ABC Midseason Pilot Review: Fresh Off the Boat - Premieres February 4

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Fresh Off the Boat - Tuesdays at 8:00PM ET/PT on ABC
Premieres on a special night Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at 8:30PM & 9:30PM ET/PT (before and after Modern Family)

Inspired by Eddie Huang's best-selling memoir by the same name, Fresh Off the Boat follows 11-year-old hip-hop loving Eddie Huang (Hudson Yang), who has just moved with his family from Chinatown in Washington D.C. to suburban Orlando. They quickly discover things are very different there - from the rollerblading stay-at-home moms, to the hospital-like grocery stores, to the strange, perfectly packaged school lunches. Based off of a true story, Fresh Off the Boat follows the Huang family's trials and tribulations as they attempt to fit into the world of suburban Orlando.

Read our review here:
http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2015/0...fresh-off.html

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By Pilot Viruet on Feb 3, 2015 4:15pm

Fresh Off the Boat has a lot of hype to live up to when it debuts Wednesday night on ABC. Eddie Huang, the chef and author of the memoir that the sitcom is loosely based on, and who is credited as a producer, has been simultaneously talking up and questioning the show, praising the final product but also expressing understandable frustration with the network’s notes and interference. Combined with a load of early critical praise and the fact that it’s the first Asian-American sitcom since Margaret Cho’s infamous 1994 disaster All American Girl, that means Fresh Off the Boat is sure to draw more scrutiny than most of this year’s freshman programs. Fortunately, it’s a series that surpasses expectations in every way — as a family comedy, as a commentary on race, as an honest depiction of alienation, and, perhaps most importantly, as a genuinely funny sitcom. … Read More