Rijndri Load of rubbish!!

Prolabas Deeper than the descriptions

BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Yazmin Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

killjoywholiksgameing Great News, even though it was short-lived, is worth a binge watch. While it has it's issues, which many have pointed out, check the dates those reviews were posted on. The negative ones were mostly posted in 2017, during the show's first season. However, the series solved it's issues by the time the fifth episode of the season aired. But, it wasn't until the seventh episode that the series truly began to shine. It is one the best sitcoms to air on NBC this decade. It's so witty and humorous. Each character really comes into their own after a handful of episodes. The character of Chuck, played by John Micheal Higgins, is the most lovable of them all. His charm is irresistible and I found myself enjoying his portrayal most of all. Give a watch and stick with it, it gets better, even when you think it's already at it's best. Support the series online, and tweet at Hulu or Netflix to pick-up the series for a third season, if you like it. It deserves to thrive like Tina Fey's other Netflix sitcom, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, which is also quite funny, but not as funny as Great News.

jazebelle I've not seen many episodes of 30 Rock, but I have seen enough to know how similar Great News is - and without knowing that this was a "Liz Lemon" creation, after watching the first couple of episodes in season one, I already felt there was a huge familiarity to Great News, from 30 Rock.Therefore I wasn't in the least surprised, when I found out Tina Fey serves as an executive producer for Great News. The entire premise is quite similar, the characters seemed to have been written with inspiration from 30 rock. Of course sometimes, this isn't a bad thing, however in this case, Great News is always going to live in the shadow of 30 Rock and may never take off as its own TV sitcom. Aside from the fact that it's not actually that funny and certain characters are nothing but annoying, Richie being the least annoying, which is saying A LOT (I will be prepared to eat my words should this program go pass 4 seasons, which I confidently think it won't) there isn't much to go on with this rather dull sitcom. A large difference I can see between Great News and 30 Rock however is that the two main characters are destined for a romantic relationship, which Baldwin and Fey weren't. Also, 30 Rock developed their characters quite well and all went on to find fame, based on their characters from the show, with Great News however, several of them are practically unheard off, and I don't know if this sitcom is enough to carry their names to become household names someday. As for story and plot wise - it all falls flat. There's the overbearing mother (the ultimate annoying character), the daughter who does nothing but seeks approval from the mother she doesn't want to turn into - the blond (not-so-bombshell) bimbo, who seems to live in the digital age and spews hashtags as part of a conversation, and the Alec Baldwin of the show - or the cheaper version of Baldwin in the shape of John Michael Higgins all simply cannot save this TV show from achieving entertaining status. After season 1, I wasn't the least excited about season 2, but thought I'd watch it anyways, but I continue to be disappointed by it. It is however great to run in the background whilst you carry on with other chores at home - why? Because the entire premise is so chaotic, it makes doing household chores a breeze.

jhuebel It's not going to win an Emmy or anything, but it's a lot of fun to watch. This isn't a turn-off-your-brain comedy either. It's clever. You have to be paying attention to catch all the jokes. My only disappointment is that season 1 is only 10 episodes. I'm looking forward to season to next year.

cwg2005a I am not a person who likes to "try out" new comedies, but Tina Fey's input led me to try this one, and I enjoy it -- it has many moments in each episode which are actually funny, and, more importantly at this early stage, moments which help develop characters.Frankly (I am surprised to be saying this), I would like more of Nicole Richie and much less of the meddling mother. I think the latter has pretty much been developed as far as she can go -- there doesn't seem to be any growth or arc here yet. On the other hand, Richie is really good at the few moments she is given to shine. Her character needs more space, more development if this show is to survive.So far, it is too dependent on two notes: (1) the meddling stage mother and (2) the arrogant and insecure overbearing lead anchor. This will get redundant and tiring very soon if there are not other paths taken.