- Network: CBS
- Series Premiere Date: Oct 27, 2016
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It doesn't require an overdeveloped sense of empathy to see that, for anybody under 40, the show is going to feel less like a comedic experience than the receiving end of a gang-bang.
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If The Great Indoors can maintain a balance of smart, and not tired, barbs lobbed between “the human version of dial-up” and the “stupid twentysomethings” with whom he must now work, there surely is a show here.
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In the pilot, some of the lines even find their mark--assuming the intended mark are sites like BuzzFeed, Digg, Cracked, Reddit, Upworthy and so on. But the millennial jokes quickly grow stale, along with their “what is it with these kids” setups.
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The problem here isn’t that Great is making fun of millennials: No generation gets blanket immunity from mockery. It’s that it’s doing so in such predictable, worn out fashion.
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McHale, the “Community” veteran, is enjoyable. The jokes aren’t bad, and it’s fun having Fry as the out-of-touch editor. Based on the first episode, though, the show is hit and miss. The premise is stretched every which way, but somehow Indoors seem a bit claustrophobic.
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There some modest laughs wrung out of this generational clash.
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The Great Indoors isn't a great show, but it has possibilities.
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After his good work on “Community,” McHale is slumming with this one-joke piece of network business.
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A shallow and essentially flat show. ... The show's lone saving grace is Stephen Fry as Roland.
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Whether Roland's cuddling a bear cub in Thursday's pilot or joking with Jack about the best ways to drink your own urine, he [Stephen Fry], and his chemistry with McHale, are the least tired things about a show that's still finding its way in a brave-ish new world.
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British comic actor Stephen Fry is the best part of The Great Indoors, playing the company’s top honcho but his presence alone isn’t enough to salvage this stale series. A second episode proves to be no improvement on the lackluster pilot.
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McHale's gift with sarcasm makes some of the stale punchlines work and he's always willing to look like a fool as long as he simultaneously looks good doing it.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 17 out of 35
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Mixed: 4 out of 35
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Negative: 14 out of 35
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Dec 3, 2016Milennials are going to hate it but the humor is actually there. And it is funny. He may struggle sometimes but Joel McHale's big return is enjoyable.
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Oct 29, 2016
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Oct 28, 2016