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[jw7579]

Debuts Wednesday at 9:30 this fall after The X-Factor

I HATE MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER (working title) is a new multi-camera comedy about two best friends who are single moms struggling to raise their difficult and over-privileged teenage daughters. ANNIE (Emmy Award winner Jaime Pressly, “My Name Is Earl”) and NIKKI (Tony Award winner Katie Finneran, “Wonderfalls”) are former high school outcasts whose pasts inform their current parenting styles. Annie, who was raised in an ultra-strict, über-religious household where she had little-to-no freedom, pretty much allows her daughter, SOPHIE (Kristi Lauren, “You”), to do whatever she wants. Nikki, once an unpopular, overweight social pariah, has reinvented herself as a pretty Southern belle whose top priority is providing her daughter, MACKENZIE (Aisha Dee, “Dead Gorgeous”), with the childhood she never had. Sophie and Mackenzie are also best friends, which leads to a lot of co-parenting for Annie and Nikki. They have given the girls everything they asked for and everything they never had: clothes, money and self-esteem. The unintended consequence is they have created two mean girls just like the ones who tortured them years ago.

[Jonas Quimby]

This sounds absolutely horrid.

[Homily]

This is a comedy? With a different title (if they're smart) I can see this working in a "Gilmore Girls" kind of way but as a straight 1/2 hour sitcom? I don't see it.

[Stalkmylife82]

I Hate My Teenage Daughter - First Look

I actually laughed a couple times. I don't see the show making though.

[Nosleepforme]

I love Katie Finneran, so I was psyched to hear her pilot got picked up to series. But then I watched the trailer and now I feel sorry for her. The idea itself, mother hating that her teenage daughter became someone she hates, is not that bad, but it looks very shallow. The main characters don't seem to have a spine, the daughers are overly exaggerated and they're making fun of Katie Finneran's weight, even though she looks totally gorgeous (more women should look like her IMO). With a little bit more nuance and a litte bit more character, they could have made something out of the tagline.

[McKay]

I love Katie Finneran beyond words. Two Tony Awards, The Inside, Wonderfalls...this show has to be better than it seems, right? Surely she has something resembling standards.

I hope so, anyway, because whatever Katie Finneran does, I will watch.

[just checking]

I came across the trailer today. The only thought in my head is that Katie Finneran can do so much better. The moms intimidated by their daughters plot will get stale quickly.

[vb68]

The main characters don't seem to have a spine

That's what got me about the trailer. It didn't seem like they so much hate their daughters as they are just weak and intimidated by them. It got old in the trailer. I can't imagine making it through one episode.

[3headedmonkey]

this show has to be better than it seems, right?

It's not. If you've seen the trailer, you've basically seen the first episode. The only reason to watch it is to see Katie doing silly things. Very, very, very over the top.

[jw7579]

Premiere Date Moved from November 23rd to the 30th.

[HandsFullMama]

I liked the line about being a bear.... "Get a fork, stop eating the pie with your hands... you're not a bear." This is a running joke at my house... anyone gobbling is eating like a bear.

No, we don't eat pie with our hands.

I thought this show sounded funny after reading the description in EW. I really loved Jamie in My Name Is Earl, and I loved her cameo on Raising Hope.

I'm not loving the sneak peak at all.

Moms as weenies doesn't impress me. It irritates me. I agree, this plot device is going to get old quickly.

[vera charles]

Wow, that was really, really bad. Who greenlights this stuff? Because that person should be fired.

[Trini Girl]

Ads for this are playing now, . . . and it looks really bad.

[HybridIce]

So the show premiered tonight. I gotta say...

I hate their spoiled, bitch daughters. Their spineless, tactless mothers. And this unfunny, horrible show.

I must note, it's only been about 10 minutes.

[Nightmare Logic]

Ok that was stupid...but not awful.

I kinda chuckled a few times.

Canned laughter.....I know that annoys some people.

This will probably get formulatic fast but I didn't hate it.

[Renard]

I must note, it's only been about 10 minutes.

I made it for about 15 minutes until I erased and canceled future recordings. Seems like the uncle might be the best/most likable character.

