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Willow!! The New Alyson Hannigan Sitcom, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, Hits CBS!!
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I am – Hercules!!
It’s a sitcom, from writers Carer Bays & Craig Thomas (“Late Show With David Letterman,” “American Dad”), about a man who recounts to his kids the story of their parents’ courtship. It stars Josh Radnor (“The Court”), Alyson Hannigan (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”), Neil Patrick Harris (“Doogie Howser, M.D.”) and Jason Segal (“Freaks & Geeks”).
The Hollywood Reporter says:
… a fresh and spirited comedy that slices and dices the genre in ways that should charm viewers. … introduces a level of unpredictability not usually found in comedies. There is good chemistry among cast members. In particular, Hannigan, of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" fame, shows why she should never be off TV for long. Tune in for the laughs, absolutely, but it will be the basic humanity of the series' heart that brings viewers back for more.
TV Guide says:
… Fresh, endearing and laugh-out-loud funny, Mother surrounds a sympathetic lead with hilarious breakout characters, most notably Harris (a far cry from Doogie Howser) as an incorrigible bad influence and Hannigan (Buffy) as a funky bride-to-be.
The Washington Post says:
… suffers from such liabilities as a plasticized leading man (more of a misleading man, really) and formulaic writing. Its central gimmick is lame and intrusive … The premise as constructed does allow for some jumping about among the years, but big deal. It would help, of course, if we gave a hoot whether Josh gets married and lives happily ever after (too much to hope for these days). With Radnor trying to play Ted both cool and klutzy, we don't. The earnestness and enterprise of his friends can be funny, however, and as a history of good intentions oft going awry, the Saget saga at least has a few ingratiating touches, one of them a genuinely sweet moment near the premiere's end. And truth be told, it is a little better than most other sitcoms, past and present - especially those featuring wacky urban friends in their twenties experiencing the bittersweet mysteries of life. …
The New York Times says:
"How I Met" is not perfect. The writing does not yet live up to the show's premise, but the series has potential to improve. Mr. Radnor is appealing as a well-meaning neurotic who develops wedding-envy when his doltish roommate, Marshall (Jason Segel), proposes to his longtime girlfriend, Lily (Alyson Hannigan). Neil Patrick Harris, formerly Doogie Howser M.D., is amusingly annoying as Barney, a would-be ladies' man who is Ted's worst best friend. And the woman of Ted's dreams stays tantalizingly out of his and our reach. … pleasant to watch. And that is nothing to sneer at.
The Los Angeles Times says:
… a considerably above-average Generation Y sitcom that manages to be both sharp and sentimental, like "Seinfeld" with feeling. And like that show, and "Friends" as well — another series whose influence is felt here — it's that very desirable thing: a three-camera comedy that also seems moderately hip and potentially attractive to the worshipped 18-to-34 set. And it's not even on NBC.… What makes the series immediately notable — and certainly has much to do with its quality — is a cast that includes Neil Patrick Harris, who was TV's Doogie Howser, and at 32 is what passes for an old pro here; Alyson Hannigan, who played Willow in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"; and Jason Segel, who was Nick on "Freaks and Geeks." It's a Crosby, Stills & Nash of 1990s cult television. (Oddly, Fox's "Kitchen Confidential," which runs opposite, also includes in its cast "Buffy" and "Freaks" vets, respectively Nicholas Brendon and John Daley, but they have less to do.) …
USA Today gives it three and a half (out of four) stars and says:
… The script is humorous, though not hilarious, and the show boasts a fine cast that could, with time, jell into a great one. Harris sparkles in a change-of-pace role as a clueless would-be player, and Hannigan is as delightful here as she was in Buffy, which is high praise indeed. …
8:30 p.m. Monday. CBS.
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and this looks like it will completely suck more than any other buffy cast members shows...
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From the description of the show of the main characters reflecting past events that are current to the storyline in the show, Grounded for life did that all the time but in a limited capacity.
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This isn't exactly AH's new sitcom. She just happens to be in it. Once she steps out from being a second banana, THEN you can say she has a sitcom (hey, what ever happened to "Americana" anyway?)
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want vamp willow.
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Neil Patick Harris is actually a pretty entertaining actor. He kind of gives off the same vibe as Jason Bateman - another good actor that kind of got typecast and had to take a huge hiatus before working again. Harris plays smarmy well, and has damn good comedic timing.
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Sep 19, 2005 8:29:45 AM CDT
Alyson would be fun in bed.But she musn't fart too much.
by the true priapic
I think she'd be hot.THe kind that'd whisper filthy shit like "Cum on my face" and shit like "Fuck me hard in my ass,you big bear!".I'm willing to tune in based on this evidence.
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I'll admit, Alyson Hannigan is the ONLY reason I'm turning into CBS tonight for the first time in years. Nice to hear that it might actually be a decent sitcom. I don't expect it to be Arrested Deveopment-good or The Office (BBC version)-good, but if it's Scrubs-good, or close, I'll take it.
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Did Doogie Howser just steal my fucking car?
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I agree...give the guy a chance. He is definitely entertaining.
