Murderville

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 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.

Fans of Improv are going to love "Murderville" on #netflix.

Eccentric detective Terry Seattle (played by the hilarious Will Arnett) teams up with a new clueless celebrity guest star on each of the 6 episodes in series one.

Stars include (Stuber, The Big Sick) Kumail Nanjiani, Sharon Stone & late night TV Talk Show host Conan O'Brien.

The guest stars have no script and no idea of the plot line which is wickedly funny, especially when Will has to adlib to their reactions.

Together they investigate a series of murders in this improvisational crime comedy and the guest who plays a Trainee Cop has to solve the crime by the end of the episode given the cryptic clues laid out over each half hour instalment.

The results are very natural and better than most totally scripted streaming shows.

It's got it all comedy, crime and mystery.

While it might not be everyone's cup of tea I'm enjoying it.

Directed by Iain Morris the EP on "The Inbetweeners" which took me back to my high school days.

Here's hoping this is the first of many series of "Murderville" based on the British show, "Murder in Successville".

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.

It's comical to read how many people have such STRONG feelings about such a light hearted, silly tv show. Yikes, go do some yoga or something. My wife and I laughed out loud the entire first episode. It was refreshing to watch a new kind of tv show and it's understandable that not every joke is going to land. Don't listen to dramatic people that should be on a stage themselves. Just like all reviews, you should ignore all ratings with a 1 or 10 because they have no idea how to objectively review anything.