WHAT IT’S SAYING: From the guys who gave you How I Met Your Mother, another unexpected spin on sitcom convention: this time, the Sibling Rivalry comedy.
WHAT IT’S REALLY SAYING: Are there more to the “Games” than the customized Trivial Pursuits questions we see? Otherwise, that’s gonna be some long game (on the other hand, How I Met has been stringing along the same conversation with Ted’s kids for 6 years now). And just who is that other guy? We won’t find out till midseason, since FOX is holding it off the schedule for now. But queries aside, this looks like a fun, clever spin on an old genre–more so than FOX’s other sibling comedy Ben and Kate–and Becki Newton and Scott Foley are very appealing leads.
GRADE: A-
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About the Author
Mitch Salem
MITCH SALEM has worked on the business side of the entertainment industry for 20 years, as a senior business affairs executive and attorney for such companies as NBC, ABC, USA, Syfy, Bravo, and BermanBraun Productions, and before that, at the NY law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges. During all that, he has more or less constantly been going to the movies and watching TV, and writing about both since the 1980s. His film reviews also currently appear on screened.com and the-burg.com. In addition, he is co-writer of an episode of the television series "Felicity."
