Danny

In its favor, Danny has no laugh track, and Stern is endearingly innocent of the perils of single fatherhood. But viewers have moved beyond conventional comedies like this one. [28 Sept 2001, p.E1]

Friday's premiere episode is marginally tolerable and includes a cute little scene in which Danny turns a dance class for little girls into a football game. But a second episode sent for preview is a big, broad step backward. [28 Sept 2001, p.3C]

When Danny is a last-minute fill-in as a ballet instructor, you're inclined to forgive this amiable but aimless show its shortcomings and succumb to Stern's charms. Almost. [28 Sept 2001, p.48]

The show has an earnest tone that deadens some of the comedy, and there are a few too-obvious attempts at cuteness, notably a sequence in which Stern takes over a ballet class filled with little girls. But it's never brash or bottom-feeding, and it kindly avoids the use of a laugh track. Like most filler series, Danny is mild and predictable from top to bottom.

While we can empathize completely with a grown man's desire to stay connected to his youth, Stern handles it unconvincingly. [28 Sept 2001, p.C1]

This one should be found in the greeting-card aisle, not on a major network's prime-time schedule.