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Got the pilot in a promo DVD. It ain't AD, it ain't Scrubs; it's closer to a good Will & Grace or Friends from the middle of the run. Gets props for a big surprise at the end of the pilot, but unless Kitchen Confidential blows, I'll pass on this one.
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Sep 19, 2005 11:52:45 AM CDT
Hannigan and Toothy Tile were at the Emmy's together last ni
by mr. profit
Better than Geller even.
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Sep 19, 2005 11:54:20 AM CDT
Also, I heard there is a big plot twist at the end of the episod
by mr. profit
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Sep 19, 2005 12:47:14 PM CDT
1)She's Hot 2) Kitchen Confidential DOES Suck...BIG TIME....
by deandome
Doogie Howser snorted coke off a hookers ass in Harold & Kumar.
All this combines to make it worth a look.
Not ONE critic likes Kitchen Confidential, howstone, so don't even bother, it's not long for this world. -
Had a great little run on Homicide as well. He's a good comic actor. Seriously - when Clooney was on Roseanne did anyone think he would be the star/critics choice that he is now? So give Doogie a break. But not that little rat bastard of a friend from that show -he can just fuck off
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I think he did quite well in his one-ep guest shot on Numb3rs last season. Plus, the guy plays Lee Harvey FUCKING Oswald in the revival of Assassins. How can you not support this man?
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The twist is that it COULD be Alyson Hannigan's character, despite the fact that she is engaged to the lead guy's best friend.
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...I just preordered the Buffy "Chosen Collection" off that amazon.com link you provided. Great deal ($129.99 w/free "SuperSaver" shipping versus $179.99 preorder at bestbuy.com...which will probably be $149.99 on-sale the first week, to be fair), but so help you God if that thing's some shit-quality, essentially pirated, Korean, region-free knockoff....
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Won me over in his turn as himself in that "White Castle" movie. Fucking hilarious.
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i'm way more of a Buffy man. basically, i'm a sucker for difficult blondes with intimacy issues. the Spike/Buffy relationship mirrored one of my own to such an absurd degree i almost thought i was being spied on by Mutant Enemy.
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Sep 19, 2005 4:26:54 PM CDT
At least three critics DO like Kitchen Confidential, deandome
by oisin5199
If you bothered to read the adjacent post on that show. I'd say reactions are mixed. I know I'm going to regret it, but I'm going to watch Surface and record Kitchen. Probably because I have a 12 year old and a bad sci-fi show is better than an average sitcom any day. And the style of KC looks more interesting than the Friends-lite look of this. I'll probably catch this in reruns. And I loved the character of Willow and her journey from nerd to witch to goddess-channeler, but I have never once, not for a second, thought of Alyson as "hot." Cute, maybe. Hot, not so much. Of course, there was Vamp Willow - possibly an exception.
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Doesn't really matter what "The Twist" is, since I would lay even money that this series does not get renewed for a full 22 episode 2nd season. Any takers???
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Sep 19, 2005 6:05:45 PM CDT
Yes!!! I always wanted a sitcom with Mad Martigan, Daikini Babie
by krullboy
ooops, wrong willow
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Sep 19, 2005 8:41:23 PM CDT
Great show, you losers complain about everything, maybe you shou
by beaker316
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C'mon, dude. I watched it tonight. It looks like it could be a cute, safe little show, but it's nothing special. There's really no difference between this show and past shows like "Two Guys, A Girl, and a Pizza Place" or any other number of 20-somethings-in-the-city sit-coms of the past.
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hannigan not hot. NOT. HOT.
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The show was good - for a sitcom. It had nice timing and that intangible - "chemistry" which is essential for 3 camera sitcom success. Yeah - it wasn't CURB or ARRESTED or even the American version of THE OFFICE. But it was A LOT better than KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL which was what happens when you try to do a show like CURB or ARRESTED but have only the acidic writing without the wit. Seriously - what smug crap. And as for SURFACE, I think it would be more compelling to watch Lake Bell eat a Filet-O-Fish!
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. . . I can no longer watch a comedy that has a laugh track. Way too corny.
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And this show just didn't click for me, on par with most other CBS sitcoms, Two and a half men, King of Queens, sure it'll find its audience like those shows do. And why the hell is Bob Saget narrating? Having two actors, one for the narrating and one for the acting, that worked for Wonder Years cause you know, you got the whole puberty thing with the voice changing, plus it was more of an internal monologue anyways, and Wonder Years was just a better show. Seems silly to bother doing that here though, though looks like I'm the only one that was bugged by that nit pick so eh (but that cutaway to the kids midway was cringe worthy bad).
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i liked the future/past idea. sorta keeps you guessing and it'll be fun if they keep it going. So that girl was just a friend? or a "Real" aunt? my dad got confused, but im assuming shes just a friend in "2050".
