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Place your bets: will Kid Notorious last longer than, oh, six episode?

Oh, look, a show about a slimy Hollywood socialite. Because nobody's ever made a show about Hollywood before. I wonder what the American people will think of this mysterious, far-off land, and its secretive culture?

I don't think I'll even watch it. And I watched most of an episode of Stripperella.

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What's wrong with Reno 911?

I actually know a lot of people who like Reno 911, including myself.

Although Comedy Central does do this with a lot of shows. Some shows I've hated while several other people I know love them. (Upright Citizens Brigade)

And they have just plain awful shows that nobody likes, but somehow manage to keep going. (Strangers With Candy)

It would be great if they'd pick up some shows that other networks cancelled, and make new episodes. (Clerks animated, The Job)

I didn't like the UCB television show, but I like most of the things the UCB troupe members have been involved in since then.

I liked Strangers With Candy, but it had a very quiet and oddball sense of humor to it. It's one of the few shows that I think would have been better if it had a laugh track.
The first season is out on DVD, but I don't like it $30 worth.

There were two seasons of SWC?

I liked UCB in its later seasons. Humans RULE! Dolphins can SUCK IT!

(That episode aired during the brief period when Don't Look Back was my favorite album.)

I think Strangers With Candy is genius.

Strangers with Candy is one of those acquired-taste shows. I always wondered who the hell would make a show like that, but the more I learned about Amy Sedaris, both through TV appearance and her brother David's various audio books, the more it started to make sense.

Kid Notorious, in contrast, smells like demographic pandering to the MTV/Ben-and-J-Lo crowd.

Well, I've not yet seen Kid Notorious, but I hadn't planned on seeing it either. I suppose I'll avoid it like the plague now, along with Knee High P.I.

Er. Knee-High P.I., I hope, marks the end of midget-exploitation chic.

I do hope it's not replaced with albino-exploitation chic.

Reno 911 has the cast of the State in its favor. Those guys made even Viva Variety last two seasons.

Yep, I loved The State. And I think they're doing a great job with Reno. I don't normally laugh very hard at TV shows, but that one gets me wailing.

There's a special "sneak preview" showing of the first two episodes of Kid Notorious at a NYC bar on Monday night. I'm planning on attending so I can be the first to officially announce how much it sucks.

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