Starts out strong but goes flat fast. You can pretty much predict every line of dialog. It's a sitcom not Alexander Pope. We get it, but there's not a single unexpected laugh. Paint by numbers. Which is weird because it's intended to be satire. But it's more a satire about satire. Like 'The Grinder' is a fake show in a show, the real show is a show inside a show about a show. Like a fake TV show the fake writers in 30 Rock would pretend to write. It's like an American show making fun of a Mexican telenovela. Setting that aside it relies on two things pretty common in all sitcoms; one- the big lie that always goes horribly wrong. And two- the family member who's a passive aggressive lunatic narcissist who everyone always sides with at the expense of the 'good' person. Not hard to see why this got canceled after 1 season. It had nowhere to go. They flogged that horse for 20+ episodes and 20 more wasn't going work.
Review of The Grinder
