Tonight at 9p and 9:30p on NBC, Bill Lawrence’s newest comedy,
Undateable, debuts and you will want to make a date with the sitcom.
Danny’s (Chris D’Elia) roommate moves out to get married and now the ladies man needs a new one ASAP. So he gets Justin (Brent Morin) to move in with him. Justin, owns a bar called Black Eye, and he has a crush on his waitress, Nicki (Briga Heelan). Only problem is that he is too afraid to tell her how he feels. So Danny says he will teach him, his way with the ladies so that he get some from possibly her or someone else. That someone else is Danny’s recently divorced sister, Leslie (Bianca Kajlich). She only wants her brother to grow up and settle down. But why would he want to do that because his life is so perfect now just as it is.
Not only will Danny have to work his magic on Justin, he will also have to put up with his friends the recently out Brett (David Fynn), Burski (Rick Glassman) who shouldn’t be allowed to talk to women because he is so bad at it and the should be doing better with the chicks, Shelly (Ron Funches). So now Danny will try to make these undateable men, dateable. Something Justin fights as hard as he can. Will Justin give in? Will he ever get a date with Nicki? You just have to watch this hilarious show to find out.
Not only is the writing a reason to tune into this show, but it is the instant chemistry between the cast that is another. Could be because they have known each other for years. I was on a conference call with Chris D’Elia earlier this week and he explained how he has known his co-stars for years. About 10 years ago, the comedian was doing a gig in North Hollywood, when he met a young, Brent, who was just starting out. The two became fast friends. About 4 years ago he met Rick. Rick eventually went on to work with Brent. And those two actually live in the same complex. When it comes to Ron, Chris met him by working the comedy circuit about a year ago. But the first person he met from the cast, is his TV sister. Bianca and him met 14 years ago when he was working on a movie and their mutual friend was the one making it.
Getting the right chemistry for this show was important. Executive Producer Bill Lawrence explained on that call, “Part of the battle in a sitcom is making it seem like people are friends and have chemistry.” Then he added, “And part of the idea behind this show is casting people that are friends in real life, you know, in the modern landscape, and you only have a couple episodes to establish that. It kind of helps that all these guys and girls hang out anyways.”
So make sure to watch a group of friends, who are friends in real life, pretend to be friends on TV.
I promise not only will you want a second date, but you will want to marry this show by the third one.
