Nick Cage was unquestionably the best choice for host. I thought he did a great job and I really enjoyed his segments. Each episode tackles a different word and its "history", but they each also feature interviews with different comedians giving commentary on the current landscape, and I felt like this really hurt the idea of this show. The most interesting parts of each episode were the actual historians and linguistics experts explaining where the words came from and why, but almost every time the comedians came on I just kept thinking "why are they here? I don't care what they have to say".
I think the show tried to straddle the line between "informative" and "comedy" but failed to really be either. It either needed to fully commit to being a documentary or fully adopt a comedic style, and in my opinion, doing it as a documentary with Nick Cage bringing some light narration/hosting would have been brilliant. If they end up doing a second season there's definitely room for improvement.
All that being said, I did learn some things and my interest was kept through the entire show so I can't completely write it off.
I think the show tried to straddle the line between "informative" and "comedy" but failed to really be either. It either needed to fully commit to being a documentary or fully adopt a comedic style, and in my opinion, doing it as a documentary with Nick Cage bringing some light narration/hosting would have been brilliant. If they end up doing a second season there's definitely room for improvement.
All that being said, I did learn some things and my interest was kept through the entire show so I can't completely write it off.