was decent.
3) It seems like they're doing less skits/more commercials so far. Also wish they did a game at the end instead of reading the credits.
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I'm still waiting for the first hoedown or Irish drinking song. Those are always my favorite.
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So far, pretty good. Most of the old and new skits have been awesome. Few things that bug me though:
1) I actually don't like Aisha as the host. She has a pretty monotone voice that bugs me.
2) Not a huge fan of the guests, although I thought the guy from Glee was decent.
3) It seems like they're doing less skits/more commercials so far. Also wish they did a game at the end instead of reading the credits.
I also don't like the reading of the credits - just doesn't work, even when they did this in the original.
I would prefer audience participation instead of special guests, though I can see CW's interest in promoting stars from other TV series they air.
Loved Keegan Key - hope he ends up making several appearances as the 4th. Key and Peele is some of the funniest stuff I've seen recently.
Overall, I think the shows have been ok, but maybe I'm growing too old - the shows used to have me gasping for breath but now I only get a few laughs.
There have been a few segments or jokes that I swear were rehearsed. Would like them to go back to using audience suggestions and even audience members in the skits. Those were often pretty good.
In the Drew Carey era, I remember that there were numerous times that they'd do a scene and the censor would stop them because of a certain reference forcing them to restart. During the restart, they'd use similar (if not exact) jokes. Wouldn't surprise me if that's why it seems rehearsed.
I can't complain too much. It's better than nothing. There are a few things that are annoying (too short, Aeisha is boring and doesn't contribute much, the special guests are irritating)
Some of the best moments were when the audience would screw something up in a skit.
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I thought the second week was better than the premiere, laughed pretty hard on a few occasions.
I don't mind Aisha as the host. I'll agree she doesn't add much, but I remember Drew was the same. And what was worse with him is he was always in the last skit of the night. I think he made me laugh maybe twice in that situation.
Both hosts have/had some good banter with the actors from time to time.
That sideways scene was a great idea, but it's going to run out of steam fast. The scenes are always the same. Kung Fu, Horror, Superhero, etc.
I prefer Drew to Aisha personally. His laugh was infectious. I loved it. I think Aisha is funny though, but someone said before that she gives too much explanation and I would agree with that. I understand wanting to dumb things down, but come on!
I agree with the above, that the sideways scene is already in danger of being burned out. It's the same series of genres and therefore the same jokes. When they said Exorcist I just sort of moaned, because they literally did the same jokes the week before.
I don't like the guest stuff. I think it takes away from the improv. I don't want to see some TV star trying their best to be funny. I want to see the pros doing their thing. I will say though that when Colin and Ryan were afraid to touch the swimmers, I was cracking up.
The last episode was missing Ryan and yet was probably the best episode since the return of the show. Not about Ryan missing, just the cast was a lot more racy.
