Nov 09 2009
The Wandy Sykes Show is Off To a Good Start: How About a New Title?
Fox’s new latenight skein fronted by Wanda Sykes is off to an encouraging start, with Saturday’s bow outperforming the net’s delivery with “Mad TV” in the timeslot a year ago.
The premiere of “The Wanda Sykes Show” averaged 2.2 household rating/5 share in Nielsen’s metered-markets from 11 p.m. to midnight, up 16% from “MAD’s” fourth-quarter average meters (1.9/4) and double what Spike Feresten’s show did last winter (1.1/2).
This begs a couple of questions from me. The first one: Is MAD TV ever going to go off the air? Like, do people watch this show? Granted I know SNL isn’t all that great anymore (in fact I think it sucks even though this week’s having Taylor Swift on was a nice boost for the ratings) but this is getting a little ridiculous is it not?
Second of all. Wanda Sykes is funny. I don’t care what people say. Yes, her voice is extremely annoying but something tells me her show might make it. However, this brings me to my second question. Can we stop doing the name of the actor plus the word “show” titles please?
It all began with “The Bill Cosby Show.” But now I think the thing is a little over done. I mean “The Bill Engval Show?” “Reba?” Trust me guys there are a lot of them out there. Whatever happened to creativity?
Eh, I guess that’s my gripe for the day. Carry on.
[Via Variety]
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shes not funny. her jokes are simplistic and unoriginal. id rather spend an hour looking around youtube for rodney dangerfield material than hear her uninspired “woe is me rich black woman in an american city” shtick.
It’s not so much that she is completely unfunny, she is just unoriginal. I have heard a fair amount of her jokes and seen her in other shows and films but none of her jokes were fresh. They were all things I had heard before. That coupled with her annoying attitude and voice guarantees that I will not watch the Wanda Sykes show.
I’ve never met anyone who found her funny. She’s OK on Curb, but she’s also not performing her brand of “comedy.”
Wow I’m in the minority here. Oh well. Boo Wanda!
Hader as Eddie Vedder was epic on SNL, they need to find more reasons to have him on there.
wanda sykes is the polar opposite of funny
Wanda Sykes is funny if “funny” = “makes me want to burn Hollywood to the ground in the hopes that she happens to be there that day and gets caught in the raging inferno.”
What’s funny about a filthy rich person telling me that I suck?
WANDA IS HILARIOUS and her show is amazing I LOVE LOPEZ TONIGHT thats on TBS AND THE MONIQUE SHOW thats on BET TOOOO