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Now That’s What I Call Network TV Part 2: The Sitcoms


The four new fall network comedies are largely attempts to capitalize on known quantities — to varying degrees of success.

What it will remind you of in a bad way: Georgie and Mandy’s First Marriage may call to mind the unfortunate challenges of the Star Wars cinematic universe, where one or two beloved characters have somehow created a series of canon events that hem in every other attempt to build stories within the same family tree. Emmett the cook (Rex Linn), Steve the accountant (Pablo Castelblanco), and Takoda the waiter (Tokala Black Elk) are little more than ornamental flourishes at this point, and the show won’t feel lived-in until those characters become more than just a collection of quirks. Network: NBC Premise: Employees in the emergency department at a small, underfunded hospital in Oregon are perpetually frustrated by the lack of resources and stressed by life-or-death circumstances, but they’re also just regular people dealing with mundane workplace nonsense.

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