Why is everyone so down on Cavemen?

11/1/07

Ok, I'll admit that creating a TV series based on a TV commercial is lame, but that doesn't mean that the show itself will be. I watched the premier and subsequent episodes of ABC's Cavemen and I enjoyed myself. Admittedly, it isn't the funniest show I've ever seen, but, Jesus Christ, give it a chance. These fucking witch hunters wanted Cavemen's head before it even debuted. I think I know why. The sophisticated nature and dialogue of the characters feels as thought I am peering into my own life and set of friends. The show feels real. This nice change of pace from the normal ABC lineup is apparently just too much to swallow.

I'll give it to ABC, they know how to write drama. They get it. But funny... that's a whole other thing. ABC's new successful comedy is Samantha Who? Wow, is that a dog terd. But the reason it is successful is because it is what ABC viewers are akin to. They love the laugh-a-minute garbage that ABC is so qualified to deliver. Cavemen, a show that is a swift about-face from that kind of comedy is looked at as a bomb. These short-attention-spanned, no-sense-of-humor, lame ass ABC viewers are ruining cavemen. They tune in only to bash it. Leave the bastard alone. You are going to kill another could-be success story just like you killed Arrested Development and The Ben Stiller Show. You people just don't get it.

Leave Cavemen alone for a season and let it do something. If it flops, no big deal. But just let it go. ABC now has TWO HOURS a week dedicated to the reality shit that is Dancing With the Stars. You would think that one 30-minute spot a week could be given a runway on which to takeoff.

Jumbo