As sitcoms go, this one is truly funny. I never had the chance to watch it when it was running on prime-time (unfortunately) but Lifetime is running it now and that's been awesome. Comedies about the workplace (in this case, a "CNN-like" news corporation) are usually funny because the writers don't have to stretch that far to get humorous story lines and bizarre characters. In the case of "Less Than Perfect", all of the characters are funny as hell, whether they're the "good guys" like Claude, the "villains" like Kipp, Lydia or Jeb, or the hilarious nut-jobs like Owen, Ramona and Carl. Good or villainous, you end up both liking and laughing at/with all of them. The casting is superb, particularly the comedically gifted Sara Rue,the wonderfully acerbic Zachary Levi, and the just plain funny Patrick Warburton. Andrea Parker is another surprise comedic talent as the viper-ish Lydia because she usually does serious drama roles so this shows her great range. The rest of the actors in this are so well cast in their roles it's hard to imagine anyone else playing those parts. I wish I'd seen this show when it was on in it's original time slot but I'll just have to settle for watching the re-runs of this excellent little comedy on cable. Too bad it only lasted 4 seasons.
Review of Less Than Perfect
