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I was happily surprised at how amusing this show was. Top notch writing and a stellar cast. Episode one had me chuckling out loud. Azaria has found a great outlet for his talents. Amanda Peet is her usual cute self and does bring what the role needs. The absolutely downfall is portrayed humorously and perfectly by Hank though. He steals the show.
- sycleark-909-164469
- Mar 30, 2017
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I had heard about this show but soon realized I don't get the IFC channel, but I do get AMC and was able to watch it on there (for those who may be in the same boat with IFC). I went through the first 5 episodes in an afternoon and laughed my butt off. Azaria's character Jim is both despicable and lovable at the same time because you just don't know what he's going to say next. Everything that comes out of his mouth is either a story with an immoral 'moral' to tell, or is just his brutal, frank way of being a man who just doesn't give a cr*p what anybody thinks. Peet (AKA Jules) is the team's owner who needs Brockmire's name (albeit disgraced in the public eye) to help revive her bush-league baseball team, in an otherwise would-be small town where most people look like they haven't showered in weeks. The chemistry between owner and announcer is dysfunctional, yet undeniable at the same time. And then there's the young naive intern Charles, pitted in-between them and trying help anyway he can while generally astonished at the behavior of just about everybody around him, including the game of baseball itself which he barely understands. Everything clicks nicely and the laughs are there for the taking, after the initial shock of what is said and done by the many characters involved. You don't have to be a fan of baseball to enjoy this show, but if you are, you will only appreciate the shows humor and setting even more. I hope they can stretch a lot out of this shows concept, because the story line works great, but for how long will only be determined by the quantitative talents of the writers. But for now, so far so funny, very very funny... I eagerly await episode 6...
- ruthlessroddy
- Apr 29, 2017
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So nice to see Hank Azaria's talents being showcased in the perfect setting! Amanda Peet does a fantastic job as well! In fact, you can really see great talent in the entire cast and even day players! The writing will have you rewinding again and again because you missed a great one-liner and;or want to hear it again! You don't have to be a fan of baseball or The Simpson's or even Azaria or Peet, simply being a fan of FUNNY will make you love this show!!
- AdamVernier
- May 3, 2017
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And we're off to a roaring start! This series is the perfect bland of black comedy. Rarely have I seen such depth in such a short while while leaving development wide open for the remainder of the season.
Jim Brockmire(Hank Azaria) had a perfectly acceptable life as a stadium announcer until he came home to find his wife hosting a what can only be described as NSFW party. Following which he proceeded to go straight to work and blow up his career, and shortly after hold some press conferences securing his greatest pain online for life. It is now 10 years later, and he's been offered a position in a run down town in the middle of nowhere with a team of.. let's just call them colorful players. Mix in Jules(Amanda Pete) and you have a screwball comedy of monumental proportions on your hands.
10/10 Thank god someone's still paying attention in how to make a great show about the worst parts of life.
Jim Brockmire(Hank Azaria) had a perfectly acceptable life as a stadium announcer until he came home to find his wife hosting a what can only be described as NSFW party. Following which he proceeded to go straight to work and blow up his career, and shortly after hold some press conferences securing his greatest pain online for life. It is now 10 years later, and he's been offered a position in a run down town in the middle of nowhere with a team of.. let's just call them colorful players. Mix in Jules(Amanda Pete) and you have a screwball comedy of monumental proportions on your hands.
10/10 Thank god someone's still paying attention in how to make a great show about the worst parts of life.
Hank's acting is spot on and the story line is genius. I was literally laughing out loud...and cannot wait for future episodes! Even non-baseball fans will crack up at the ridiculousness of the situation. Hank's "typical" baseball announcing voice is a throwback to my youth. Heard Hank interviewed on Howard Stern and couldn't be happier I found season 1, episode 1, on IFC.
- bigbadotto
- Apr 3, 2017
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OK, it's good to have a new, fresh comedy series back. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed some of the comedies still in cartel (Modern Family, The Simpsons, Family Guy, The Big Bang Theory) but they have already run dry. If your are watching a comedy and you are not laughing there is something wrong with it. Thanks for this comedy with Azaria and Peet, I'm laughing again.
- eduardoescofet
- Apr 5, 2017
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I really want to see what happens next! I don't think that IFC is the best outlet for this show. The people that enjoy this (such as myself) rarely have the time or the patience to write a review and go through the process of qualifying. totally a binge worthy show. Please don't stop. The real survey is difficult to achieve.
- jason-31157
- Apr 28, 2017
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i wont ruin this show for any perspective new viewers but this is the funniest show on TV right now. Hank Azaria is perfect as Jim Brokmire a disgraced major league baseball commentator and is backed up brilliantly by Amanda Peet as his love interest. Jim's breakdown in the first episode was one of the funniest things I've ever seen on TV. The show has already been given a second season (that's how good it is). This is a rear GEM. Don't believe me go see for yourself!
