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Byline: - David Kronke

``Rodney''

(ABC ABC
 in full American Broadcasting Co.

Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928.
 Channel 7; 9:30 tonight)

Logline: Reg'lar-guy family man (Rodney Carrington) quits his job to pursue his dream of being a comedian. Good-natured wife Trina (Jennifer Aspen) disapproves, but loves the lug (1) (Linux Users Group) A formal or informal organization of Linux users who gather together virtually or in person to exchange information and resources. Some groups maintain mailing lists and send out newsletters for their members.  anyway.

Pros: ``Blue Collar TV'' suggests there's an audience for yahoo humor that's oft deprived of wit.

Cons: ``Rodney's'' level of invention Level of Invention (or Degree of Inventiveness, or Level of solution, or Rank of solution, or Rank of invention) is a relative degree of changes to the previous system (or solution) in the result of solution of inventive problem (one containing a  is best defined when, after losing a bet, Rodney enters a Wal-Mart naked. Behavior that desperately puerile puerile /pu·er·ile/ (pu´er-il) pertaining to childhood or to children; childish.  in a pilot scarcely portends well for future episodes.

In a nutshell: Except for that naked bit, this is probably the worst lead-in for ``NYPD NYPD New York City Police Department (since 1845; New York City, NY, USA)
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 Blue'' ever. Compelling proof of the flat-lining state of the network sitcom. ``It drained the life out of me,'' Rodney complains of his job; for 22 minutes, I could relate.

Our rating: One star

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Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Sep 21, 2004
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