Surviving Suburbia follows Keith and Anne Stevers, a seemingly normal couple who has been married for 20 years, have two children and a cookie cutter house in the idyllic suburbs. When the Stevers get new next-door neighbors, the real consternation of suburban existence begin. The neighbors' bombshell 17-year-old daughter is a distraction for Keith; his son Henry becomes smitten with the teenage girl down the street who just got pregnant for the second time--making Keith say aloud that shame needs to be brought back as a national emotion." His daughter Courtney is happily going through her life as an Indian Princess and her innocence is the one thing that Keith will want her to hold on to for as long as possible. Lastly, the new neighbors have filed a lawsuit against the Stevers to force Anne to cut down a bougainvillea vine in her garden. "Surviving Suburbia" proves that it's never just another sunny day in the suburbs.
stars
Bob Saget (Full House), Cynthia Stevenson (Men In Trees)
producers
Kevin Abbott, Michael Hanel, Mindy Schultheis
studio
Media Rights Capital
my take
Standard sitcom neighbor hijinks meets Nothing. There's little to know, except I have to ask: a stand-alone sitcom a 7:30 on Sunday?!? It truly has no chance, not only to succeed, but to ever be noticed. It's got two great leads in Sagat and Stevenson, but no one's going to be dropping by to take a look. This is DOA unless the CW can find someplace else for it. See the CW page for some ideas.
CW Sunday 7:30pm
