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"Sit Down, Shut Up": Already in Trouble?

Posted by Lindy Parker

 

Uh-oh. Is Fox ready to yank Sit Down, Shut Up from their Sunday lineup after only two episodes?  Apparently so...

After two episodes, Fox is pulling Mitch Hurwitz's animated comedy Sit Down, Shut Up from its post-Simpsons slot on Sunday nights.  Starting next week, Sit Down will air at 7 p.m. instead, a low-rated hour that's only considered "primetime" on Sundays. Repeats of American Dad will fill 7:30 p.m. (The Live Feed)

Two episodes seems a little premature to be messing with a brand new show's timeslot, and we feel a little nervous that doing so will only further inhibit Sit Down, Shut Up's ability to find a consistent audience, but we suppose Fox has their reasons.  We wanted to like Sit Down, Shut Up because, like everyone, we have an Arrested Development hole in our hearts that has yet to be filled, but we found the initial SDSU episodes to be largely lame. We suspect SDSU is suffering from an over-hyped association to Arrested Development instead of focusing on its own funny. 

What do you think?  Take a look at the episode below and let us know...

Previously:

 Fox is Sorry They Cancelled Arrested Development

"Sit Down, Shut Up" is "Arrested Development" Meets "Boston Public" Meets "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" 

The Arrested Development Movie, Soonish

The "AD" Movie Is On, With Michael Cera, According To Jeffrey Tambor

 


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Posted Apr 28 2009, 04:00 PM
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Comments

hbb said:

that show is terrrible.  Just flatly, plainly, awful.  It's like being punched in the face.  It's ugly, unfunny, none of the characters are likable, it's perverted without humor in its irreverence.  It makes American Dad look genius.  I watched both eps and their attempts at humor made me scowl as if my grandmother had been insulted.. but I had, as someone expected me to watch and settle on such garbage based on association.

April 28, 2009 6:40 PM

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