american satirical situation comedy series created known television series universe short lived life stick served executive producer series ran abc network march january focuses protagonist single father respected beloved head research development department fictional narrates series events regularly breaking fourth wall directly addressing audience camera narrator supporting characters include supervisor worker love interest daughter laboratory scientists series received critical acclaim particular praise going witty satirical humor second season holds score metacritic despite positive feedback debut drew million viewers continued extremely low ratings expressed skepticism return renewed second season abc officially canceled series low viewing figures episodes united_states available view xbox live marketplace itunes conception origin creator cited new parent inspiration interview npr discussed having kid interest develop person public personal lives parents teach kids moral work giant corporations according single father daughter serves moral compass stated worked giant companies didn base specific corporation based idea person better essentially average person wants stated wasn fan title hadn spoken changing casting casting crew team worked fairly quickly don lot time cast unfortunately important thing think says good casting mediocre material best material world mediocre casting casting think got lucky regulars approached previously worked sitcom universe playing role fan work thought great role previously enjoyed class cast roles respectively met role assessed meeting completely convinced role perfect born play thought nailed role cast asked drew role replied attracted strong women went kind throw told played character similar qualities work driven strong slightly convince play character play character nature person met trying cast liked decided people casting role weeks cast plot revolves employees evil company company experiments employees twists truth stop achieve goals mentioned presidential elections created killer robots governments left world powerful promoted rarely focus storylines frequent references futuristic technologies killer robots computers etc places partially science fiction genre characters fully aware nature try manipulate system order stop bad things happening evil effects projects susceptible potential rewards company offer despite consequences actions company attempt hire mother company introduction light known flaws comedy comes characters navigation morally ambiguous areas plays serves main character camera narrator breaks fourth wall speaks directly viewers offering inside information observations action continues plot element involves use mock commercials thematically related individual episodes placed end beginning actual commercial breaks couple episodes cast crisp titular character narrator senior vice president department respected loved employees members difficult upper management desire maintain position company feeling demonstrate moral center daughter sexual relations immediate supervisor remains emotionally distant interest new hire launch series boss immediate supervisor maintains fierce workplace demeanor employees deep fear cold calculating clear respect recognizes moral action necessary maintain balance workplace ongoing subplot touched sporadically season frequently second sees mentor lesser degree rose departments finds attracted maintains relationships reminds repeatedly rejected idea workplace romance bit outsider corporate culture demands consider horrible company policies activities relationship scientists strained rejection weird things science despite finds increasingly looking mentor series progresses philip laboratory scientists usually working hanging works project generally accepted avoid conflicts married makes frequent references wife hate season episode beating dead workforce learn member laboratory scientists best friends lab partner works project conflict willing roll abuse company offer grew shadow mother renowned scientist rose daughter attends program available prefers stay home according mom ran africa save world voice reason talks work points terrible choices company makes helps focus needs set things straight attends reception critical response critics praised witty satirical humour cast according metacritic assigns normalized rating reviews mainstream critics season holds score indicating generally favorable reviews based reviews chicago_sun-times wrote favorably comparing characters highly acclaimed new_york_post gave half stars cast simply referring funny comedy ken_tucker entertainment_weekly gave stating better certainly original sitcom come usa today referred cast reasonably entertaining returning second season acclaimed considered critics vast improvement metacritic holds score indicating universal acclaim based reviews new_york_post gave second season perfect score calling hilarious funnier year san_francisco_chronicle gave second season perfect score praising return saying means finally good funny tuesday nights ken_tucker entertainment_weekly gave return stating thank goodness returned intact love star delivery straight man lines wasp posture critiques corporate capitalism ratings pilot episode averaged total million viewers abc lowest rated comedy debut season continued experience drop mild ratings taking million finale renewed second season premiered low million viewers awards accolades editorial assistant included website list writer ranked series second list nominated award best comedy series cancellation series officially canceled abc interview creator asked thought didn catch responded think people knew wasn like lot people watch didn come think building slowly way works spend lot money advertising promoting let stay place long period time audience slowly comes don think got added feel audience know people liked liked lot time cancellation episodes broadcast abc network announced air episodes june contingent requiring seventh game ultimately seventh game needed abc air final episodes series episodes dvd release initially announced blu ray edition released season occur music video reunion series star released single revenge alternate performance verbal official music video song released june reunited major cast members reprised original series characters appear high school cheerleader respectively series creator appears video recording included soundtrack final episode dog
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