Pilot Zone - Out Of Practice

In my humble opinion the pilot Out of Practice commits the ultimate sin of a sit-com - it's not funny - now I'm not saying it's groan-worthy or even on the opposite side and the funny needs to be gutbustingly hilarious (a smile from me every now and then will do) it just sort of exists which is a shame since behind the scenes it was created by Christopher Lloyd (why he goes by that name I don't know as it just confuses him with the actor) and Joe Keenan who where both and Lloyd's other credits have included The Golden Girls, Wings and more recently Modern Family, so yes the credentials are certainly there.

That's without bringing up the cast we have Henry Winkler (during an era he was playing the brilliant Barry Zuckercorn on Arrested Development), Stockard Channing and Ty Burrell in the cast as well as Paula Marshall (who I have to admit mostly associate with Veronica Mars). So yeah the bits and pieces are there.

I'm not sure where it went wrong for me, the premise has potential in that sit-com sort of way - a family of doctors in varying different fields (private practice, emergency room, plastic surgery etc.) but it all just feels flaccid, the parents are divorced and the father even as a younger model (Jennifer Tilly here, Lloyd I'm assuming took the idea to Modern Family), it's all sit-com 101 and very often works but just not here.

Lloyd I'm assuming gained some affection for Burrell from this taking him along to another failed sit-com (Back To You) in 2007 before both getting success with Modern Family in 2009.

Maybe the show gets better from here, it might have found it's legs within a couple of episodes but it didn't really give me much of a desire to follow on despite the talent involved.