# "Partners" TV show **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 9, 2012, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-tv-show/637177 "2012-10-09T05:05:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-tv-show/637177/1 "2012-10-09T05:05:14Z")
This is a sitcom by Max Mutchnick and David Kohan, who also created _Will and Grace._ It’s a life-long “bromance” between two guys, one gay and the other straight (and the straight guy has a fiancée). I’ve seen the 3 first episodes, and I’m hooked. It’s like \*Will & Grace \*with characters you can actually identify with, and without all the bitchiness. Anyone else watching it? ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-tv-show/637177/2 "2012-10-09T07:48:33Z")
Yep, me too. I like the writing and the actors. It made me laugh out loud where a lot of comedies get a pained smile. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-tv-show/637177/3 "2012-10-09T14:54:23Z")
I tried to watch the premiere, but couldn’t get more than about 10 minutes in. Too many stereotypes and obvious jokes. What I saw wasn’t _Will & Grace_, it was _Grace & Jack_. ---
**Author:** ![sachertorte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sachertorte/32/3727_2.png) [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-tv-show/637177/4 "2012-10-09T15:38:47Z")
I find it funny and painful. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-tv-show/637177/5 "2012-10-09T15:50:01Z")
We have watched the first two, and have the third on DVR. It is OK so far - some good lines. One reviewer said this show would have been a huge hit - in the 1980’s. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-tv-show/637177/6 "2012-10-09T17:23:17Z")
We had the first 3 episodes recorded. Watched the first and immediately deleted the other 2. I don’t think either my wife or I laughed even once. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-tv-show/637177/7 "2012-10-09T17:31:21Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > It’s like \*Will & Grace \*with characters you can actually identify with, and without all the bitchiness. This is a selling point? I liked it when they threw shade. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-tv-show/637177/8 "2012-10-09T17:34:31Z")
> [@sachertorte](#): > > I find it funny and painful. I found it painfully unfunny. Just awful, really. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-tv-show/637177/9 "2012-10-09T20:53:26Z")
What I found fun with Will and Grace that I don’t feel here is that originality that W&G carried with it. This show seems rather formulaic and somewhat predictable. Granted I have only seen a couple of the shows, but it is a feeling I get. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-tv-show/637177/10 "2012-10-10T03:19:48Z")
That one guy is so stereotypically camp that I kept wondering if I should be offended on behalf of gay people. I also kept thinking of [the first part of this Patton Oswalt bit](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvCwY7EwMx4) (NSFW language). ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-tv-show/637177/11 "2012-10-10T04:17:12Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > That one guy is so stereotypically camp that I kept wondering if I should be offended on behalf of gay people. I also kept thinking of [the first part of this Patton Oswalt bit](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvCwY7EwMx4) (NSFW language). He’s cute, but annoying as hell the second he opens his mouth. Also I feel like they’re giving way more attention to the straight couple than the gay one and that bothers me. If it wasn’t sandwitched inbetween **How I Met You’re Mother** and **Two Broke Girls** I wouldn’t watch it, and I have a feeling that’s true for most of it’s viewers. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-tv-show/637177/12 "2012-10-12T15:40:12Z")
Surprisingly, I’m finding _The New Normal_ (on NBC) to be much better than this show. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-tv-show/637177/13 "2012-10-12T15:44:12Z")
I’m just flabbergasted anyone could say this is Will & Grace without the bitchiness. The stereotyped gay guy was probably the worst thing I’ve seen on television this year. It was impossible to imagine being in a room with him for the length of the show let alone a 20-year friendship. Every line was irritating. Every. Single. Line. Without. Letup. One episode was plenty. How can anybody defend this guy?