In the US: Wednesdays, 9.30/8.30c, ABC
Oh, how the mighty have fallen. What a shame. Mr Sunshine started so well, with a great cast and a cracking script. I got all light-headed with optimism.
Then episode two arrived and my God did it stink. Not a laugh the whole episode, which actually had me begging for the end to happen. And while episode three was mildly funnier, it’s exposed the big problem with Mr Sunshine: the cast might be good, but they can’t make a silk purse out of sow’s ear, the scripts being the sow’s ear in this case.
Strangely, episode two was written by the same writers as episode one with one exception – Matt Perry didn’t contribute to episode two (officially at least). Which suggests that the only time Mr Sunshine is going to be funny is when Matt Perry is writing the episodes.
Oh well. Let’s chalk that one up to experience.
Carusometer rating: 3
Carusometer prediction: will be cancelled by the end of the season.