It's just an awful show. Story is different than Everybody hates Chris but it's the same theme. Don't waste your time on all ready seen stuff. Move on, you are better then this. :D

Just watched an episode of this show (wanted to see George Takei) and I see I haven't missed anything. The acting is wooden, the jokes are not anywhere near funny, it's just a mess of a show. Diversity is important, but it's got to be interesting or entertaining enough to make viewers want to return. I won't be returning.

Not quite the caliber of Malcolm In The Middle, Fresh Off The Boat depicts the semi- biographical life of Eddie Huang, growing in Orlando. The show is a good family friendly comedy with Randall Park nailing his bit as a hardworking Taiwanese business and family man Louis Huang trying to make a life for his family. Louis Huang is at the moment, the best representation of the modern father and role model; compassionate, loving, understanding and dedicated. TV always portray fathers as a an incompetent deadbeats. While it is entertaining, it is also outright false, misandric and derogatory. It's a breath of fresh air to see a father figure that is kind, capable and Randall Park, even though he's Korean, really did the character justice. Constance Wu is pretty good too although she is nowhere near as good as Jane Kaczmarek was in Malcolm In The Middle. In fact, this is my main criticism of the show. Being an Asian myself, who grew up in Asia, raised by an Asian mom, I know how the typical Chinese wives and mothers truly are and the character Jessica Huang is neither an accurate nor an entertaining representation of them.Asian moms are noisy, whiny, spoiled, bitchy, controlling, annoying, cruel, demanding and materialistic. Jessica Huang is portrayed as a Mary Sue, and I loathe Mary Sues. She is one dimensional and entirely unbelievable, and it's only the deftness and charm of Wu that saves the character. Kaczmarek role as Lois is MITM is a closer representation of Asian wife and mother than Jessica is, which is why I feel Constance Wu is underused. I suspect she has the range to pull off a real Asian wife and mother, which would have been so much more fun to watch. The rest of the cast is alright. Especially characters Evan and Emery Huang who are typical dutiful Asian sons and even the character Eddie Huang is well represented as the rambunctious oldest son. I have read some reviewers claiming that the show displays the Chinese as subtly racist. What? You only noticed that now?! The Chinese are pretty much the most ethnocentric and xenophobic culture in the world. They discriminate everyone and everything that is different. In fact, to me the jabs that you see in the show towards other races are too subtle, which is appropriate for the family- oriented market. All in all, it's pretty good light comedy that can be enjoyed by the whole family.

This is a cringe worthy show that only the regressive left could find funny because there is a constant barrage of racist insults towards whites and others. Now, to be honest, I don't care. All racial groups need ribbing. But I can't help but sit and watch and consider if the roles were reversed the left's collective heads would be exploding. It's interesting because it also perpetuates a lot of Asian stereotypes that, for decades now, we've been told are either not true or are simply racist to point out. Unlike something like All in the Family, where racism was treated as something to be looked down upon, it seems to be portrayed as something that is not only OK, but something that the Chinese embrace. What's funny is that Constance Wu has come down on others for being "racist" but apparently cannot see her own hypocrisy. Now, if not for the left's constant barrage over the course of my entire life of "everything is racist" this would probably be an enjoyable show. But, alas, the left has ruined the ability for people to laugh at one another or themselves (something which should be OK). Maybe, with that in mind, this show is a step in the right direction... but I doubt it.