Andrew Gold John Mulaney is a funny guy. There's no doubt about it; just watch his comedy special "New in Town" on Netflix. His delivery is deadpan, which may turn off some people, but once you understand that his humor presents itself in subtle, sarcastic tones, it's easy to see why Mulaney wanted to have his own sitcom - an edgy, modernized version of Seinfeld. Yeah, the Seinfeld comparison was inevitable. I got it out of the way early.The problem with Mulaney is that it got off on the wrong foot. The pilot was a disastrous mish mash of jokes from his stand-up routines, with the obligatory forced character introductions and sub par acting. The next few episodes weren't much better - characters were developed slightly but the chemistry was lacking. They weren't fleshed out enough and none of them were particularly likable; aside from Oscar, of course, played wonderfully by Elliot Gould as Mulaney's warmhearted openly gay hippie neighbor.When Mulaney does shine, it shines bright. Nothing shows this better than the recent stretch of episodes - "Worlds Collide", "French Roast", and "Power Moves" - which are examples of when the show actually feels like a sitcom, and not just some struggling comedian being put in awkward situations and reacting to them. They have genuine character development, interactions you actually care about, and every character has found their purpose.Jane, the tomboyish roommate that is easily annoyed and as sarcastic as she is crass. Oscar, the wise caregiver who provides an older generation's perspective to modern trivialities. Lou, the narcissistic boss who thrives on other people's suffering. Andre, the awkward pill-pusher who desperately wants to fit in. Motif, the oblivious mooching roommate who always has the best of intentions. And John, the struggling comedian working for a sociopath, having to deal with two polar opposite roommates and trying to find stability in the capitalist insanity that is New York.Some character combinations work better than others. For example, Oscar and Jane had magical moments together on "French Roast". It was the ultimate conundrum for Jane: having to tone down her crude personality to impress a guy, and this was paired with Oscar's hilariously machismo sense of 1950s etiquette. Jane and Lou had their moments on "World Collide", both of them as self-absorbed as the other and leeching off each other's company with the other being none the wiser. John and Motif have a similar childish comic mentality which makes the confrontations involving all three roommates a constant recipe for hilarity.Mulaney simply needs to find its groove. Now that John has gotten his rehashed stand-up jokes out of his system, he can start treating it like the sitcom it's supposed to be. The show is at its best when it's at its most subtle or most offensive, much like Mulaney's stand-up. Wise cracks like Oscar's "She was a dentist and one day said "enough!" and became a therapist," casually peppered into a conversation. Jane agreeing to work for Lou by stating "for $750 a day you can call me a dumb bitch." Lou and his demoralization of an employee, calling him a liar for saying his grandmother's in the hospital when she was actually dead. Jane catching John praying to himself and John's startled excuse that he "was just masturbating."I don't want to get into the acting performances, but to put it simply, John is the weak link. His neutral delivery is fine for when he's helping set up a joke, or even for the occasional dry punchline. But there are moments where his robotic line reading is just uninteresting and not at all captivating. Thankfully, that doesn't happen often, because Nasim Pedrad (Jane) essentially steals the show. Her character is the most realized - she has the best lines, and she's basically a negative, repulsive personality, which ensures the funniest confrontations. Martin Short and Elliot Gould are fantastic with what they are given. Gould could use more screen time, and Short's segments on his game show could be cut altogether and it wouldn't be much of a loss. But their performances are game, and they manage to turn otherwise unfunny dialogue into hiccups of guilty laughter.Once the writers take note of which jokes work and which don't, it will go a long way to helping Mulaney become the great sitcom it has the potential to be. That is, assuming it doesn't get canceled, which unfortunately is looking more and more plausible. Oh well, Fox has allowed worse shows on the air for longer- fingers crossed for Mulaney.

John Martini Show is OK. As my title states. 2 Broke Girls has a 7 star rating. That show is terrible. 2BG makes Mulaney look like Seinfeld (which is what Mulaney is trying to be, including the stand up routine before each episode). I may be rating high at 6 but I think realistic. 2BGs is 2 at best. I don't like the Elliot Gould character, tries to hard. Mulaney is no actor. Martin Short is a genius talent. Hollywood had never found a way to utilize his talent. Again, 2 Broke Girls is terrible. Mulaney is OK. Jokes are OK (better than 2BG jokes about abortions). Main girl looks like girl from Anger Management. Why do I need 10 lines? Seems I said all I need to, but 10 lines you want 10 lines you get. I will type until I get 10 lines. There. ..I think I did it. One more time for the road. ..2 Broke Girls is garbage. Mulaney is Shakespeare in comparison.

Luke Anthony Just to start out i do have a bias for Mulaney, he is one of the first 'awkward styled' comedians i have laughed at and i continue to love his work. The show Mulaney is defiantly improved if you know what you are going in for. It's not trying to be the next 'big bang theory' or trying to replace 'How I met your mother' spot and it knows that. Its writing is about 50% of just Mulaneys stand up being acted out, so as one would assume- it was not initially make to be told in this format. BUT THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY BAD! Every episode (So far) i enjoyed and have not been disappointed in the slightest at its knack of making the mundane life of a simple comedian into a great way to spend a Sunday evening.Though I'm unsure if this show will make it past its first season due to its lack of support from the general viewership. I tend think the main demographic for this show really lies with the comedy nerds in full honesty. There's a lot of jokes poking fun at how individual comedians end up poor unsuccessful and remain the shadows of others, while people who sell out to things they don't believe in (a example of this is the game show that makes no sense to even the people running it) end up with literal cannon filled loads of money, but on the inside they tent to become hollow and very phony characters whom have a tunnel vision making them unable to see anything other than what there success has brought them. All in all I think this might have won the most underrated show of the year for me and even though i really am doubting it will make it past season one- who knows, maybe the empty wheel chair in the middle of the street was a miracle.

kingbrice So our lead here, Mulaney, is a an award winning writer and comedian, neat. The show has a another strong supporting established comedian, Martin Short, sounds even better right? But unfortunately these two pillars are missing the third essential one to hold up the show, and that is any actual qualities of a show. It has virtually no real story, a show about nothing eh? Sound familiar? Not so bad, there are tons of shows about nothing. How about the jokes? We'll on paper I'm sure they're great, out of these folk's mouths, they sound forced and are just horrible. But even that isn't a show killer. Bad jokes and terrible actors are abound on successful TV shows. What puts the death nail into this steaming pile of a show is Mulaney himself. The guy just can't act, not even a little. It's not bad acting, it's non-existent acting, like watching a mannequin who sort of sounds like 'Raymond' awkwardly read lines like a 3rd grader public speaking in front of his class for the first time. It's awkward and painful to watch him speak, worse than a fork on a chalk board painful. He obviously has no idea what he's doing, and whoever green light this, well warm up that resume cause your days are numbered. So go ahead and skip Mulaney, you're not missing anything.