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If friendship were like baseball, then this show would be relevant. 

It’s cheesy. It’s pointless. It’s not funny. It’s TBS’s show, My Boys, and it’s out on DVD.

Twenty-something sports writer P.J. Franklin only has men for friends, and in the big game that is life, they’re her baseball team. She’s cute and perky, and her boys are very typical men. Which, when you think about it, is boring – if I want to see very typical men in action, I’ll have my man call over his guys.

Episodes include such boring plots as hooking up with friends and the complications that arise, how boyfriends get in the way of your poker game, and what to do when your buddy has a girlfriend you all hate. Again, boring. There’s no spark here, no feistiness.

Some of the cast members are cute, some are not. Some are mildly funny, and some are awful. It doesn’t help that all the characters are written with nonexistent depth. There is no overlying seasonal plot (of interest), and the will they won’t they thing was exhausted by every other sitcom from Whose the Boss to Friends. This show is just tired and unoriginal.

The DVD comes with a good group of extras, only they’re just as boring as the show. You know a show is bad when its blooper reel is dull. Four featurettes, some deleted scenes, and previews round out the collection, along with a feature that I’ve seen pop up on a few DVDs lately – minisodes. I find these things to be extremely irritating, as they have nothing to do with the DVD I’m watching, which means that generally, I don’t care.

There’s really not a whole lot more to say. If I’m watching TV and it comes down to this show or Everybody Loves Raymond re-runs, I might watch My Boys. Maybe.

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