Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage

Young Sheldon was one of my favorite, if not my favorite show. So I looked forward to this as a continuation of that series, not a complete refresh.

While I liked the first episode and will continue to watch it, the one thing I found really annoying and distracting was the laugh track. The first time it occurred, within the first 15 seconds or so of the episode, I looked over at my wife and said "it's like they're trying way too hard to be funny." That's when it hit me that they were using a laugh track.

To me, the writing for this show seems to be designed to be much more of a comedy than Young Sheldon was, but most of moments when the laugh track chided in weren't really that funny. The first occurrence was just a one-liner from Georgie, and as the episode wore on, it got even more annoying, laughing at every verbal exchange.

The beauty of Young Sheldon was its being funny without trying - especially Sheldon and his naivete and lack of self awareness. All the characters played a role in adding to that, especially Georgie who has his own naivete.

I gave it a rating of 7/10 and hope the show will last since I've looked forward to it for a long time, but I'm skeptical that the laugh track will kill it if it continues.

My first thought was they are killing things with the overuse of the laugh track. Not all the "jokes" are that funny. So far, the show needs to be less of a typical hit-you-over-the-head, low quality sitcom. The characters have a history and development that needs better incorporating in the story. The writing feels cheap to me. I always found the supporting characters much more interesting on Young Sheldon and was pleased to hear of this spinoff. Everything seems too forced so far. I'm really hoping that the writers find their footing soon with this show. It would be a shame to waste the gift they were given.

It's a great show, so far. The characters are great, and the actors are still amazing. The laugh track will definitely take some getting used to since these characters don't have a history of having one in the background. There didn't seem to be very much actual show time. There seemed to be a ton of commercials. My biggest issue, at this point, has to be the music. The credit/opening sequence, with the dancing and the horrible music, might be fine in other shows, but it doesn't come close to working put for this show. To make matters worse, we have to here it over and over. It's terribly difficult, but I'll do my best to ignore it......for now.

The show has potential. The first episode was cute but not terribly funny. What was extremely annoying was the constant laugh track. Constantly hearing people laugh like crazy at things that might (might) be cute but are certainly not funny distracts from the show. Other than that the show certainly has potential. The cast is strong and fun to watch. After The Big Band and Young Sheldon it's interesting to see what the family is up to. Georgie and Mandy's First Marriage continues the family story leading us back to The Big Bang. I like that many of the characters from Young Sheldon are part of the new series and I hope they continue to make appearances.

After watching the first six episodes, I keep hoping this show will grow on me. I really liked the Georgie and Mandy's characters on "Young Sheldon", but the actors now seem to be playing caricatures of those characters - it's like they are silly versions compared to how they were played on "Young Sheldon". I don't know if they're overacting or playing for laughs - but something just isn't working.

And definitely get rid of the canned laughter. It is annoying as he'll.

Nothing against the actor but the character of Mandy's brother is useless and does not contribute to the story lines. Same goes for the shop mechanic.