Post Mortem – The Michael J. Fox Show

The-Michael-J-Fox-ShowMichael J. Fox returned to television to star in his first show since leaving Spin City in 2000.  The show was given a full season without even producing a pilot, and, predictably, things did not work out as well as expected.  The show was pulled off the air in February, after months of disappointing ratings, but was not officially cancelled until NBC announced their fall schedule last month.

In addition to Michael J. Fox, who had shined recently in guest appearances on The Good Wife, this show also co-starred Katie Finneran from the tragically short Wonderfalls.  Unfortunately, the show wasn’t very good.  Which isn’t to say it was bad, it was just kind of blah.  I think I saw all of the episodes that aired, but there might have been one or two that I forgot to DVR and, to be honest, it didn’t bother me.  Two things I did enjoy about the show were Betsy Brandt, who was new to me (yes, I haven’t watched Breaking Bad yet) and Juliette Goglia, who impressed as the daughter.