TV Review: Surviving Suburbia

 ABC’s new sitcom “Surviving Suburbia,” starring Bob Sager and Cynthia Stevenson, debuts Monday night at 9:30 EST. Below is B&C’s new video feature-a BC Review in 90 seconds-and a compilation of reviews from TV critics around the Web.

“While its cynicism about suburbia is superficially novel, the show itself is quite old-fashioned, if not old hat: lame dad, smart mom, cute child, knowing child, strange neighbor.”
-Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times

“A show about a misanthrope trying to survive in the artificially friendly world of the suburbs might have some potential, but that’s not the show Surviving Suburbia is.”
-Rick Porter, From Inside the Box blog

“Having labored to distance himself from Full House, Bob Saget is back in “Father Doesn’t Know Best” mode. And TV is certainly poorer for it.”
-Brian Lowry, Variety

“The pilot is not very funny or at all surprising… Mr. Saget can be sardonic and has a background in foulmouthed standup comedy, but in this premiere his character’s personality is faint and inconsistent.”
-Alessandra Stanley, The New York Times

“Is it possible to survive sitting through Suburbia? Yes, but it’s not recommended.”
-Rob Owen, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“The sitcom’s only distinguishing trait is an obnoxiously sweetened laugh track. ABC should foreclose on this property.”
-Mark A. Perigard, The Boston Herald