The reboot prompted me to watch the original for the first time. Which has been..fine. I definitely see why its the institution that it is. This show is the cursed hallmark Christmas special of that show. And the icing on the cake is Anders Keith's performance as David. Ive seen a couple reviews compare him to Sheldon, but there's definitely this Rachel Berry quality to the character that makes him hard to root for or connect with. They threw out all the subtleties in the show, and with them DavidHyde's original performance. In contrast Keiths performance is empty and ham fisted, which would've been fine, if he didnt seem to be in some kind of overacting olympics with every other actor on screen. He had me skipping through scenes for relevant information and bailing on episodes during the rising action. But otherwise, if you just pretend youre watching a Hallmark Fraiser movie or Disney Channel show, its watchable.
