TMC
01-29-2016, 02:04 AM
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/columnist/2016/01/27/review-nbc-you-me-and-the-apocalypse/79314272/
The British-American dramedy starring Rob Lowe, Megan Mullally and Jenna Fischer (plus Diana Rigg) is "incredibly clever,” says Robert Bianco, "and it can be very funny — sometimes overtly, sometimes in a dry, restrained, throwaway kind of way. But this Apocalypse has more to offer than laughs, some of it disturbing, as you might expect if the world were coming to an end.” PLUS: It wastes an all-star cast (http://www.vox.com/2016/1/28/10862026/you-me-and-the-apocalypse-nbc-review) on a surprisingly dull slog, it’s creepy-funny (http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/2016/01/28/nbcs-you-me-and-the-apocalypse/24022/) and very different, it’s a fun but slow-going experiment (https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/you-me-and-the-apocalypse-wont-save-network-tv-from-impending-doom-but-/2016/01/27/aa7777c2-c498-11e5-8965-0607e0e265ce_story.html) in end-of-the-world gallows humor, and not even Megan Mullally as a white supremacist (http://www.salon.com/2016/01/28/you_me_this_ho_hum_show_apocalypse_comedy_has_rob_lowe_as_a_smarmy_priest_going_for_it_and_not_much_else/?) prison inmate could save You, Me & the Apocalypse.
The British-American dramedy starring Rob Lowe, Megan Mullally and Jenna Fischer (plus Diana Rigg) is "incredibly clever,” says Robert Bianco, "and it can be very funny — sometimes overtly, sometimes in a dry, restrained, throwaway kind of way. But this Apocalypse has more to offer than laughs, some of it disturbing, as you might expect if the world were coming to an end.” PLUS: It wastes an all-star cast (http://www.vox.com/2016/1/28/10862026/you-me-and-the-apocalypse-nbc-review) on a surprisingly dull slog, it’s creepy-funny (http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/2016/01/28/nbcs-you-me-and-the-apocalypse/24022/) and very different, it’s a fun but slow-going experiment (https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/you-me-and-the-apocalypse-wont-save-network-tv-from-impending-doom-but-/2016/01/27/aa7777c2-c498-11e5-8965-0607e0e265ce_story.html) in end-of-the-world gallows humor, and not even Megan Mullally as a white supremacist (http://www.salon.com/2016/01/28/you_me_this_ho_hum_show_apocalypse_comedy_has_rob_lowe_as_a_smarmy_priest_going_for_it_and_not_much_else/?) prison inmate could save You, Me & the Apocalypse.