misslaki I honestly didn't have any good expectations when i first turned on the show based off of the other horrible family t.v. shows the last 5 years. Nighttime SOAPS are not my thing.When I look for a TV show, i want a natural dialogue, comedic timing, good face humor and not exaggerated high pitched banter.I enjoy this show because it holds its own from the original movie. A great family show with a good cast. Each character does there thing, which I enjoy. The writers don't force the characters humor, its mainly common reactions to everyday life situations. I know I'll KEEP WATCHING!

SnoopyStyle Uncle Buck (Mike Epps) is a hard-partying slacker. His brother Will Russell (James Lesure) and wife Alexis (Nia Long) are having trouble with their kids Tia, Miles, and Maizy after moving from Atlanta to Chicago. They need an emergency babysitter and Will suggests Buck. Instead of meeting his girlfriend's father for a job, Buck eagerly accepts babysitting. Buck gets thrown out and is jobless. Alexis asks him to stay with the family.This is the definition of network TV sitcom. The movie connection does not help. In fact, it hurts terribly. It looks bad by comparison. It feels derivative. Some may compare it to Black-ish and this show doesn't come off well. It's nice to have another black family on network TV but that's about it. The characters are nice and unoriginal. If one forgets about the movie connection, this is functional network TV.

the_remixer08 Why people based their opinion on the first few episodes is beyond me. And personally, the pilot wasn't even all that bad. It's very rare I chuckle through a pilot but the fact that I did, I knew it would have potential. Now that it's been on for a couple of weeks, the jokes have turned my chuckling into full laughter.If people really want these positive family shows to take off, they really need to give them a chance instead of immediately brushing it off. There's so much negative shows that we always have to flee children out the room at all times of day, and the second we try to introduce a show that can work for everybody, we're impatient.The kids are talented, I love the fact that the parents are hardworking people trying to bring positive direction with their children, with even Uncle Buck learning to do better. No, there will never be one like the original Uncle Buck, but this version is not competing with the original. The characters have honored him by making a story of their own. I will continue to watch.

MovieHoliks Nia Long and Mike Epps star in ABC's new TV adaptation of the 1989 John Hughes comedy, which starred of course John Candy. I'm always a little hesitant to post about a show this early in it's run, but I guess you can always come back and add to it. This is a bit of a disappointment unfortunately. It's always a little tricky to adapt a movie into a TV show. If you try to copy the film too much, you'll lose out since the magic was already created in the film, yet if you stray too far away, what's the point, right? Well, that seems to be the case with this show? I think having the parents living in the house makes the situation really different (the film, they are away at a funeral if I remember correctly, although how long can you drag that out exactly?? LOL). I'll probably watch a few more episodes to see if it gets any better, but it's not looking good thus far... LOL