8 Simple rules for watching something else (8 Simple Rules)

Member Name: jinnjinster

Product:	8 Simple Rules
Date:	21/05/09 (9 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Easy viewing

Disadvantages: Seen it all before

This show was first broadcast on Abc on Virgin before the channel was cancelled and to be fair i was not overly fussed. Now it airs on Fiver.

The show follows a familiar American theme that we have all seen before 'The family show' where the kids get into a variety of different situations that the parents have to advise and guide them on. In this series we have a dominant father, a mother, 2 daughters and a son.

The show doesn't really grip you and when you do laugh its merely a jitter than a full blown laugh, what i think the main problem is that by the time it was broadcast most of us had seen it all before and although arguably it was easy viewing it was nothing new.

The show took a turn for the worse following the sudden death of John Ritter who played the father and dare i say it the key character in the show, this is when the show should have ended unfortunatley it didn't and the network dragged it on writing his death in to the show in the form of a 'car accident' arguably the story showed respect for the deceased John Ritter and some decent acting from the cast, however the show got worse after this even though they introduced new characters including a grandfather coming to stay and David Spade from Just Shoot Me playing the cousin CJ a hippy with morals, both characters offered a new dimention to the show but the show never really revived itself after Ritters death.

Overall watch it if nothing else is on otherwise you have seen it before dont worry about it too much.

Summary: A show that missed the boat