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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
I actually wanted to like it
By rmcrae
I was excessively affected emotionally for Sherri when she declared she was getting her own sitcom on Lifetime. The bulk of her tv career has been playing bit elements on well known shows like Friends, Everybody Loves Raymond, and Suddenly Susan. Not to mention her 4 year run on the hilarious Less Than Perfect. A show of her own was just what she deserved, but this one wasn’t rather what I expected. It’s based on her real life experiences with divorcing her husband who cheated on her with another woman and got her pregnant. Yeah, the premise is very similar to Reba, but it wasn’t a rip-off. Far from it.
I watched each episode and unluckily my hopes for it fell after each one. Sherri’s performance is excellent, funny, a bit sad, but determined to make life better for her and her young son Bo. The supporting characters were meh at best. James Avery (you might best do not forget him as Uncle Phil from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air) is funny, but only appears in 4 episodes. Wish there was more of him. Sherri’s best friends and co-workers played by Tammy Townsend and Elizabeth Regen feel flat and one dimensional. Her snarky “frenemy” co-worker Summer (Kali Rocha) tries too hard to be funny and rather comes all over as obnoxious. Malcolm Jamal Warner stars as Sherri’s ex-husband and does the best with the material he’s given, but it’s not much. Most of the sequences are predictable and made me chuckle at best. Not much else. Sherri alone couldn’t carry the weight of making the show work.
It’s ominous Sherri wasn’t picked up for another season. With a good deal of radical changes and a better supporting cast it could’ve done better. Ms. Shepherd deserves better.
3 of 3 humans found the following review helpful.
Sherri is funnier than expected but the supporting cast may be dull at times
By Haunted Flower
Sherri: The Complete Season One
13 Episodes on 2 Discs, Widescreen Edition (2010)
Actress, comedienne, author, and co-host of The View, Sherri Shepherd stars as Sherri Robinson, a single mother who works as a paralegal still attempting to follow her dream as an actress. (Obviously, this role must be SUCH a stretch for her.) Sherri has a six year old son and is disunited from her husband who cheated on her with a white girl who works at Quizno’s and got her pregnant. Most of Sherri’s conflicts are with her son, her ex, her career, and dating new guys.
I wish sitcoms could just be judged on how funny they actually are. Laugh-tracks still seem strange and fake. When it doesn’t rely on sentimental moments and just stays in the comedy mode, Sherri is actually beauteous funny. Her deliverance is enthusiastic and while the story lines are very predictable each episode, her fresh expressions support keep the show going. Her rant on the “cow giving away the milk for free” was one of the most hilarious moments.
It is uncertain how a good deal of of these sequences are based in a great deal of little scale on things that genuinely happened in Sherri’s life, but whether or not the viewer has had any of her situations, they still may be finelooking funny. She is easy to empathize with and who doesn’t like a crazy black woman going off in regards to her ex-husband? This is one of the funnier sitcoms this year and it is easy to get drawn in with the characters and situations.
Theo from the Cosby Show (Malcolm-Jamal Warner) makes an aspect as Sherri’s ex who got a white girl Quizno’s employee pregnant when he cheated on her. Her father is James Avery, the dad from “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and he shows up to give her ease and tough love counsel when she has disturb keeping her divorcee bitterness at bay. Her friends at work are all distinctive, Celia’s a sassy reverend’s wife (Tammy Townsend), Angie’s a blond from Brooklyn (Elizabeth Regen), and Summer’s a quirky nerdy single lady boss (Kali Rocha). Michael Boatman from “Spin City” is one of Sherri’s potential suitors as her son, Bo’s (Brandon Khalil) pediatrician. Bo himself is a gorgeous low energy personality, could’ve employed a little more pep in their casting.
Final verdict is that this show has a lot of merit and is worth a look, particularly if you are a mother, a divorcee, an actress/comedian, black, or a woman and if you are a combining of all of these, you will have to unquestionably buy this season one set. If you are a fan of Sherri’s and watch “The View”, you’ll love this. There is no verdict yet that I could find on whether a second season will be made so you ought to check out the DVD set to see it. The season ends with a cliffhanger so there has been a bit of online message board requesting for another one.
DVD Extras:
There are 8 Webisodes including stand-up in regards to with regards to family, friends, kids, dating, and finding the right guy. Sherri does her version of what Jerry Seinfeld employed to do for his show but she only does stand-up in Season One of her show in two episodes. It’s funny, it’s fresh, and it is easy to relate to without having to get shock value, swearing, or sex involved. The bits she does on friends playing games together is hilariously accurate. It seems like these may have firstborn been recorded to go on the very beginning of the show or the credits but was not included in the show.
2 of 2 persons found the following review helpful.
A bit predictable, but hilarious
By Todd Anthony
I have always been a fan of Sherri Shepherd and she and Whoopi are the ONLY reason i watch The View. I was more than excessively affected emotionally when i found out Lifetime picked up her show and i couldnt wait for it is premiere. Every episode cracked me up and before i knew it my family and i were looking at it each week. Although the premise is cliche, the cast more than makes up for it with each person bringing something dissimilar to the table. I hope Lifetime picks it up for a second season and i commend it to anyone, whether you may relate or not and if the show is renewed, please fetch back Donna!!!!She was hysterical! Overall, it is a great show.
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