Series Premiere: ‘Unhitched’ on Fox Tonight

Tonight at 9:30pm EST, Fox will debut its latest sitcom, the Farrelly Brothers concoction Unhitched. Siblings Bobby and Peter are the creative production team behind the series, and they’re also the same comedic minds that brought the world such feature films as Dumb & Dumber starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels, There’s Something About Mary with Ben Stiller and Cameron Diaz, and Me, Myself & Irene featuring Jim Carrey again, along with Renée Zellweger.

All of those flicks have their fair share of fans, not to mention a number of individuals who think they’re just plain silly. It’s not an exaggeration, then, to characterize Farrelly humor, often dependent upon sight gags and gross-out situations, as an acquired taste for many.

The same seems to go for Unhitched, with the majority of reviews thus far landing on the “No thanks” side. I have, however, come across two that are overwhelmingly favorable, although I wonder how the pair of reviewers feel being the odd positive needles in a haystack of derision.

What’s What

The premise of the Boston-based show is straightforward. Four thirty-something friends, three guys and one woman, in various stages of singlehood tackle life in the contemporary dating lane, regardless of whether or not they and their potential romantic interests have a clue. Jack “Gator” Gately (Boston Legal alum Craig Bierko) is the nice guy the series revolves around, a bachelor anew who naively thought he’d be coupled forever.

His male pals are Tommy (real-life lawyer and recurring TV presence Johnny Sneed), a microbrewery owner and serial divorcé now exiting his third marriage, and Freddy (popular Canadian actor Shaun Majumder), an unlucky-in-love but professionally successful surgeon. Kate (Office transplant Rashida Jones), the lone series regular of the female persuasion, happens to be all three men’s divorce attorney, as well as recently returned to the dating game herself after a failed seven-year engagement.

I take it from the network’s official series description that if all goes well — or if the show manages to hang around long enough, which isn’t a given — Gator and Kate might discover they’re meant for each other. Follow the ups and downs of their slow (and hopefully funny) journey to one another starting tonight.

Resources

As usual, Comedy Centric also has an Unhitched Episode Guide available 24/7/365 to help keep you up-to-date on the show.