My long experience in the field of television watching (I love my job) has taught me to always be wary when it comes to pilots – especially for comedies. It’s the unavoidable job of a debut episode to set up various characters and storylines, and when you’re handling that much exposition, it can be difficult to also properly expose the show’s comic voice and be truly funny. I’ve learned to lower my standards to a healthy extent and will hope for better if I’m keen enough on a premise and ensemble.
The Fall And Rise Of Reggie Dinkins is not a show that requires these low standards, however. After watching the premiere that is now streaming on Peacock in advance of the NBC series debut next month, I am 100 percent on board and invested. On top of having a fun plot and characters, I found myself consistently laughing from beginning to end – and one particular joke hit me so hard that I had to hit pause because I was missing too much of the show.
