Why I think DMV flopped on CBS

1. Yes, but many hit shows started with actors who nobody knew about. Friends was like this, even if CC had been in a music video. Freaks and Geeks, The Wire, etc. 2. It wasn't really different from those shows. But that's not a fatal thing for a show. Plenty of shows use the basic template from other shows. We can say it wasn't good, and that network TV is dying specifically for the demographic who might watch those sorts of shows (The Office wouldn't be a hit today on network). But maybe it's just that going to the DMV is soul-crushing enough that people don't want to visit it every week.

Regarding point 1, TV isn’t traditionally supposed to need recognizable actors or big names, that’s a new phenomenon from the last 15-20 years going back to Boardwalk Empire and True Detective. But just about nobody had heard of David Duchovny or James Gandolfini or Jon Hamm or Jerry Seinfeld or Jennifer Aniston until their shows got big. Sure if you were a super film or comedy nerd maybe you’d have been like “oh ye that guy,” but that’s about it. TV is supposed to make stars, not rely on existing one.

I don’t think the cast was that unknown. It didn’t have a huge name, but Tim Meadows at one point was the SNL cast member with the longest run. Molly Kearny was an SNL featured player. Harriett has been working for a while etc.

I don’t think a sitcom always needs super well known actors from the start. Plenty of shows have started with a more unknown cast

The problem is shows need time and they don't get it. I was enjoying DMV and they were starting to develop a couple of the characters. I feel if they went a little more goofy with collette and put her in more extreme situations it would have gotten some attention.

I think the biggest issue is that they spent too much time on Colette trying to date Noa. Doesn’t help that Colette was pretty irritating The show has gotten better in the second half of the season now that they’ve moved away from that, but it’s too late

I cant believe this gem got cancelled. I hope another network picks it up. Barb is the beaver

I think it wasn't different enough at the beginning, especially with the whole Colette / Noa stuff. That stuff really was hacky and more awkward than funny. But since the winter break, and when they abandoned that story, it's been a lot better and a lot more willing to be weird. Tonight's was almost certainly the funniest of the season for me.

I never understood what the premise or focus of this show was supposed to be about. The DMV sucks? The blonde lady yet again on a show being interested in a hot guy (wasn't she on American Auto with the same thirst?)? These don't seem to be great premises to build a show around. It was a waste of Tim Meadows talents. But I found Molly Kearney endearing, She's talented and got to do more here than she ever did on SNL. The show should've been built around them but with a stronger philosophy or main theme. I don't think the characters were strongly drawn and this concept needed that. And it needed guests that had more to doin their interactions with the main cast. That is where the gold mine of this show could have and maybe should have been. I was pleased to see Mark Feurstein and Leslie Jones as guests. But the writing for them as well as the main characters shouldve been stronger. I really want Tim to get an excellent sitcom like Tracy Morgan has.

Could i get a link to the original?