Murderville

This was way better than I thought it was going to be. Very clever and fun to solve mini murder mysteries. But I agree with another reviewer on here, they didn't pick the right celebrity guest stars. Annie Murphy was a right waste of time, she barely said anything. For this type of show you really have to throw yourself in there. Conan O'Brien who's not even an actor did better than Annie, Ken and Kumail. I was expecting Ken Jeong to bring much more to the table. The second guy did a great job, he was very good. And Sharon Stone had some brilliant one liners. I hope they are renewed and if so, bring more comedians into the show as they're used to making things up on the spot.

This show is sooo stupid, it comes up hilarious! Laughed out loud over & over. Marshawn was excellent!! Spitting my wine out my mouth!! Will Armett is fabulous.

As a lot of reviews have said, pick your 'partners' carefully. Poor Annie Murphy. She definitely is not used to improv and needs a script. I hope this gets a second season. But they really have to select people who can improv similar to Kumail and Conan. Get people like Larry David, Keegan Michael-Key or, Arnett's ex, Amy Poehler. Or, go back to Arrested Development and call on Jason Bateman or David Cross. Hell, Michael Cera would probably be brilliant! Again the concept is great, and Arnett is hilarious. He carries the show. Let's get a second run but this time they have to NAIL the casting.

Comparisons to the British original are unavoidable. This US Netflix remake of 'Murder in Successville' jettisons the surreal film-noir feel and celebrity impressions from the supporting cast and opts for a more straight-up spoof of police dramas. The chaotic humour feels the same, though, and it's still very funny. Like the US version of 'The Office', it manages to be different from the original yet still be something equally as valid. My only complaint is that the guest stars in the US version, who have to improvise without a script, all come from comedy or acting backgrounds, so they improvise well and there's very little corpsing. Part of the fun of the original was seeing celebrities without any acting skills out of their depth and struggling not to laugh. But with no more series of the original in production, I'm happy to have both exist.

This is great. If your review is negative because you think the acting, writing and production is bad then you don't understand the show and therefore your review is redundant. Go watch Brooklyn Nine Nine or something. Is it laugh out loud funny? No but it's really entertaining to watch the actors fight corpsing and impressive to see such good improvisation.