WWTBAM Bored

Last night I was channel surfing, looking for info about the icky weather we're having. I landed on my NBC station and saw a promo for a new show they are going to air. It's called "Growing Up Fisher". The promo featured a kid and his dad walking in the woods. An adult male voiceover (sort of like Wonder Years, which I liked) comes on and says "My parents divorced when I was 12 years old. That made me like 50% of the kids in America-but there's a big difference-my dad's blind". Then you hear the dad ask the kid "Is this the tree you want me to cut down?" followed by the sound of a chain saw starting. You KNOW where this is going.

I think this is a really DUMB idea for a TV show, and I'm going to find out who the head of programming at NBC is and write them a letter. I hope this gets cancelled after one episode.

Blind guy and a chainsaw may not last too long anyway.

I know nothing about the show, but you might want to actually watch an episode before you demand it be cancelled.

From NBC.COM:
It's not every family that's brought closer together by divorce, but then again, the Fishers aren't exactly typical. Take Mel Fisher (J.K. Simmons, "The Closer," "Law & Order"), for example. Whether it's chopping down trees, showing his daughter how to drive or playing football with his son, he's never let the fact that he's blind slow him down.

Then there's Joyce Fisher (Jenna Elfman, "1600 Penn," "Dharma and Greg"), possibly the only mom in Pasadena to smoke a pipe. For her, divorce is like a second coming of age, a chance to be the teen she never was. Just ask '80s-obsessed teenage daughter Katie (Ava Deluca-Verley, "Southland"), whose clothes Joyce is always borrowing (that is, when she's not tagging along with Katie to the mall).

At the center of all this is Henry (Eli Baker), the Fisher's 11-year-old son. Having always been his dad's eyes, ears and wingman, Henry's less than thrilled when Mel shows up with Elvis, a guide dog... which is also how Henry learns about the pending divorce. Awkward. While reluctant of the changes this "big ball of fur" would bring, it's through the adult Henry's voice-over (Jason Bateman, "Arrested Development") that we find out his parent's split would "allow all of us to finally discover... who we needed to be."

The half-hour comedy is executive produced by DJ Nash ("Up All Night," "Guys with Kids"), Bateman and Jim Garavente. The pilot episode is directed by David Schwimmer ("Little Britain," "Run Fat Boy Run"). "Growing Up Fisher" is a production of Universal Television and Aggregate Films.

Half-hour comedy (single-camera).

I like J.K. Simmons and Jenna Elfman. But isn't he a lot older? I looked it up: nearly 17 years.

Wasn't this originally scheduled to premiere this fall? I seem to recall ads for it. That it's being used as a mid-season replacement doesn't bode well.