A Show You Need To Start Watching Is Returning for Season 3

I had to use a little trickery to get you to click on this article. I apologize for that. Sincerely. Well not really. If you’re reading this, there’s a 50-50 chance you haven’t seen Review, Andy Daly’s faux-docu-reality series on Comedy Central.

And if you’re in the 50 that hasn’t seen the show, then I have a bone to pick with you.

I risked MY job with deceptive headline practices to make sure I bring this wonderful comedy television series to your attention. Just look at these rejected alternative headlines:

If You Don’t Watch Review Season 3, Why Don’t You Just Join ISIS?

You Can Sit On Your Asses Eating Pancakes, Or Watch Review... Or Do Both!

Wake Up, Dummies; Review Is Coming Back!

I’m at the point of desperation in my mission to persuade the masses to watch Review. Admittedly, the ratings are bad. They didn’t improve much for season two, leading Comedy Central to give it a generous goodbye tour of a third season. For fans curious about when the show would return, Daly tweeted out an update on production:

It's shot & ready to watch! In fact, we made the final post-production decision of the series yesterday. Momentous! Airdate tbd... https://t.co/XDNsQAFMIF

— Andy Daly (@TVsAndyDaly) October 27, 2016

That's the bittersweet news hook. While we’re thrilled Review will get at least three episodes to say farewell to life reviewer Forrest MacNeil, the series deserves a far longer lifespan. Don't let the poor ratings fool you. This show is worthy of your attention. Forrest rarely gave out five stars. With single TV critics often shaping a publication’s critical opinion of a television show, it’s rare that a staff comes together to support a series. Yet when we voted on the best comedies of 2015, Review was the clear winner. It beat out shows like Louie, Inside Amy Schumer, VEEP, South Park, Parks and Recreation, and so on.

In the context of what made Review stand out amongst all the other dynomite comedies 2015 birthed us, I wrote on behalf of our team:

Andy Daly’s comedy is as situational as it gets, adapting its premise from an Australian series, while borrowing the mockumentary style and workplace dysfunctionality of a Parks and Rec. It captures the human condition in a fictional setting that rivals what Nathan Fielder is able to do with controlled reality, while bringing the madcap ludicrousness that can be found in an animated comedy like Rick and Morty or with a Gang of degenerates in Philadelphia. Review tugs at the flaws of its protagonist Forrest MacNeil in places that a horse like BoJack simply cannot reach, and is the standard for demonstrating how a character in committed relationship can be labeled the “Worst,” yet this man should never be seeking woman. The minds behind Review took all these ingredients and mixed the perfect cocktail for a 2015 comedy (maybe that’s why I fell out of my chair laughing when Forrest started a cult, joined the Mile High Club, and entered the Glory Hole).

If that doesn’t sell you, let Andy Daly himself try.

Before I run out of hands to give this handjob, go watch Reviewonline, on Hulu, or demand before season three hits. Hell, steal it if you have to. Forrest found petty theft to be a generally favorable life experience.