SERIES PREMIERE: This new Fox series is co-created by Charlie Day, co-star and co-creator of FX’s long-running, long-raunchy
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. The pilot of this new series, though, is almost shockingly tame by comparison, and plays as a sitcom that could have been set in, and even written in, the era of
The Golden Girls. This series is about a group of senior citizens at a retirement home, and to the extent that
The Cool Kids is watchable, it’s because of the veteran talent involved: David Alan Grier, Martin Mull, Leslie Jordan and Vicki Lawrence. It’s a rarity to see a show built around senior citizens on TV, and especially surprising to see one on Fox, so I’d like to give this a chance. It’s just that, as with so many TV sitcoms these days, I just wish it were funnier. But Lawrence, especially, hits the ground running.
For a full review, see David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower.