‘House of Lies’ (Premiering Sunday January 8th) is Showtime’s latest 30-minute comedy in their line-up. Of course for every comedy on the network, the definition of “comedy” is stretched. From the network that has brought us Nurse Jackie, Weeds, Californication, and Shameless, House of Lies continues to bend the “comedy” genre.
But does it have a solid foundation?
The series stars Don Cheadle, Kristen Bell, Ben Schwartz, and Josh Lawson as management consults who will do anything to get a deal done. And I mean ANYTHING.
What seems to be a good idea as a premise turns out to be a poorly executed mess. The series has several issues, but the biggest one is that it doesn’t know what kind of show it wants to be.
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