It’s “Full House”! Only as an hourlong “co-created” by red-hot Lori Loughlin, who used to star on “Full House,” and “All Souls” writer Stephen Tolkin! And the hot orphans are about as old as the Olsen twins are now!!
Listen. The reviews are bad. We’re talking “10-8” bad. “Bette” and “Whoopi” bad. Does it help that Fox ran two of the most hilarious, gut-wrenching installments of “The O.C.” Monday night? It does not!!
The Hollywood Reporter says:
The Hollywood Reporter says:
“If you like your cereal blanketed with sugar, if cotton candy is your refreshment of choice and if pancakes are mostly an excuse to ingest syrup, has the WB Network got a show for you. … follows a precise emotional button-pushing formula, but follows it well … There's nothing at all original about the premise of kids suddenly losing their parents and readjusting to life elsewhere. What matters is the execution, which, in the case of this script, follows a recipe that is both precise and predictable. … Time after time, you keep hoping that these characters will somehow break free and develop dimension and texture, but it never quite happens. Instead, the premiere settles for scenes that vary in pitch but not in range. Instead of creating an interesting world that challenges stereotypes, 'Summerland' builds a drama based on them.”
Variety says:
“Although clearly designed to dish out fun in the sun with splashes of coming-of-age pathos over the long haul, the premiere leans toward the morose, with the adults' cluelessness matched only by the kids' petulance and stupidity. … the premise feels so hackneyed - and the ending so rushed and tidy - it's hard to become invested in what transpires. Nor does the dialogue help, such as when Ava wonders what she can do to guide the kids through this ordeal. ‘It's the “F’ word, Ava: faith,’ Johnny tells her, with the kind of square-jawed earnestness that ought to be stenciled on a greeting card.”
8 p.m. Tuesday. The WB
