Monday 17 October 2011

TV Show - Awkward. - S01E01

MTV are not a channel that are exactly a force in the scripted comedy catagory, although I am pleased MTV are at least trying to move away from reality shows.


Awkward is a story about a girl that receives a mean spirited letter and then chokes taking an aspirin and breaks her arm. Finding her on the floor surrounded by pills her parents, class mates and teachers think she tried to kill herself - and she can't convince them otherwise. After beating the head, chunky, cheerleader at a pep rally Jenna becomes noticed and starts getting friend requests on what looks like myspace (is MTV losing touch or owned by microsoft?) and her summer fling starts at her school.

The show is bad, the characters are annoying and shallow, not in a statement kind of way where it is a social commentary on how shallow everyone is nowadays but in a the writer hasn't really developed the characters kind of way. Might do well with a young MTV audience but wont win awards or make it into the mainstream of this years comedies. A miss for me.

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