Two freshmen series will wrap up their US runs this week, both with question marks lingering over their futures.
This is a shame: Grandfathered and The Grinder, both on Fox, have proven to be surprisingly nimble, surprisingly meta and, in the latter case, at least, surprisingly, and almost subversively, innovative.
Both share some things in common. Both return popular, highly charismatic actors to small screen leading roles—John Stamos in the former case and Rob Lowe, fresh from his star turn in You, Me and the Apocalypse, in the latter—and both riff off those actors’ most famous roles and personas. Stamos turns Full House’s Jesse “Have Mercy” Katsopolis into an unexpected grandfather and Lowe, well, he’s not exactly playing The West Wing’s Sam Seaborn, but he’s definitely spoofing what a lesser actor might have become after the role ended.
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Both shows are obsessed with television without being especially navel-gazing about it, though their lead characters certainly are, albeit about themselves. Grandfathered is a casually intentional response to Full House (Netflix’s Fuller House, the second season of which is somehow already in production, notwithstanding) and The Grinder perfectly spoofs the traditional legal drama, as well as Hollywood itself.
Matthew Clayfield
Matthew Clayfield is a journalist, critic and screenwriter.
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