Off the bat, Steve Martin and Martin Short are as close to a guaranteed hit as you can come. Sadly, this attempt just doesn't quite make the bar. In fact, is misses pretty badly. The first couple episodes were cute, lively, and fun. It really felt like the characters were going to develop, but they just stay stuck in themselves episode after episode. After Ep 5, I had to pull the plug. As is the case with so many stories that take place in New York, the characters are anxious, mealy-mouthed, loud, and overly loquacious. We already did that shtick to death in the 70's with Woody Allen, so why are we revisiting that shtick now? Martin and Short need to reduce their spoken lines by about 50% and their characters would improve markedly. That Mrs. Maesel show suffers from this very same problem...way too many spoken lines to the point of boredom. A person just gets tired of listening after a while. I can see how New Yorkers will like this show, but out here in the west, the anxieties of New Yorkers just don't play well. We wonder why they can't get over themselves.

Oh, and all the comments about Selena Gomez being stiff, monotone, uninspired, bored, and rude are actually correct and true. She's just not an actress, but she is eye candy to young men, we're told.

The liberal use of profanity is fun and gives the show a certain authentic New York feel, but the characters are too stilted and unrealistic to actually connect with.