Shark Bytes

This show recycled the worst ideas of some bad sitcoms. I gave the first episode a chance and turned it off halfway through never to return.

I have to agree with the above poster. Gail Lerner's writing is beneath reproach. All the gags are lame, obvious, and (above all) recycled and toothless. This show was Dead on Arrival, and it was completely the fault of Ms. Lerner's writing. What a shame.

Gail Lerner's writing on this show made it jump the shark. After penning the WORST EPISODE EVER of Will and Grace, she took her septic gift for comedy and helmed this embarrassment. What a waste. Good and bad TV begins on paper. Used toilet paper is better than her contributions. Yuck.

Bill Buckner's appearance in the first episode-the Curse of the Bambino strikes again. 'Nuff Said

Did anybody really think this would survive until May? Remember that _Drew Carey_ episode where Bob Costas, Lynn Swann and Kenny Mayne did the play-by-play of dating Diane Farr? Now imagine that 20-some times a year. Ugh. There must have been some kind of side deal in relation to the NASCAR contract (Fox produced, NBC aired the show -- both air NASCAR during the year). How does it get the slot between Friends and Will & Grace? If FOX was so high on it, why didn't they air it on their network? And the only good review they could find for the show was from Maxim Magazine. Enough said.

Truly awful. Can't say it ever JTS, because this implies that it was good at some point and THEN went downhill. I've had to endure almost every episode of this agonizing, unfunny crap because my wife actually kinda likes it and it's on after "Friends". Ugh. I must say, the episode where Schwartz was working with his friend's cousin who wanted to be a sportscaster was slightly more bearable because that girl was HOT! Stupid, immature, and somewhat annoying, but very tasty. Way too hot for a guy like Schwartz to ever have a shot at. And what's with his friend Julie or whatever? Not very funny, scary to look at. They couldn't find a cute actress for this role?

I agree with the previous poster, this show jumped before it aired. The Promotional spots sunk it.

Pre-Day One jump...the jokes got old just by watching the preview commercials

I spent most of 2001 recovering from very painful third-degree burns over 80% of my body. From my hospital bed, I would often watch INSIDE SCHWARTZ, as it followed FRIENDS, and it was too painful for me to change the channel. I would often rip my slow-healing skin grafts from my body during each episode, so the echoes of my own screaming would block out the sounds of this horrible, unfunny show.

Not that long ago, I saw a show on comedy central called Frank Leaves for the Orient. It was about a guy who was trying to tie up all his affairs before he moved to Japan for his new job. And it had all the fantasy world elements that Inside Schwartz did. Needless to say, it sucked, but even the morons at comedy central had the brains to keep it restrained to a mini-series that was gone after a week. And I'm not saying Inside Schwartz was the worst new show of 2001, but as far as I'm concerned it's way up there. Shows that rely entirely on a single tiresome gimmick, like this one, get boring really fast, and yet nobody who makes TV shows seems to realize that.

Please keep Breckin Meyer off of television.

This show never ever jumped the shark...No matter what anybody says about Inside Schwartz, this show had potential. Sure it was on after "Friends", which gets older and older everyday, and--hears the sad part--it actually was the #1 new comedy of the season. Thanks a lot, NBC. You cancel a great comedy with one Road Trip's Breckin Myer and you force all this goody-too-shoes, sugar-coated, ain't life grand shit down our throats. Sure you saved us from some stuff this season ::cough:: Emeril ::cough:: but this is just out of hand. In fact, this is probably how a day and NBC goes. "Good morning, John. What show will we cancel today?" "Inside Schwartz. I don't like it, and I don't care about the viewers." NBC cancels all of its best shows sooner or later. They pulled the plug on NewsRadio, de-flowered Blossom, made Wings wingless, and now made Frasier a boring piece of crap. Come on already...

Just imagine "Friends" without good writing or good acting and you pretty have this show. What we got here is a dead shark!!

Oh come on NBC, give it up!!! This show jumped a Great White on day one. Running the pilot a second time and then putting it after "Friends" on "Must See" night isn't going to do anymore more but let more people know what a piece of crap this show is!

Inside Schwartz has to be among the worst shows ever conceived. Who the hell is the genius who green lighted this crap and what's he on? I don't have the words to describe how horendously idiotic and painfully unfunny this is. This sucks and is an insult to the countless talented writters out there who can't even get network execs to even look at their scripts.