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Sadly, NBC barely bothered to promote the show at all. I think I may have seen two promos for it, and this is coming from someone who watches a lot (i.e.: way too much) television.
The show has also been placed in one of NBC's worst time-slots: Wednesdays at 9/8C. This means it is directly competing with America's darling, 'Modern Family'.
The network also only ordered six episodes, which means that unless ratings are spectacular, the show is basically over before it even began. If the last two episodes' ratings are anything to go by, the show is doomed (ratings: 1.0 and 0.9).
'Bent' centers around Alex and her daughter, Charlie (who somewhat bizarrely is still called 'Frankie' on IMDB). Alex's ex-husband recently went to jail for insider trading, leaving Alex and her daughter to move into a new house. Alex has decided she wants to renovate (God knows why, the house is gorgeous), so she hires Pete (David Wiggins) to be her contractor. Pete happens to be a recovering gambler and renowned womanizer. Who wants to bet that if the series survives these two crazy kids will get together?
Jeffrey Tambor rounds out the cast as Pete's father.
People, please, please watch this show. Watch it because it's already pretty damn funny, and because it deserves a chance to become funnier. Watch it because it has Amanda Peet, and Jeffrey Tambor ('Arrested Development'), and that kid who played a bully on 'New Girl' (Joey King).
Next week ABC is airing a re-run of 'Modern Family', so really, what do you have to lose?
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Great read! I’ve heard so many good things about this show, but only after coming across free episodes online on dishonline.com, so you’re definitely right that not too many promotions are going on with it. That is surprising to me because of how big Amanda Peet is. I’ve also heard from a couple coworkers of mine at DISH that it’s been cancelled (not sure if this is true) already as well, so that’s definitely rather discouraging for those who do enjoy the show. I haven’t seen it just yet, but I do plan on watching what is on DISH Online because I am rather curious about it.
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