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'''''Under One Roof''''' is a 2008 sitcom starring Public Enemy member Flavor Flav that aired from 2008 to 2009 on MyNetworkTV. The series, MyNetworkTV's first and so far only original sitcom ran for one season of 13 episodes. <ref>https://billboard.com/music/music-news/flav-stars-in-mynetworktvs-first-sitcom-1046618/ Billboard article announcing the series.</ref> | '''''Under One Roof''''' is a 2008 sitcom starring Public Enemy member Flavor Flav that aired from 2008 to 2009 on MyNetworkTV. The series, MyNetworkTV's first and so far only original sitcom ran for one season of 13 episodes. <ref>https://billboard.com/music/music-news/flav-stars-in-mynetworktvs-first-sitcom-1046618/ Billboard article announcing the series.</ref> | ||
==Premise and Reception== | |||
The series stars Flav as Calvster Hill, an ex-con who after being released from prison moves in with his wealthy brother Winston, who is the complete opposite of him. Calvster's rambunctious personality and lifestyle often clashes with the more conservative personalities of the rest of the family.<ref>http://thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20080206mynetworktv01 Press release issued by MyNetworkTV.</ref> | The series stars Flav as Calvster Hill, an ex-con who after being released from prison moves in with his wealthy brother Winston, who is the complete opposite of him. Calvster's rambunctious personality and lifestyle often clashes with the more conservative personalities of the rest of the family.<ref>http://thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20080206mynetworktv01 Press release issued by MyNetworkTV.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 23:10, 25 March 2023
Under One Roof is a 2008 sitcom starring Public Enemy member Flavor Flav that aired from 2008 to 2009 on MyNetworkTV. The series, MyNetworkTV's first and so far only original sitcom ran for one season of 13 episodes. [1]
Premise and Reception
The series stars Flav as Calvster Hill, an ex-con who after being released from prison moves in with his wealthy brother Winston, who is the complete opposite of him. Calvster's rambunctious personality and lifestyle often clashes with the more conservative personalities of the rest of the family.[2]
The series was lambasted by critics, receiving a 1.7 out of 10 on IMDB[3], as well as scathing reviews from outlets such as the Los Angeles Times, where critic Mary McNamara described watching the show as being "difficult to do much except watch, wide-eyed with disbelief," The series was also criticized for featuring what was viewed as offensive stereotypes about various ethnic and socioeconomic groups. [4] Common Sense Media also criticized the show, saying that it "relies heavily on negative cultural representations to get laughs," and is "just not very funny".[5]
Perhaps due to the negative reception, the series would cease airing new episodes following the premiere of the tenth episode, officially confirming the show would air reruns until November 5th on September 6th, 2008, [6], but the remaining 2 episode of the series would not air until January 2009, as the show itself was removed from the schedule on that day. [7] Again possibly due to the negative reception, as well as low ratings the network in general received, the show, and the vast majority of all original programming on MyNetworkTV was cancelled for the 2009-10 season.[8]
Availability
The show has never been officially released in any format outside of a few short clips, and no full episodes have been uploaded online, with the closest being a truncated version of the episode "Get Rich...or Fry Tryin" uploaded by the production company C to the B Productions.[9]. Various clips from other episodes have been uploaded, but without enough information to determine which episodes they came from.[10] [11]
Episodes
# | Episode Title | Air Date | Status |
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1 | Release Therapy | Apr 16th, 2008 | Lost |
2 | Cell Out | Apr 23rd, 2008 | Lost |
3 | Cop Out | Apr 30th, 2008 | Lost |
4 | Thug Jr. | May 7th, 2008 | Partially Found |
5 | Oh Brother! | May 14th, 2008 | Lost |
6 | The Blacker the Berry | May 21st, 2008 | Lost |
7 | Say Cheese | May 28th 2008 | Lost |
8 | Ashley's Mom | Jun 4th, 2008 | Lost |
9 | Moose Crossing | Jun 11th, 2008 | Lost |
10 | Handiman | Jun 18th, 2008 | Lost |
11 | Get Rich...or Fry Tryin | Jul 2nd, 2008 | Partially Found |
12 | Baby Beef | Jan 7th, 2009 | Lost |
13 | Going, Going, Gone | Jan 14th, 2009 | Lost |
External Links
References
- ↑ https://billboard.com/music/music-news/flav-stars-in-mynetworktvs-first-sitcom-1046618/ Billboard article announcing the series.
- ↑ http://thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20080206mynetworktv01 Press release issued by MyNetworkTV.
- ↑ https://imdb.com/title/tt1182860/
- ↑ https://latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-under16apr16-story.html Los Angeles Times article about the series.
- ↑ https://commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/under-one-roof Common Sense Media review of the series.
- ↑ http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2008/09/16/mynetworktv-rethinks-wednesdays-sets-fall-specials-28822/7765/ MyNetworkTV Rethinks Wednesdays, Sets Fall Specials
- ↑ http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2008/10/27/mynetworktv-benches-expose-roof-more-changes-29300/7816/ MyNetworkTV Benches "Expose," "Roof"; More Changes
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120323075344/http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman2/publish/Television_44/MNTV_Broadcast_model_not_working.asp
- ↑ https://youtu.be/htZzopxog-k Truncated version of "Get Rich... or Fry Tryin".
- ↑ https://youtu.be/F_5-RgDlALk Clip of star Carrie Genzel in an unknown episode of the series.
- ↑ https://youtu.be/vB73lwOVbiQ Another clip of Genzel in an unknown episode.