TV Review from Bill Goodykoontz: The new “Night Court” isn’t horrible, and it certainly isn’t great. “Serviceable” comes to mind as a description.
Which is doubtless why NBC is reviving it. It’s one of those remake/reboot projects in which cynical entertainment executives try to cash in on the faulty memory of people who think an old show or movie was better than it really was.No accounting for taste. Good thing for NBC, too.
Mostly it’s a weird little show, not quite sure what it wants to be in terms of comedy nor how much it wants to reference the original in lieu of staking out its own claim on sitcom mediocrity.The show leans in heavily on the memory of the late Harry Anderson, particularly the late Harry Anderson, who played Judge Harry Stone as an oddball magic-obsessed and compassionate jurist. In case you were not aware of all that, not to fear; the new show builds Stone into its DNA, literally.
If that’s not enough nostalgia for you, the show also brings back John Larroquette as both producer and star, reprising his role as Dan Fielding, the arrogant prosecutor from the original show. Now he’s a public defender. Which is to say: broad. And the actors lean in on that, playing everything big — often too big. In particular, Lacretta as Donna Gurgs, the bailiff, and India de Beaufort as Olivia, the assistant district attorney, play to the back of the room more often than not.Larroquette is the best thing about the show. Overacting is the worstOr maybe Larroquette is just a good actor.
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