Romantically Challenged

[Quiet Desperation]

The link didn't work for me too, so I went to Youtube and searched "Romantically Challenged sneak peak" and a got a few results and watched it normally. It looks like a good show.

Karla, I'll be doing the same. And I personally have no problem with the title itself, but it's a bit too long.

[David]

I don't think the title is that bad, it basically says what the show is about doesn't it?

I saw the preview as well and was originally only going to watch to see Alyssa, but I actually think it might be quite good. I'm not into US sitcoms that much so I'm not sure about how I'll feel once I see the show, but as of now I'm looking forward to it.

[btvsp3]

ABC has pushed back the premiere a week. The new premiere date is April 19th at 9:32pm. They don't seem to have a lot of faith in Alyssa's show. I've seen almost no promotion and the previews don't look very funny. I'll still watch, but I wouldn't get too attached.


tvbythenumbers.com/2010/04/05/abc-pushes-romantically-challenged-premiere-out-a-week/47492

[David]

Has anyone else seen RC yet? I watched it this morning and I was actually surprised with it. Fair enough it's very typical comedy and there isn't really anything new, but it was pretty fun and I laughed more than I expected to.

That said, Alyssa deserves a better show than this.

[Ren]

To be honest, I completely spaced on the premiere. I spent yesterday night indulging in Tarantino film after Tarantino film with my cousin, and I didn't think about it once. I'm going to see if it's online yet and just download the torrent.

[Quiet Desperation]

I just watched the premiere and I surprisingly liked it a lot. Much better than I expected. I agree with David, nothing new. But it was very enjoyable and I did laugh. Alyssa looked - and acted - great. I will definitely be watching the next episode.

Although, the ratings were not very strong for the premiere. It attracted 11.5 million, which is really good, but a 3.1 in the 18-49 demo, which the networks rely on when deciding to renew or cancel shows. I still think ABC will renew it. It has renewed some shows that get horrible ratings (Scrubs, Better of Ted).

[btvsp3]

The fact that ABC keeps switching around when episodes air is a really bad sign for their support of the show. I wouldn't expect ABC to renew it like they did Better of Ted or Scrubs, because when they returned they did horrible! The only reason they were renewed in the first place was because they were both very critically acclaimed, whereas critics hate Romantically Challenged.

Plus, that 3.1 is going to drop pretty fast like Surviving Suburbia did in the same slot last year. I'm expecting it to get pulled before all the episodes can air. I'll catch the premiere online somewhere.

[Glenn]

The premiere was good. I liked it quite a lot. Though I hope the next episodes will be a bit better, I think this show could turn out great.

I liked Alyssa very much as well as the other actors.

[Deleted]

Hate to say it, but "Romantically Challenged" quite literally put me to sleep before it was even half over. Now granted, I'd had a very busy weekend and was tired, but had it been as good as I hoped it would be, I would've stayed awake. Alyssa was beautiful, but I didn't believe that she was Rebecca - I didn't think she was either divorced or a mother, especially a mother of a teenager, but someone playing someone who was divorced and a mother of a teenager. I kept expecting her to have a premonition or start looking for the father of her daughter-to-be, something I didn't do when she played Kyra on "Castle", when I truly accepted her as the woman Castle left behind.

I also didn't like any of the characters that her co-stars played and never found anything funny. But then I haven't found a TV-comedy that made me laugh since I watched "Sense and Sense-Ability", so it might just be my own sense of humor.

This reaction might be due to the fact that I was tired, so I'll give it another try, something I wouldn't do if Alyssa wasn't part of it, but like btvsp3 said, I truly think Alyssa deserves something better.

[David]

The show has been (unsurprisingly) cancelled by ABC

ausiellofiles.ew.com/2010/05/13/abc-cancels-romantically-challenged-scrubs-ted-flashforward/