Undateable (2014–2016)
7/10
OK singles sitcom turns into something different
18 May 2016
In Detroit, unattached slacker Danny Burton (Chris D'Elia) gets touchy-feely Justin Kearney (Brent Morin) as his new roommate. In Justin's favor, he owns a bar. Danny has a messed-up divorced sister Leslie (Bianca Kajlich). Justin's friends include the awkward Burski (Rick Glassman) who falls for Leslie, sweetly chubby Shelly (Ron Funches), and gay bartender Brett (David Fynn). Are these people undateable? In the second season, Justin hires Candace (Bridgit Mendler) who has a douchey boyfriend.

This starts as a functional irreverent singles sitcom. It's a bit clunky sometimes but Chris D'Elia's great energy keeps driving the show. These guys seem to be having fun and that infects the show. It's basically a barely pass which kind of fits the show. Then after a live season 2 finale, the show is renewed to be live in every season 3 episode. It's definitely different. The story becomes more irrelevant. It's a fun atmosphere. The jokes turn meta. It was lots of fun for me and it's not the same old thing. Sadly, the change probably didn't add any new viewers and lost some of the old viewers. It's an admirable experiment and a failed one.
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