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In the series premiere, Hollywood writers Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf and Rachel Ramras try to land a famous actor for a feature script that they've developed.
After lying about Melissa McCarthy's involvement with "Mr. First Lady", Larry, Rachel and Hugh's careers are threatened. In trying to patch things up with Melissa, they only dig themselves deeper with her husband, Ben.
As Larry tries to get a secret side project going with Ben, Hugh and Rachel have a secret of their own. Also: group distrust leads to group therapy.
With Ben and Melissa now on board with "Mr. First Lady", Larry, Rachel and Hugh have a meeting with Melissa's producing partner, Howard Lang.
Larry, Rachel and Hugh go to an awards ceremony called the Annies while all their Groundlings friends are going to the Emmys.
Kristen Bell enters the picture as Larry, Rachel and Hugh grow uncertain of Melissa's commitment.
Ben and Melissa grow furious with Larry, Rachel and Hugh, who try to make amends by surprising them with a personal gift. Later: Hugh reconnects with an old friend.
Hugh's romance with Sam heats up, which annoys Rachel but intrigues Larry, who discovers that Sam is a successful film producer.
The group gets fractured and turn to another writing team for help.
Larry, Rachel and Hugh perform improv at the Groundlings Theatre.
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It's hard to envision Nobodies sustaining itself for even one season, let alone another one. The bumbling efforts to make Mr. First Lady a fame-and-fortune feature film already seem played out after just the first few episodes.
The series could live on its ample supply of good jokes alone, if only the nobodies were properly elevated in a story meant to be about them.
Yeah, it's amusing, but in a forgettable sort of way. Too much about it resembles too many other shows.
Later episodes, as personal business between the leads come into play, and wholly fictional characters arrive, do perk up.
Beyond correctly identifying Hollywood's core insecurity and layers of inferiority complexes, Nobodies isn't committed to being satire or parody, nor is it especially insightful.
Dorf, Davidson, and Ramras aren't interested in getting particularly deep. They are looking to provoke bigger laughs and more visceral cringes. And, for a few nobodies, they do a pretty good job.
TV Land's latest offering joins a small-screen mini-boom in what could be called the showbiz cringe comedy: a sort of scrappy, Louis C.K.-style backlot vérité.
But even though Nobodies works from a familiar playbook and, like its bumbling heroes, can try a little too hard to ingratiate itself, it's still fun, zippy, and Seinfeldian in its ability to braid together plot based on various humiliations.
Nobodies is funny, and in a few specific details, it's quite original. In others, it does unfortunately fit a template that seems difficult to escape in the current cutting-edge comedy scene - self-conscious but deliberate navel-gazing.
Comics struggle for success in this true-to-life series.
Nobodies is OK. Some of it is quite funny. And some of it really isn't.
Audience Reviews for Nobodies: Season 1
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Apr 08, 2017I was intrigued by the first episode, enough to watch the 2nd but I didn't quite see how it could maintain itself for an entire season. I'm glad I did! While to me, it was a restatement of the first episode, I feel like the show is getting into its stride and I can see it isn't just more of the same ole. I am very much looking forward to the next episode.
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Apr 05, 2017I really enjoyed the first episode. Very funny with some great cameos. I look forward to seeing more!
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Apr 05, 2017This is such a good show. People have been saying it's like Seinfeld and I agree. I wish they released the whole season at once because I like to watch shows that way.
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Apr 04, 2017Love it! These guys won't be "nobodies" for long ;-P
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Apr 04, 2017After I figured out which channel TV Land was, I was happy to discover that this show is hilarious!
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Apr 03, 2017What a great show!! Can't wait to see new episodes.
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