- martin-laste
- May 3, 2017
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I have not LAUGHED OUT LOUD at a TV show since SEINFELD. Comedic GENIUS!
fresh, witty and HYSTERICAL!
It is a BIT adult themed, but absolutely FABULOUS! Some DARK humor, sort of a show that mocks the worst moments of life in the best way ever.
If you are having a bad day, a good day doesn't matter, WATCH this show you will be glad you did!
ALL types of comedy styles in here...some classic "I love Lucy" silliness that appeals to that sort of humor mind with some classic Bob Newhart humor moments when character deliver hysterically funny lines with deadpan seriousness to some mockery fatalistic dark humor, some perverseness and some to clever witty Seinfeld type humor with an intelligence to it...this is just comedy at its absolute best...I cannot believe I NEVER heard of this series before...May it stay on TV for a LONG time to keep me amused.
It is a BIT adult themed, but absolutely FABULOUS! Some DARK humor, sort of a show that mocks the worst moments of life in the best way ever.
If you are having a bad day, a good day doesn't matter, WATCH this show you will be glad you did!
ALL types of comedy styles in here...some classic "I love Lucy" silliness that appeals to that sort of humor mind with some classic Bob Newhart humor moments when character deliver hysterically funny lines with deadpan seriousness to some mockery fatalistic dark humor, some perverseness and some to clever witty Seinfeld type humor with an intelligence to it...this is just comedy at its absolute best...I cannot believe I NEVER heard of this series before...May it stay on TV for a LONG time to keep me amused.
2 great seasons and a terrible final season. I'm not sure what they were going for in the time jumping final season. Some sort of redemption story I guess but Brockmire was at its best when Jim was hedonistic and calling baseball games.
- HomelessPilot
- May 7, 2020
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I never wanted to watch this show. A comedy based around a character of a Baseball commentator who can't stop commentating? Yawn, sounds terrible.
I was really bored and hungover one weekend (so many reviews include me being hungover, I guess that's when I watch tv, I don't have a problem, I'm not Brockmire), and found series 1&2 on Virgin, my intention was to leave it on whilst I napped on the sofa, because I didn't want to waste the shows I actually liked by sleeping through them.
Needless to say, I didn't end up napping.
It is sad and dark and so funny. Brockmire is both detestable and loveable. You really need to watch this show.
I was really bored and hungover one weekend (so many reviews include me being hungover, I guess that's when I watch tv, I don't have a problem, I'm not Brockmire), and found series 1&2 on Virgin, my intention was to leave it on whilst I napped on the sofa, because I didn't want to waste the shows I actually liked by sleeping through them.
Needless to say, I didn't end up napping.
It is sad and dark and so funny. Brockmire is both detestable and loveable. You really need to watch this show.
- jangreenhill1
- Apr 13, 2019
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After 3 seasons of wall to wall laughs, season 4 has been truly awful.
Such a shame for a genuinely good show.
Such a shame for a genuinely good show.
Haven't a clue what the writers were thinking with season 4! Like what on earth are they thinking? Has to be the biggest tank of any tv show ever!
First of all, if you live in an apartment or condo DON'T WATCH THIS SHOW. ....I got so excited I ran out in the hall and punched some stranger.
I never thought I could watch a show with Amanda Peet and be so distracted by sheer raw humour and acting that my only motivation wasn't catching some boob.
Hank Azaria, not since Hugh Laurie in House, has renewed my faith in complete immersion into character in a comedy drama.
It's so @#$%&ing funny it could justify a 12 stepper going on a bender.
I bought a baseball between episodes 2 and 3 just so I could terrorize my neighbours cat.
I yell at people now on the street with no good reason.
I never thought I could watch a show with Amanda Peet and be so distracted by sheer raw humour and acting that my only motivation wasn't catching some boob.
Hank Azaria, not since Hugh Laurie in House, has renewed my faith in complete immersion into character in a comedy drama.
It's so @#$%&ing funny it could justify a 12 stepper going on a bender.
I bought a baseball between episodes 2 and 3 just so I could terrorize my neighbours cat.
I yell at people now on the street with no good reason.
- ron-d-chase
- Apr 21, 2017
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First of all, this is not a show about baseball any more than Bull Durham or The Bad News Bears. Baseball is merely the backdrop for a show about a middle aged man's self-destructive spiral into the abyss. And what a ride it is.
The show is driven by the scathingly funny monologues, and Hank Azaria's brilliant deadpan delivery in full-on sports announcer persona. One of my favorites is about straight white men having reoriented our national sexual interest toward women's breasts, and how black and gay men are now bringing it back to women's butts... where it belongs.
The show may be all about Azaria, but some of the supporting players are outstanding. Joe Buck does a sensational job of playing Joe Buck, and there a loads of cameos by other sports personalities, most of whom are better comic actors than you'd expect.
