You aren't alone. I got maybe ten minutes in. It is the now Kelsey Grammer show. He is surrounded by actors that do not challenge him at any level. In Frasier, it was a groups of actors/characters, each of which could carry an episode on their own. Frasier also did edgy stuff, for the time. This new thing is just another rehash of "old guy revisits past acquaintances", akin to Picard but without the trek ornamentation and excitement.
I wasn't blown away by the first episode but I'm interested to keep going. People often forget the the first season of many shows (comedies particularly) are particularly ropey while the writers and actors find their groove.
That said I'm considering it an entirely different show to the previous Frasier, much like Cheers was. I'm kind of glad they haven't gone directly back to the old well.
Parent mentioned Picard, well the first season of ST:TNG is a prime example of this. Some of the worst episodes in all of Star Trek are in that season.
That being said, I like it so far.
"Yeah it gets good around season 2." So you start watching around season 2. You don't slog through the dross first.
Enduring the bad in hope of the good is for those without options.
lol, I feel like that sounded very good in your head… we're talking about half hour sitcoms here, not eternal strife.
If you gave up on comedies within the first ten minutes you’d miss some of the best that’s been done in recent years. But sure, keep sampling things at ten minute intervals if it’s what suits you best.
For sure the other characters (and actors) are no match, but he had a head start on it. I hope they dial down the cartoonish aspect of some of them.