Episodes - tonight on BBC2

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Not really impressed. I laughed weakly a few times. I love Tamsin G and wossisname.
These torturous co-pros just feel like everyone's trying to hard and that it's all too shiny looking and the comedy's got lost in all that prettification. It just doesn't work well enough.
Maybe it will get better.

Feel the same, who was the actress who played the blonde American head of comedy?

She's a Brit, don't know her name but she's very good.

DH loved it, but I thought it was a bit painful.

It might get better, I may give it another chance, I do love TG and SM.
And that Brit with those teeth!

I thought the audition scenes were painful, but they were supposed to be.

I thought it was a good start. Not laugh out loud funny but it definitely held the attention. And we haven't seen Matt Le Blanc do anything yet. I'll be watching next week.

It was all a bit odd, wasn't it? Funnyish, but no more than that. I do love Tamsin Whatsit. I'll stick with it - I think it's the sort of series that will develop nicely.

I liked it

But then I loved Green Wing

And Matt Leblanc as a silver fox? Whats not to like?

Missed it... Poo!
I'll have to iplayer it... I love Green Wing!

Thought the Yanks were better than the Brits esp the Head of Comedy woman - show-stealer.

Brits' hair was too glossy. Think it'll get better when Matt Le Blanc is in it (and, btw, phwoar!)

bugger i wanted to watch this

Head of Comedy is Daisy Haggard, brit actress from Psychoville and Man Stroke Woman.

Never fancied Matt Le Blanc in Friends but may be converted now!!!!

he has lost a ton of weight bless his cotton socks!
That's all his own hair isn't it?
I will give it another chance but I do think telly programmes which aim to please both sides of the atlantic are almost always doomed. they just smell of a committee making every decision.

DH and I quite enjoyed it, will watch again, and hope it improves, as it was a little weird last night. Thought Daisy Haggard stole the show though, she was hilarious. And Matt LeBlanc looks yummy now :)

She was wonderful, she does unique things with her face and manages an amazing range as well. I love her.

I can't get over the fact that Tamsin Greig is like a poor man's Emma Thompson. She got on my wick. It was ok, nothing special. Maybe next week's will pick up a bit.

Richard Griffiths always makes me think of Daddy Pig.

I didn't mind it. Didn't make me laugh or anything but didn't annoy me either. Agree with comments about Matt LeBlanc - way cuter now! Definitely going to watch next week for him!

I quite liked it and Matt Le Blanc definetely looks much better nowadays

So glad there's a thread about this. I watched it, really excited (another Green Wing lover), and could barely muster a smile.

It's so obviously TV for people who work in TV. One of the first lines was something like "...and a week in post", and there was other jargon all the way through. Really annoyed me, and I am familiar with that world.

Not funny. Next.

And I missed Julian Rhind Tutt. The least attractive man to ever have me slavering over the screen.

I enjoyed it on the whole. Liked the bit about waiting ages for the bath to fill up. But surely it was an outdated view of American tv? I mean we have shows like the American Office nowadays. At the moment American tv is so strong and well done, that their experience just didn't ring true to me.

What did you think of tonight's? I thought it got a lot better, although I wasn't overly impressed. I did roar with laughter at the massive, swearing rant she did at the end though, proving that although swearing is neither big nor clever it is funny!

Oh I loved it, wasn't expecting too, Mr Wiggles has been looking forward to it, and I usually MN when he picks tv shows but I thought it was really funny and I'm not a big comedy fan Loved the bath bit, the changing of Matt Le Blancs character to the "coach" very well written bit.

I loved it and so did my DH. Thought it was very tightly written and very very funny.