[lorenzothekind]

I hope so, anyway, because whatever Katie Finneran does, I will watch.

Agreed. I will however, in this case, watch with the sound off.

[Mikita]

The only time that I laughed was at the end when the mean kid in the wheelchair who didn't like black people was revealed to be black. I did like them getting back at the daughters by doing that awful dancing. Enough for me to watch next week.

[Gates]

"Eat with a fork, you're not a bear" was the only funny line of the episode.

Well, that and "Good God, Woman, you're covered in pie!"

But the bear line was the ONLY one I actually laughed out loud at.

[pandagirl]

OMG, did they give Dr. Reid Oliver a perm?

(I know there are other closet ATWT fans out there who watched this awful show just to see Eric Sheffer Stevens)

[KalEl]

Yeah, this is a poorly conceived idea that I cannot believe beat out the dozens of other pilots that get made every year. Two women still traumatized by high school? Seriously? Maybe it'll grow and the title will refer to their disappointment that all their daughters are is pretty and popular with nothing else. It's also creepy that she's crushing on her former brother-in-law. That's gonna take a whole lot of good writing to pull off.

And getting me to believe that's Jamie Pressly's daughter is a stretch. They'd better reveal she got knocked up at 18 if not younger. Sadly, I like looking at Jamie Pressly, so I'll probably watch this for as long as its on.

[balevinson]

I enjoyed Jaime Pressly. Always have. Pretty -- and with great comic timing. But the redhead was a cartoon. And everyone else appeared to be plucked from Central Casting. And it would've been easier to believe that those two girls were going to their first college mixer instead of their first high school formal.

But... it's a mid-season replacement on FOX. So they should at least be given a chance to find their legs.

Edited by balevinson, Dec 1, 2011 @ 11:51 AM.

[livinggreen]

Well, I see where "Liz" (Russell's wife from-Rules of Engagement) went.

She plays the High School principle

I noticed when you walk in the house, the stairs look like the ones on "Two and A Half Men"

Or was that "The Exes" ?

Edited by livinggreen, Dec 1, 2011 @ 1:36 PM.

[Cyrax]

It wasn't half as bad as I expected it to be, though I'm not really a fan of Jaime Pressley. "Liz" was a nice surprise! I don't see it lasting through February sweeps obviously. Better than Running Wilde at least, that's for sure. :P

[kiseki]

This was atrocious. What a waste of Jamie Pressly.

[TRofLV]

OMG, did they give Dr. Reid Oliver a perm?

(I know there are other closet ATWT fans out there who watched this awful show just to see Eric Sheffer Stevens)

I think that's natural curl because there were times Reid's hair had a curl to it.

I watched the show for Eric Sheffer Stevens and enjoyed it more than I thought I would. They need to find a balance but overall it wasn't bad for a reworked pilot. Will be tuning in for the next episode.

[sprinter]

This wasn't a horrible pilot so much as it was....sterile. Even the canned laughter seemed notably dead.

That said, it wasn't unbearable and this is a concept that I could see working with time, so I'll drop in on it a few weeks later to see what's changed.

[jw7579]

Looks like this show might not be around too much longer.

The X Factor drew a 3.3 adults 18-49 rating, down 11% vs. last week setting a Wednesday episode low. The second episode of I Hate My Teenage Daughter tumbled an dizzying 25% vs. its premiere to a 2.1 adults rating. I cautioned against assuming it would be canceled after one episode, no more cautioning from me now.

I have a feeling they're going to give it one more week before they announce a cancellation.

[balevinson]

Looks like this show might not be around too much longer.

Just watched the second ep on OnDemand.

Ouch.

Jaime Pressly still shines, but rest of the cast and the writing made my fillings hurt.

I hope she's looking for a new gig.

Edited by balevinson, Dec 8, 2011 @ 3:33 PM.

[WAnglais1]

Even though the promos still have "I Hate My Teenage Daughter" on the screen, the voice over now calls it, "My Teenage Daughter."

The promos are enough to make me avoid this. It's not trainwrecky enough like "Whitney" to check out for fun. Sorry.