Mr. Mayor

Welcome to L.A.… where dreams sometimes come true!

Comedy
English     6.5     2021     USA

Overview

A retired businessman runs for mayor of Los Angeles to prove he's "still got it." Once he wins, he has to figure out what he stands for, gain the respect of his biggest critic and connect with his teenage daughter, all while trying to get anything right for America's second weirdest city.

Reviews

CDean wrote:
One of the most insipid new shows for 2021 season. Much like a former show with almost the same name and story line The Mayor. Which was canceled after just a couple episodes, There is nothing new in this show but it has seems to remain on for 7 episodes! With Tina Fey as a writer this should be much better unless Fey has just burned out doing 30 Rock! Starting Ted Danson who was awesome in The Good Place. He has sunk to lowest depths with this show where at 71 he is trying to pass as dad of a young teen. Not to mention Holly Hunter whose voice is perfect for animated voice of Helen Parr / Elastigirl in The Incredibles! In this show she comes off more as a geriatric EverReady bunny on speed! The office the mayoral staff is just awful as Danson is at being the mayor. There is no redeeming value to this show.

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The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. His life is complicated by an inept, but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife, a spinster aunt and housekeeper, Aunt Bee, and a precocious young son, Opie. Local ne'er-do-wells, bumbling pals, and temperamental girlfriends further complicate his life. Andy Griffith stated in a Today Show interview, with respect to the time period of the show: "Well, though we never said it, and though it was shot in the '60s, it had a feeling of the '30s. It was when we were doing it, of a time gone by." The series never placed lower than seventh in the Nielsen ratings and ended its final season at number one. It has been ranked by TV Guide as the 9th-best show in American television history. Though neither Griffith nor the show won awards during its eight-season run, series co-stars Knotts and Bavier accumulated a combined total of six Emmy Awards. The show, a semi-spin-off from an episode of The Danny Thomas Show titled "Danny Meets Andy Griffith", spawned its own spin-off series, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., a sequel series, Mayberry R.F.D., and a reunion telemovie, Return to Mayberry. The show's enduring popularity has generated a good deal of show-related merchandise. Reruns currently air on TV Land, and the complete series is available on DVD. All eight seasons are also now available by streaming video services such as Netflix.

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