NBC (Wednesdays, 9:30 P.M. ET)
B+
Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt play Manhattan apartment dwellers adjusting to married life in this sitcom in which nothing much happens. She drags him out to shop for furniture; they spend a Sunday debating what to do and never make" it to the lobby. In its banal plots the show is a lot like Seinfeld, which it follows, making a nice matched set for NBC. In fact, Reiser's funny New York City fusspot could be a cross between the Jerry and George characters on Seinfeld.
The newlyweds come with a self-absorbed circle of friends: a dim married couple (Richard Kind and Leila Kenzie), Reiser's slobby pal (Tommy Hinkley) and Hunt's sister (Ann Ramsay), who is given to panic attacks.
The scope is a little cramped but the writing is wonderfully droll. Gazing out the window at a gay-pride parade going by on the street below, Reiser calls out, "Oh, honey, come here. You're going to miss the Judy Garland balloon."
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