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Review: Andy Barker, PI 1×01

Andy Barker, PI

In the US: Thursdays, 9.30/8.30c, NBC. All episodes available online at NBC Rewind

In the UK: No one yet.

Conan O’Brien is a funny guy. You may not know this, but most of his formative comedy career was as a script-writer for The Simpsons, back when it was still good.

He’s now returned to his roots, creating and co-writing Andy Barker, PI, a supposed comedy about an accountant who accidentally becomes a private investigator, for his old pal Andy Richter.

With all this looking for times past, has Conan got his groove back?

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