On Sept. 22, 1994, “Friends” debuted. Twenty-five years later, it’s still a hit.
NBC has flat-out the best comedy series of the new season in “Friends” and flat-out one of the worst in “Madman of the People.” Each premieres tonight in a lineup that, despite “Madman,” promises to be the network’s strongest of the week.
Its premiere has the burden of sorting out the major characters in this communal comedy, six singles in the their 20s who spend much of their time slouching around--in their spacious pad and in the casual cafe/coffee house where some of them work--talking about being single.
Instead, it’s one of the fall season’s least likable new comedies, squandering Dabney Coleman in a near humorless half hour about an abrasive hotshot magazine columnist who finds himself working for his daughter when she becomes publisher. He doesn’t like it. Things get worse. As bad as the premiere is, it is absolutely brilliant compared to the second episode, which finds Jack accused by his family and angry neighbors of killing a robin whose chirping kept him awake at night. A withering cross-fire of dead animal and cheap sex jokes ensues, leading to another maudlin finale--prompting you to conclude that euthanasia would be best for the entire series.“We can make this work,” Meg assures her father. Unlikely.
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