House of Lies

[huntergrayson]

Premieres this Sunday on Showtime. Here's it's official website. and here's a fake company website.

It stars Don Cheadle, which is all I need to know. Plus, Kristen Bell returns to TV, for which I think she is better suited.

Synopsis from Sho's Website:

Charming, fast talking Marty Kaan and his crack team of MBA-toting management consultants are playing America's 1 percent for everything they've got. They put the con in consulting as they charm smug, unsuspecting corporate fat cats into closing huge deals, and spending a fortune for their services. Twisting the facts, spinning the numbers, and spouting just enough business school jargon to dazzle the clients, there's no end to what this crew won't do to and for each other, while laughing all the way to the bank. Starring Academy Award® Nominee Don Cheadle and Kristen Bell, nothing is sacred in HOUSE OF LIES, a hilarious, irreverent send-up of corporate America today.

[MrsCatHead]

ooooo has bklynred seen this thread?!

The Chead!

[huntergrayson]

It sounds vaguely Leverage-y, which isn't a bad thing. Plus a 'fuck over the 1%' show might be really nice right now.

[forever1267]

ooooo has bklynred seen this thread?!

I thought the exact same thing when I saw his name.

[codert]

Jan 3, 2012 2:48:47 GMT -4 MrsCatHead said:

ooooo has bklynred seen this thread?!

The Chead!

I wondered the same thing with I saw the advertisement on TV. His very own tv show.

[Deleted]

Well that was not good. I appreciate the Don Cheadle nudity and I liked Kristen Bell and Ben Schwartz but so much of it was super cheesy. The strip club scene, the whole scene in the restaurant, the whole stopping time to speak directly to the camera. Who thought ripping off Saved by the Bell was a good idea? What a waste of a good cast.

[Witchie]

Oh, good. Not just me and my immense dislike of Kristen Bell. Yeah...not good. I didn't really like any of the characters. I was immediately on edge about how they were going to handle the little boy. It felt like they were trying too hard to be edgy & hip. Cheadle is Cheadle. No flaws, but he can't convince me to watch another ep.

[Deleted]

I did not enjoy it either, Cheadle's fine ass notwithstanding. It was cliche after worn out cliche.

[Witchie]

It got the highest ratings ever for a Showtime premiere. Beat out Homeland's premiere numbers.

[batmom]

I'm a consultant, tho not a management consultant (and definitely not earning 7 figures) and Batguy kept turning to me and jokingly asking me if that's what my business trips were like. Uh, no.