American Auto

When your product is a comedy about an office, a bar, or a retail store, you have a huge chunk of your audience in on the jokes by default. There is a bit of an uphill climb when you decide to base your yuks in a less mass-experienced scenario.. no matter how common the bonds. The writers did quite well to tailor the many humorous tragedies of the modern auto industry (and auto consumerism) in a way to include most of us. That said... I have no idea why I want to watch more of this. Previous commenters were mostly on the mark that very few actors shine. The lead assistant blonde chick has OBVIOUSLY watched hundreds of hours of America Ferrera and ran with it. The head blonde CEO did the same with Glenn Sturgis but thankfully shunned the Kermit voice. You all know who the Mateo is in this show..duh. Marcus *is* Marcus. The British guy seriously must be there to confuse commenters.... a virtual speed bump which I refuse to fall for. Tye White has charisma. I expect great things from Tye. He may not save the show but if the powers that be figure out some way to stop the damn camera dizzy-over-the-shoulder-pingpong-wackiness *and* find a few more interesting plot lines then we may have a satisfying 6 seasons here.

Retool the roles of the brit guy and Dori. They are fine with the acting but I seriously hope they are secret weapons for future episodes.

I started watching this in Season 1 because it's created by the same person (Justin Spitz) who created Superstore and also worked on The Office. Season 1 was uneven at best. I was actually surprised it was picked up for season 2 but I'm glad it was. It's starting to find its footing now. This season it much tighter and the cast is starting to gel. Last year felt like I was watching a cocktail party where no one knew each other tried to share antidotes. There was a certain awkwardness to their chemistry. It felt like they were trying too hard. This season is much improved and the cast is tighter, more in tune with each other. There is some good writing and the jokes are pretty smart. I like watching Anna Gastyer as the fish out of water CEO and her subordinates navigate themselves out of quirky, though unrealistic, conflicts. Now this show is in my regular weekly rotation as I hope it continues with its upward trajectory. I recommend this show to those who are looking for an easy to digest sitcom.

I don't get why the other reviews are so negative.

As a big fan of Superstore, I found the first two episodes to be pretty funny and enjoyable. They were pretty dumb, and the characters haven't grown on me yet, but it's a promising start.

The reviews that are giving 1s and 2s are clearly from angry people that are unable to watch anything that even slightly differs from their own view points. This isn't an amazing show by any means and it is definitely weaker than the office and superstore, but it still provides entertainment and shows potential. I am currently 4 episodes in and find it enjoyable and for the most part has a very good cast. The show is obvious satire so anybody getting up in arms about it's content should really look deeper within as to why a random NBC sitcom fills them with such disdain after watching a pilot episode. I'd give the show between a 6-7 at this point but lean towards 7.

I know NBC has had a dry decade, so interesting to see them finally bounce back with a new show that's actually funny. Obviously a very diverse and modern sitcom, but a good cast.