Channel Surfing: Back to You

It's been a while since I've managed to sit through a new multi camera, laugh track sitcom. Maybe I've just become snooty after getting used to Arrested Development, The Office, etc. Or maybe it's that most new sitcoms are actually terrible (I accidentally caught the pilot of 'Til Death and I still have nightmares). With that said, I didn't hate Back to You. In fact, I'll even give it another watch. Kelsey Grammer is (almost) always a winner; here he's taking Frasier's pompousness but making him, well, not so gay. He's a blowhard that seems to be able to back it up as a former small market news anchor that made it to the big leagues in LA before having an on-camera meltdown appear on YouTube. Now he's fired and back at his old job and dealing with former coworkers (who are made up of some great casting choices). Nothing that's really breaking the mold - although there is a nice (and obvious) twist that could make the show more interesting going forward. And Fred Willard is in it. Overall a better half hour than most of the refuse that Fox squeezes out its ass.