Yes, the show is raunchy. Yes, the show glamorizes drug and alcohol abuse. Yes, the near-constant sex does smack a bit of the objectification of women. But this is a comedy and not a public service announcement. I urge you to give it a chance.
The show is driven by the scathingly funny monologues, and Hank Azaria's brilliant deadpan delivery in full-on sports announcer persona. One of my favorites is about straight white men having reoriented our national sexual interest toward women's breasts, and how black and gay men are now bringing it back to women's butts... where it belongs.
The show may be all about Azaria, but some of the supporting players are outstanding. Joe Buck does a sensational job of playing Joe Buck, and there a loads of cameos by other sports personalities, most of whom are better comic actors than you'd expect.
Yes, the show is raunchy. Yes, the show glamorizes drug and alcohol abuse. Yes, the near-constant sex does smack a bit of the objectification of women. But this is a comedy and not a public service announcement. I urge you to give it a chance.
- trademarcdesigns
- Aug 1, 2018
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Surprisingly, Hank Azaria and Amanda Peet have amazing chemistry and comic timing in this show about a major league announcer demoted to the minors by an embarrassing breakdown. If you like Azaria's characters in The Simpsons, he combines them a bit, adds some Kent Brockmire and a little special sauce to make Jim Brockmire, who always has something to say, even in bed.Howard Cosell mixed with Bob Eucker, a bad relationship, alcohol, drugs, and sex. Amanda Peet has perfect comedy timing with Azaria.I can't wait for the next season!
Immediately identifiable as my new favorite show after episode 2. Also, episode 7 may be the funniest TV show episode ever. I had to watch it twice. Many people may never see this show because it is on IFC but I was able to download the app and watch it on my iPhone. This is one must see show. One warning, if you do not like vulgarity in many forms, forget about it.
I do not review shows, ever. But I felt compelled to tell the world that this show is flat out hilarious. The writing is great, Hank Azaria is incredibly underrated, and this show has zero fluff....it is just wire to wire funny.
Think Vin Scully meets Duff-Man meets Base-ketball ..... If you don't know what any of this is.....you probably won't like the show.....but you might.
Think Vin Scully meets Duff-Man meets Base-ketball ..... If you don't know what any of this is.....you probably won't like the show.....but you might.
Into season 3 and I still love it. Comedic genius and just simple and smart enough that I can relax and laugh. I expect little and therefore it's great
- cmburton-29875
- May 27, 2019
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This programme is fresh, funny and very likeable.
After the first episode I couldnt get enough, I started binge watching and within 2 days I had caught up with the times.
Every season is more of the same, drugs, alcohol, bad language and breakdowns, but I couldn't get enough of it. I will say however, stop before the final season. If you don't want to relive Game of Thrones all over again, just leave the final series well and truly alone.
The writing got lazy and they appeared to be making things up as they went.
Before this though, definitely a must watch for wordsmiths and dry humour fans.
Every season is more of the same, drugs, alcohol, bad language and breakdowns, but I couldn't get enough of it. I will say however, stop before the final season. If you don't want to relive Game of Thrones all over again, just leave the final series well and truly alone.
The writing got lazy and they appeared to be making things up as they went.
Before this though, definitely a must watch for wordsmiths and dry humour fans.
As a massive fan of Hank Azaria I was always going to be slightly bias towards this show but it's creativity, uniqueness and level of dialogue was second to none.
Perfect binge watching I saw right through in one day. Azaria hold the cast together and with supporting roles from Peet and Jackson Williams that fit perfectly with the level of comedy.
Character creating is essential and Azaria seems to have perfected this for USA in the way Steve Coogan did for the UK with Alan Partridge. Not for young kids.....this is one for adults to enjoy.
Perfect binge watching I saw right through in one day. Azaria hold the cast together and with supporting roles from Peet and Jackson Williams that fit perfectly with the level of comedy.
Character creating is essential and Azaria seems to have perfected this for USA in the way Steve Coogan did for the UK with Alan Partridge. Not for young kids.....this is one for adults to enjoy.
- andrewgraemek
- Jan 23, 2018
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Brockmire started as strong as any show i can remember. The first two seasons are some of the wittiest television you will ever see. Then season 3 started to become PC and season 4 went full on woke. It's sad that almost all media is currently going down that path. I reccomend stopping after season 2 and just pretend seasons 3 and 4 don't exist.
- mscott-07139
- Jul 5, 2020
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What was a great show for two seasons fell flat in season 3 and off the cliff in the final year. The show has completely shifted gears into a disgraceful mess of poor writing and misuse of Hank Azaria's acting talent. Baseball should sue. No longer funny - just stupid and a waste of 30 minutes a week.
- bc_global18
- Mar 25, 2020
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