The New Norm

"The New Norm" is, without a doubt, the absolute worst show ever made. It's a masterclass in how not to create television. The show is completely humorless, lacking any semblance of wit or cleverness. The jokes, if they can be called that, fall flat every time, leading to an overwhelmingly cringey viewing experience. The characters are one-dimensional and wholly unlikable, making it impossible to care about their pointless, meandering storylines. The plot is a mess, devoid of any direction or purpose, leaving viewers wondering why they even bothered to start watching. It's an exercise in frustration, as each episode drags on with no payoff or entertainment value. "The New Norm" is downright unwatchable and should be avoided at all costs. Save your time and watch something-anything-else.

This show was so bad I got syphilis.

The doctors were familiar with the type of syphilis when I went in.

Apparently a lot of people are contracting it from watching this show.

It's not the std kind of syphilis.

It's the kind where you get so angry that someone made this show thinking it's funny that you just spontaneously get syphilis.

Don't believe me?

Watch it.

The antibiotic protocol they'll put you on after the first episode will destroy your body's natural immunity for at least three years.

I heard three people in Texas had to start living in a bubble because their immune systems were absolutely toast after the amount of amoxicillin they had pumped directly into their brains.

Don't say I didn't warn you.

These people have one joke, and everything else might as well be an old man yelling at a cloud.

We get it, y'all think gender identity is silly, get over it already. There isn't any sort of witty humor here, it's just like if your average republican managed to get their hands on a really good AI video generator, and used a laundry list of their thoughts as the script to get THIS.

It's bad enough when they try to use a laugh track on an actual sitcom, but putting a laugh track in an animated show, to force jokes that are already forced and uninspired?

If you like Matt Walsh and Ben Shapiro, this was made for you, have fun with your echo-chamber I guess.

It's on YouTube, so go ahead and watch the 3 minute pilot.

It feels like a parody of right wing humor - as in, there's no way conservatives would write something this terrible, and allow it to be released with conservative names attached.

But, no, it's legitimately a conservative attempt at humor, with the same tired jokes they've been saying for decades now.

Also strange that they chose to use All In The Family as its setting, given that show was famously liberal, despite conservative attempts to co-opt him.

So this show is the lowest of low hanging fruit. I'm telling you, if I didn't see the names attached, I'd think it was a small studio making fun of conservatives. But it's not. No way is this becoming a show though, I think the reviews of the pilot are enough to sink it. You KNOW they will say they were too edgy and were canceled.

This is not edgy, it is stale.

If you have any family or friends that have fallen for MAGA, then you have heard these "jokes" ad nauseum already. They were written by someone with the emotional maturity of a teenager that has discovered Ayn Rand or Jordan Peterson, whose comedic and political education is limited to memes. Puts on full display the incredibly inaccurate facts that MAGA holds to support their beliefs.

South Park has challenged similar themes, and they at least have some originality. That this got Apartheid Ford's stamp of approval also shows that his level of sophistication is that of a McDonald's happy meal.