Last spring, the White House and the Dow Jones were telling people the American economy was stronger than ever. Meanwhile, broadcast networks were in development on a bevy of new sitcoms based on the premise that every extended family is just one medical bill or questionable investment away from being forced to live under one roof.
One year later, this sort of precarious economic pre-anxiety is making comedies like NBC's Indebted, ABC's upcoming United We Fall and CBS' Broke seem vaguely prescient.
It doesn't make any of these shows even vaguely funny, but you've gotta give points for foresight and, as entries in this fledgling subgenre go, Broke is probably the best — I'm not saying much here — in covering for its general lack of laughs.
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