This is an extremely entertaining show. I normally don't go for this sort of silly thing, but Jason Ritter is fabulous in it. He is really able to "stretch his acting legs" and use this show as a vehicle to showcase his all-around acting abilities much like his father did in 3's company. You can really see the similarities between his acting and his fathers, John Ritter. The facial expressions and the physical comedy, along with his looks are spot on to his Dads.
Given that, I'm not so sure on the writing of this show. It needs to start to get something going other than the predictable "Fixing" of people every week. I'm not just saying this from my vantage point, I say this from the fact of the ratings. It started off mildly strong and has been dropping every week. We have now passed week 4 and it appears there are only 2 more episodes that have been taped. I don't know if it only intended to have 6 this season, or if they are then going to take a break and tape some more or did the network tell them to stop filming anymore? It also appears Jason Ritter is currently filming another TV series as well called "The Long Road Home" which is set to only run 8 episodes but of course could run longer if it has the ratings. I don't know if he is just slated for a few of the episodes or the whole thing.
At any rate, back to it needing to get going. There are several different directions this show could go and obviously at some point he will have to leave the town of Taylor, Texas to find the other 35 Righteous as is hinted by his visions. That could be problematic for the chemistry being built with the others in the show like his sister, niece, crazy friend, and the police officer. I hope we get a chance at seeing where this show will take us but I fear it won't last that long. Networks, especially ABC, have the habit of killing decent Sci-Fi type shows before they can really get going and find an audience. They did it with the show Forever and most recently, Time after Time.
I really feel they screwed up with Time after Time as they had a great story and very strong cast. They only showed the first 5 or 6 episodes and killed it right after that and didn't show the remaining 6 shows that were taped. I came across those remaining shows online and watched them all in one night as each show got better and better and I couldn't stop watching it. That next day was a rough one without any sleep. It also left a little cliffhanger for a season 2 which of course will never happen.
The problem is they had Time after Time going up against The Walking Dead. When TWD ended it's season last spring, we could have had an opportunity to see what Time after Time could have done without TWD as it's competition. But for some reason, they canceled it right then, it's almost like they were afraid that maybe it would take off and do well. Both shows would have a similar audience so it was very puzzling they decided to cancel it before it could air without TWD as its main Competition for an audience.
I hope this show picks up and lifts its ratings, but sadly I don't see that happening in this time slot and I don't see ABC being generous enough to give it another slot and let it build an audience. I truly do HATE Network TV and rarely watch it. I just Binged watched all these shows back to back on the internet. The "Cable Networks" seem to be putting out better quality shows and more apt to give them a chance than the Networks do
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