# 'Bless This Mess' - new show from ABC - WHY? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 11, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bless-this-mess-new-show-from-abc-why/832398 "2019-04-11T17:55:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bless-this-mess-new-show-from-abc-why/832398/41 "2019-04-25T00:03:59Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > I have faint recollections of a TV show called Grand (similar to Soap). As I recall, I REALLY liked it - which pretty much guaranteed a short run. 😛 > > As I recall, the season finale involved a tornado. I was interested in who survived - but it was not renewed for another season! :smack: Wow, I loved that show! Few people seem to remember it. As far as “Bless This Mess,” I wonder if somehow Ellen Degeneris is involved. She has Dax Shepard on her show almost weekly. ---
**Author:** ![DKW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dkw/32/3118_2.png) [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bless-this-mess-new-show-from-abc-why/832398/42 "2019-05-01T08:21:11Z")
Just watched the third episode. Highlights: Trying to win over a bunch of token smack-talking punks, freaking out over the process by which one actually obtains meat from farm animals, whole lotta spastic flailing, an annoying overbearing mother (because no matter how many millions of times we see that it _never_ gets old :rolleyes:), an honest-to-god attempt to win over Rudy (whom apparently they’ve just accepted that he’s going to be a useless intrusive squatter and nobody can do anything about it)…aaaaand “short shorts” being said roughly 5,000 times. :smack: I’m done. There is _nothing_ here. I can’t remember any alleged comedy that was so completely devoid of entertainment value. Even Married With Children had its moments. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bless-this-mess-new-show-from-abc-why/832398/43 "2019-05-01T12:17:53Z")
I _liked_ the length of those shorts. I also liked the chicken-naming. I have chickens myself, so I fully got the futility and fun of it. And yeah…that was it. I don’t care if I never see another minute of this show. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bless-this-mess-new-show-from-abc-why/832398/44 "2019-05-01T12:20:46Z")
If the two lead actors had a smidge of talent between them and the writers had any talent and originality, this would be a stupid, boring show. As it is, it’s even worse. Two was all I could stand. Hard pass on the rest. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bless-this-mess-new-show-from-abc-why/832398/45 "2019-05-01T22:35:43Z")
> [@DKW](#): > > Even Married With Children had its moments. It had “Urethra!” moments. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bless-this-mess-new-show-from-abc-why/832398.md?page=2)