Well, now his chance at mainstream stardom is here – My Name is Earl – a fairly well-reviewed NBC sitcom. Watched the pilot – got some concerns. It does the whole “one-camera, no laugh track thing” that Arrested Development nails. It also borrows other AD tricks such as the flashback and inappropriate humor, but in both cases it feels a bit too familiar and tries a bit too hard. Earl’s grade is somewhere around a B and I don’t think it’ll catch on with mainstream America.
Update: I think Earl has gotten better over the last few weeks – shown more heart, less random attempts at humor.
Update: Earl is now consistently funny and with AD going off the air, the smartest raunch on TV