What made "The 70's Show" work so well was that the cast had almost instant chemistry. They also didn't try to make the characters anything special. They were just regular kids who hung out and got into regular kid trouble. No geniuses or super-jocks or anything else. Just regular kids (like the ones I used to hang out with in the 70's).
"The 80's Show" characters just didn't have that chemistry from the start. There also wasn't a sense of direction -- like they were trying to figure out which direction to take the show as they went along. In a lot of ways, it had the same problems that "Joey" had a few years later.
I actually enjoyed the show and thought it had some promising moments. I truly wish they had given it a 2nd season to try to see if it would "gel". But I also understand why they canceled it.
"The 80's Show" characters just didn't have that chemistry from the start. There also wasn't a sense of direction -- like they were trying to figure out which direction to take the show as they went along. In a lot of ways, it had the same problems that "Joey" had a few years later.
I actually enjoyed the show and thought it had some promising moments. I truly wish they had given it a 2nd season to try to see if it would "gel". But I also understand why they canceled it.