Freaks and geeks guy was cool, Harris was a little annoying- but i guess thats the character. main guy was okay, and redhead was pretty good. seeing how CBS has kept lesser shows like Still standing and Yes dear, this will be around for at least 3 seasons. a good friends replacement, if you ask a boob-tuber like me. -
Sep 20, 2005 3:32:09 AM CDT
It looks like Alyson could be the mother of the show title.
by prof. pop-cult
Lily's (her character) plot seemed to take up equal air time as the lead guy's. And Neil Patrick Harris told her fiance not to get married.
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Don't forget doogie was great fun as a Nazi Yankee in Starship Troopers!!!!
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No funny lines, it felt too contrived. And the acting by lead was bad, he has no charisma at all. It was just trying too hard and you could tell it had a dozen writers, all of which are playing it safe so they don't get fired. If they are going to do a sitcom like this why don't they put more work into the dialogue. It's all it has, it's not like people will watch it for the camera work. Hannigan was a bit wooden as well. Playing Willow shes far more natural.
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Will the mother character not show up until the last season? How the heck can they sustain this "meeting" for a whole series? I do like Harris and Hannigan in their roles, but I knew those two actors had charm and just needed the right vehicle already...and I'm not sure this will be that vehicle for them. This format with the laugh tracks and the drawn out "when will X get together with Y" plot is so played out that even though I liked this pilot, I'm not sure they can sustain my interest for a whole season, let alone a whole series. I assume Harris married the "aunt" and that's why he's called "uncle" in the narration? Hope that's a sign they've got an arc. The lead guy is kind of bland though and that doesn't help. ********************* On a different note, the more Neil Patrick Harris ages the more I think he should play the long lost third Crane brother in FRASIER: THE MOVIE. Now there's a show I miss. Frasier was the last time a laugh track sit com worked for me. All the characters worked, no one was unfogivably lame (although some like Gil and Bulldog got tiresome after a while).
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Sep 20, 2005 9:09:35 AM CDT
Doogie & Jake 2.0 played sociopath filmakers on an episode of Bo
by big jim
and is "...that little rat bastard of a friend from that show...", Max Casella, still on The Sopranos? ******* I don't think Alyson Hannigan is the mother because he had met her years ago and the show is called "How I met your Mother" not "How I Hooked-up with your Mother". Plus, wouldn't the kids pick up on the name as he tells the story. Robin was not named until the end. I think the mother will be stunt-casting. Special Guest star to appear in final episode as his future wife.
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Allyson Haninigan on a very special episode of THE COMEBACK.
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"the Spike/Buffy relationship mirrored one of my own to such an absurd degree i almost thought i was being spied on by Mutant Enemy."
It's funny that you say that because I currently have a class action lawsuit filed against Mutant Enemy for basing the character of Angel on my life. Nothing burns your chaps more than seeing some Hollywood hack take credit for all the Apocalypses (Apocalii?) you averted. -
Well, I came to see Alyson Hannigan but Neil Patrick Harris was FAR AND AWAY the best element of this show. Nice supporting cast but the lead was awful. I agree with some of the above posters - I can't stand to watch a show with a laugh track anymore. It's a relic that's time has passed and adds a cornball element to the show that it doesn't need. Not sure how many more episodes I'll continue to watch...depends on the direction the show takes.
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Thank you. I'm glad somebody said it, because I agree 100% with you. I hope this flops, simply out of hatred for anything Buffy-related. Every actor/actress who touched that show needs to whither away into dust. As far as this new sitcom goes, the main character and the dark-haired chick have no appeal what-so-ever. FLOP.
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you'd ignore her.
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Sep 20, 2005 2:25:22 PM CDT
the show came in second in it's timeslot and improved on it&
by mr. profit
And as for Arrested Development and Kitchen Confidential. They both pulled in UPN numbers. OUCH!
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RIP, Valerie Cherish. OK show...'specially the head writer character. But as many critics have said, it was too painful to watch her get her spirit crushed AGAIN & AGAIN. Not ONCE did she get a personal victory, and I don't care how edgy/unconventional you're trying to be, people don't ain't gonnna keep tuning in to a COMEDY to see the lead get pummeled every week.
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Sep 20, 2005 8:29:38 PM CDT
"Nothing burns your chaps more than seeing some Hollywood hack t
by voice o. reason
That was awesome.
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He played some psycho cannibal killer on Law & Order: SVU one episode. Damn good as one of those creepily perfect seeming psycho killers.
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I had TiVo'd the show because I was interested in both Hannigan and Harris. As someone else said, the send-up of himself in Harold and Kumar gave me tons of respect for NPH. Anyway, I liked the show enough. I thought it was clever and cute, but I have to say that the twist completely turned me off of the show. They made me really like the girl and then they yanked away all potential love interest storyline so now she's just gonna be the wacky friend? bah. I liked Hannigan with the fiance guy. They were cute together too. Will I keep watching? I dunno. The possibility of Hannigan becoming the subject of the title is enticing, but I'm afraid they're setting me up to be let down again.
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I'm willing to give Doogie Himmler (name THAT source!) et al a try. They're not attempting Shakespeare here, people. AH may not be hot, but she's made herself more accessible than SMG ever did. That's her appeal.
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funny to see the people here willing to put money down that the show wouldnt make it...
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