In NBC's new sitcom Truth Be Told, Mitch (played by Mark-Paul Gosselaar) is a college profesor who is married to Tracy (played by Vanessa Lachey). Mitch and Tracy are raising their four-year-old daughter, Sadie. Mitch's best friend and neighbor is the successful standup comic Russell (played by Tone Bell), who is married to Angie (Bresha Webb), a doctor.
Angie has recently scored Jay Z concert tickets from an old boyfriend, which makes Russell jealous, causing tension in their relationship. Meanwhile, Mitch and Tracy are struggling to find a babysitter to watch after Sadie. Tracy is an overprotective mom who doesn't trust anyone with her precious daughter. She's turned down several possible babysitters, but is dying to get the opportunity to finally have a night out. After inquiring about a neighbor's babysitter, Tracy agrees to meet up with the possible candidate.
The candidate is extremely qualified, and the perfect match, and Tracy loves her immediately. However, she's extremely attractive, making Mitch uncomfortable. Not to mention, Russell recognizes her and he realizes that the babysitter is hiding a dark secret.
This show really flopped for me. The acting was subpar, and seemed extremely forced for the duration of the episode. Also, it's apparent straight from the beginning that this show would be focusing its jokes on racial topics. There were many situations that were highlighted that displayed how Russell was mistreated for his race, which seemed to offend Mitch greatly. It also seemed like the show was trying to be edgy, by addressing topics that we don't really openly talk about. But instead of being edgy and funny, the mix of topics that were attempted to be made into comedy just created an uncomfortable atmosphere.
The last time I checked, comedy shows are supposed to be funny, and I can honestly say I didn't laugh once throughout this episode. Not to mention, I had to skim back through the episode three times in an attempt to find a funny quote.
All in all, this show definitely isn't worth the time. the characters are all extremely ordinary and have no personality traits that would lead you to grow attached to them. The plotline was also very bland, and disconnected, and did not flow together well. I personally also did not like the acting very much since the actors seemed to just be running through their lines, without putting in any heart or their own spin on things.
If you don't trust my review, it seems that my opinion agrees with the general public's. NBC first cut the episode order of Truth Be Told from 13 episodes to just 10. A post on twitter revealed that just two weeks after the episode order was cut, the set had been dismantled. Also within the first three airings, it had an average rating of 0.68, making it the lowest-rated of any series on the Big Four networks this fall.
Mitch: “Did you look?"
Russell: “Of course I looked. If I can guess your password in four tries you're basically just telling me to look!"
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