» One on One: Yeah, I've never seen it either Options

[Ty]

I guess the fact that after 4 years there isn't a thread for this show proves that no one is watching. Even if there was a thread, I'd make a new one anyway, because holy retooling, Batman!

They fired eveyone but Arnez & Brianna, and they're phasing out Flex, who CO-CREATED the show. UPN is really following the WB's blueprint, huh? Build your network on "urban" comedies and then whitewash the hell out of it.

I'm just...wow, that was shitty. I can't even find the words. It's Room & Bored come to life. Who in their right mind hires Ray-J? Fucking Ray-J! It's good to see Kel from Kenan & Kel, but that one girl wasn't even good enough for Hope & Faith, does that tell you anything?

I just can't wrap my brain around it.

For some reason, Black Voices doesn't archive their articles, but here's one from the summer about the massive firings.

[kia112]

Um, I stopped watching after Josh left. He was so cute.

[phinomenon]

I have no earthly idea what happened to a show I loved when it first came out. I stopped watching before the first 10 minutes. This show is going down the toilet fast. They need to pull the plug on this mess quick, fast, and in a hurry.

[leonloring]

I watched it last night. It felt like a completely different show. My good lord was it bad. It made last season look good, and that was atrocious!

[jennypenny]

I was one of the few who watched previous seasons too but when I read the episode description and saw that it revolved around Briana and Arnez with no Flex coming out to Cali to retrieve Brianna or something to that apsect I knew that I wouldn't be watching this season. I turned on Arrested Development and was disappointed when household duties got in the way of me watching it. Oh well, maybe UPN will pull it midseason or something. I didn't know about any firings though. That's too bad.

[cinaminsweet281]

This show has always been pretty sucky, but at least it was somewhat watchable. Now with the addition of Ray-J, and whoever the rest of those new people are, the show is just unbearable. Why is it that shows continue to add Ray-J? First Moesha, then 106 and Park, now this show. Ray-J, please go play in traffic or something.

[noluvnoluck]

Robert Richard is so HOT. I would like to do things with him. There I said it.

[Meedis]

Heh...I had no idea this thread has been started, let alone it started a month ago. I confess to watching this Season 1 for a quick minute but I quickly (three episodes) got annoyed with the characters and quickly dropped it from my rotation.

When I heard about the changes, especially the focus shifting to Brianna & Arnez, I knew if it didn't jump the shark in Season 1, then it definitely did now. I could never stand Flex but I thought it was wrong for UPN to do him that way. But no worries. I think this is definitely One on One's last season.

Ray-J, please go play in traffic or something.

Ok. That had me rolling.

[Ty]

Robert Richard is so HOT. I would like to do things with him. There I said it.

What would Cousin Skeeter say?!

[kidcore]

Damn, first they take "Homeboys From Outer Space" off the air and now this. Flex Alexander just can't catch a break! I didn't even realize they'd fired everyone. Show re-structurings of this magnitude are definitely a bad sign. There's nowhere to go but down (or in this show's case further down). Ray-J's like the black Ted McGinley. Or the blacker Bumper Robinson. TV show death. And that Robert Richard has always looked way too much like a close family friend for me to like. And Kyla Pratt has always got on my last nerve. Can they put this show out of its misery, already?

This post has been edited by kidcore: Oct 12, 2005 @ 10:00 am.

[angiebee]

I'm just...wow, that was shitty. I can't even find the words. It's Room & Bored come to life.

LMAO.

I hate that they re-tooled the show. I actually liked "One on One". I didn't find it any more treacle than those 80's TGIF shows like "Boy Meets World" and "Full House".

I'm hoping against hope that the retooling doesn't pan out and they go back to the old format. This "California Dreams" meet "Parkers" mess isn't getting it.

Ray-J's like the black Ted McGinley. Or the blacker Bumper Robinson

You get major cool points for invoking the name of Bumper.

There was an article a few years back after Josh Henderson was on the show about the sad fact that "urban" comedies had to "whitewash" their shows at time by bringing in White actors (like when they added Freddie's cousin on "A Different World"). I didn't mind Josh Henderson, hell, I could look at him all day. But it's a sad fact that they had to not only revamp the show, but add three non-Blacks on the show. Am I to believe that Breanna, Arnaz and Ray J are the only three Black people at the college?

[Ty]

Between this, Lynn's new "friend" on Girlfriends and Joey freaking Lawrence on Half & Half, the whitewashing is in full effect this season. They even added a new blonde on Cuts, and it's hard to get whiter than Shannon Elizabeth. Somehow they managed.

This post has been edited by Ty: Oct 11, 2005 @ 11:58 pm.

[angiebee]

Between this, Lynn's new "friend" on Girlfriends and Joey freaking Lawrence on Half & Half, the whitewashing is in full effect this season.

If they add Soleil Moon Frye to "All of Us", everyone should get out of Dodge.

[noluvnoluck]

Ty well now that you mentioned Ol Cousin Skeet Skeet, I do feel a little dirty...but ah, he is my new Monday night eye candy. They are exploiting that boy's bod left and right aren't they? God must have heard my prayers. Hee.

[BrownSugar622]

Wow, TPTB really dropped the ball on this one...Are we really supposed to believe that all of the girls sleep in one room and all of the guys are in another? PLEASE. They could have gone the A Different World route and show us Breanna and Arnez living in a dorm. As strict as Flex was with her in previous episodes, I find it hard to believe that he would let them live together...