'I need to hire a White host,' he reasons. 'This is the story of my family,' begins the offscreen, real-life Eddie Huang (on whose memoir the series is based), and you could be forgiven for emitting a weary sigh.īut here's the good news: This is a funny show with likable characters portrayed by a cast of winning actors, all of which gives this 'Boat' sufficient comic buoyancy.Īs Louis, Randall Park radiates charm and optimism, even as his counterintuitively themed restaurant - Cattleman's Ranch Steakhouse - is struggling for life. Shades of 'Everybody Hates Chris,' another single-camera comedy whose narrator, Chris Rock, told of his 1980s boyhood in an African-American community, and ABC's current 'The Goldbergs,' whose all-grown-up Adam Goldberg narrates tales of his 1980s boyhood in a Jewish family. The show takes place in 1995 and is narrated by the adult version of the oldest son, 11-year-old Eddie.

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Most of the show's humor comes, instead, from the sometimes perplexed, sometimes delighted, reactions of its strangers-in-a-strange land to the quirks of Orlando and suburbia in general. But the title suggests refugees paralyzed by culture shock. Yes, Louis Huang and his family (wife Jessica and their three sons) have moved from Washington, D.C.'s Chinatown to Orlando, where Louis, 'full of big plans,' has opened arestaurant.

It previews Wednesday with episodes at 7:30 p.m. Wu later clarified her outburst, explaining, “I was temporarily upset… not because I hate the show but because its renewal meant I had to give up another project that I was really passionate about… People can hold conflicting feelings in their hearts: I can both love the show/cast/crew but at the same time be disappointed that I lost that other unrelated job.NEW YORK - Diversity on TV takes a step forward with ABC's 'Fresh Off the Boat,' which boosts Asians' scant presence in prime time with a sitcom about an Asian-American family pursuing the American dream while holding onto their own ethnicity.

Loosely inspired by Fresh Off the Boat, the autobiography of chef Eddie Huang, the series stars Randall Park as Louis, Contance Wu as Jessica, Hudson Yang as Eddie, Forrest Wheeler as Emery, Ian Chen as Evan, Lucille Soong as Jenny, Chelsey Crip as Honey and Ray Wise as Marvin.įresh Off the Boat found itself in hot water earlier this year when Wu tweeted several less-than-favorable reactions to the show’s Season 6 renewal. General Hospital Casts Amanda Setton as the New Brook Lynn - Get First Look

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