What I'm Watching: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Season Premiere)

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season 3, Episodes 1 & 2 "The Gang Finds a Dumpster Baby" & "The Gang Gets Invincible" (D/F)

To me there are few things less disappointing than an inappropriate show that just is not inappropriate enough. After the lude but hilarious previews for this show, take-offs of the Mac/PC commercials, I was expecting offensive and gross-out humor. Unfortunately, most of it is just clumsy and lame. The cast does their best but I cannot recommend this show highly at all. The first episode, summarized perfectly by the title, is funny in concept alone but little of the episode is dynamic enough to sustain interest for the entire episode. The second episode, complete with a guest appearance from what I have gathered is the nemesis family, steps out of the realm of believability without being funny enough to make it worth it. It is nothing like "Superbad" where an occasional lack of coherence is made understandable and okay by just how laugh-out-loud hilarious everything else is. Count me out for this dumb show.

FX preview update: I am getting so excited to watch "Nip/Tuck" even though I gave up on it midway through the third season premiere. The promos are amazing, set to the tune of "Wicked Game" and featuring the surgeons' move to L.A. Even if the show is not so fantastic, the previews have encouraged me to get into it again. "Nip/Tuck" starts the week after "Damages" ends in the same time slot, October 30th at 10pm.