'Life in Pieces' on CBS takes its family comedy seriously

"Life in the Film" premiered on CBS on Monday represents a long-term change in the direction of the "camera in front of the audience" multi-camera comedy - from "I love Lucy" to "Dick Van Dyck" , From "whole family members" to "Mike and Molly". Such a one-shot comedy, only the laughter you provide is complicated and looks serious, "Big Bang Theory" will never do

To highlight this visual awareness, the series created by the "Better Off Ted" veterinarian Justin Adler is conceived as a weekly collection of short stories about large families. In a sense, this is for unifying the lines that make up most TV programs, while displaying A and B and other plots. Lines not included in them: "Story 1: First Date", "Story 2: Delivery", etc.

The web series shows us that you do not need a long time to talk about funny and Adler sets his drama efficiency in episodes. A bigger world. Third quarter is related to gender, or gender; the fourth is to present your funeral for his 70th birthday about the shortness of life and the preciousness - the role of Brin. Man

It is sturdy and all actors have some fun moments - the most important being Wiest. At the same time, the pilot also has some airless and hypocritical things. Fathers say that they said that "your older sister is a virgin," or a premature girl. Up up down Now it takes a while for me. And there is serious trust in rebuilding here. "

Evaluation: TV-14-D (may not be suitable for children under 14 years of age to provide suggestive dialogue)

At this point, there are not many places where family comedy can go. Living in a movie in the form of a bold choice to activate families with unobtrusive risks, expansion, poor dysfunction and familiar elements without departing from CBS is a seemingly unsatisfying online comedy There is no doubt that the hope of accepting the challenge of needs is a sweet spot for a beneficial contemporary family. Promote your own legendary story "Large family. Four short stories. Every week" Life In Pieces may wear that gimmick on the boots, but in doing so, it is also the top heavy It needs to be obtained from the fair. Sounds that are scratchy. For most pilots, a quartet with a predictable home comedy set constitutes a slice of such a plot. By introducing a model of his home comedy family, Life In Pieces recognizes the limits of the format in which it works and in the first episode, in no case will be freed from welcome before being welcomed.

The new CBS comedy "Life in Pieces" producer worked hard to advertise the idea of ​​the show to present a short family story with another vignette every 30 minutes. I use the slogan "big family, 4 short stories". But this is basically a way for almost all family (and work) home comedies to work and you do not need to find it for a long time. Recent Emmy Award recipients are role models in "Modern Family". (TV series "Parenthood" and "Brothers and Sisters" will also come to mind.

Justin Adler, the creator of Life In Pieces, cites Looney Tunes' TV series as his inspiration to write four short stories a week and call it a family comedy, but this game There is self-evident knowledge. In the premiere of Life In Pieces, an illegitimate format is used for big bets that are used with a time limit rather than a dissenting opinion. This program itself is innovative, but half a time (guessed) for an average comedy, there are talented orchestras. The first three separate areas of Life In Pieces contain extensions of the various parts of the Short family and the fourth part is a summary of them. Matt (Thomas Sadoski) lives with his mother (Dianne Wiest) and his father (James Brolin) - a surprise for many newcomers, Calen (Angelique Cabral)