Below is the description from Deadline Hollywood. Basically, a rich person loses everything and moves in with her "poor" relative. I put poor in quotes b/c they usually have a large house that can easily hold the relative(s) and a studio audience. Wait, doesn't the show have two broke girls... they should call it that! (also about a poor woman and rich woman who lost it all)
But most networks, CBS in particular, seem to repeat this premise. The rich person is unbearable and ungrateful, but they are family. Every week they seem to learn a bit more about life and then forget it by the next episode.
But I want to watch a show about the person being rich and having no consequences to their crazy actions or watch them crash and burn. Great, now I get to watch them give life lessons to a moppet kid and hug at a lot.
You want an example of another show Broke? Well there was a show back in the day called "Fired Up." OK, they weren't related and it was the 90's, but they both had bars. Here's the description from IMDB:
A creative executive, Gwen, and her long-time assistant, Terry are fired from their jobs. After 3 months, Gwen shows up at Terry's door, broke. Gwen cajoles Terry into going into business with her as equals, which proves difficult after their previous business relationship. Gwen also moves in with Terry and her brother, Danny. Gwen also has to fight off the advances of Danny's boss, Guy, who owns the bar below where the trio live.
Another common theme is the One man surrounded by women. The show is usually called "Ladies Man." The show revolves a widower or divorced guy who lives with or near his daughter, mom, love interest, assistant, gardener, caddy... all women! WHAT!!!???
Last year CBS did another old school plot with the teenage orphan moving in with her cool aunt/sister with the show "FAM." As a kid, these shows were great fantasies. "You mean I could live with my cool babysitter? The one with a motorcycle in his living room?
The show lasted a year. I have an issue with the term "Fam." Totally my deal. I once worked with an announcer who didn't know anyone's name and just called us "Fam." Years later, I worked with him again and he remembered my name, which is Fam apparently. He just said it with more conviction.
Me: Hello, Big Boy (that's his name)
BB: Hello, Fam.
Me: We worked together years ago at blah blah.
BB: OH! Hello, FAM!
CBS also had a show last year about a regular couple that has a rich and famous rock (or movie) star that moves in with them. It's called Happy Together, get it? Too late, it's canceled. So after two failed shows about people with unwanted house guests, CBS made a new one?
Why not a show about a poor woman and her son that moves in with her rich sister and causes havoc? We'll call it Havoc! Get Steven Webber on the phone! Well, then try his home phone, you know he's got one!
There are some great unwanted house guest shows besides ALF.
BROKE (Comedy)
When an outrageously wealthy trust fund baby is cut off by his father, he and his wife move into her estranged sister’s Reseda home, forcing the two siblings to reconnect. Cast includes Jaime Camil, Pauley Perrette, Natasha Leggero, Izzy Diaz, Antonio Corbo. Produced by CBS Television Studios/Sutton Street Productions/Propagate. From writer-executive producer Alex Herschlag, executive producers Jennie Snyder Urman, Joanna Klein, Ben Silverman, Guillermo Restrepo, Gonzalo Cilley, Maria Lucia Hernandez, Jaime Camil and director Victor Gonzalez.
Is the show good? I have no idea. I haven't seen it. Watch the trailer.
Baby crying. got to go.
