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In an attempt to further extend its age demographic, TV Land is launching a pair of new half-hour comedies this summer with a bit of a younger-skewing, modern edge to them. The first is called The Jim Gaffigan Show, which follows in the long line of the sitcom legacy by detailing the daily ins-and-outs of its titular real-life character and all the shenanigans he gets into by being, well, an overweight, middle-aged, white guy.
Some may easily take to comparing The Jim Gaffigan Show to FX’s Louie, in both content and appearance, but it’s far from apt. I’m no fan of the latter’s brand of uncomfortable, shifting-in-your-seat humor, but his wit and huge willingness to self-deprecate on such an epic scale infused that show with a unique energy. The Jim Gaffigan Show has none of that.
In an attempt to further extend its age demographic, TV Land is launching a pair of new half-hour comedies this summer with a bit of a younger-skewing, modern edge to them. The first is called The Jim Gaffigan Show, which follows in the long line of the sitcom legacy by detailing the daily ins-and-outs of its titular real-life character and all the shenanigans he gets into by being, well, an overweight, middle-aged, white guy.
Some may easily take to comparing The Jim Gaffigan Show to FX’s Louie, in both content and appearance, but it’s far from apt. I’m no fan of the latter’s brand of uncomfortable, shifting-in-your-seat humor, but his wit and huge willingness to self-deprecate on such an epic scale infused that show with a unique energy. The Jim Gaffigan Show has none of that.
- 7/15/2015
- by Mitchel Broussard
- We Got This Covered
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