As much as I want to mark down Hank, the new Kelsey Grammar sitcom, as the first cancellation of the season, I can't help but wonder if this show could actually end up finding an audience at ABC. The Pros include the past success Grammar has found on television and the fact that the series is written by Everybody Loves Raymond's award winning Tucker Cawley. The Cons are, well...lets just say it doesn't compare at all to most of the other sitcoms hitting the small screen this season. But that could end up being exactly how it stands out. Family comedy sitcoms seemed to be a dead genre the past few yaers, and I even recall quite a few networks and journalists making fun of Bill Engvall for launching just such a sitcom several years ago. But now they're back in again, with ABC alone debuting Hank, The Middle, and Modern Family. Grammar's Hank looks to be the most traditional of the ones debuting this year, and he could find himself pulling in an audience that has missed this type of program.
Below are some images that were just released from the first episode of the new series, which debuts on Wednesday, September 30 at 8 pm (ET).
