A friend of mine got me started on "Less Than Perfect" and I'm glad they did. This show has one of the best casts on television, and the scripts are consistently funny. The stories seem character-driven, and the characters are great.As with News Radio (which Andy Dick and Patrick Warburton both appeared in), if you're not a fan of Andy Dick's, you may as well just turn off the set. He can either annoy the hell out of you or you love him. I happen to think he's a riot and always have.One thing I love about the show is its presentation of overweight women as sexy and attractive. I wouldn't call Sara Larue seriously overweight, but let's face it, she's not Hollywood thin. Yet she's adorable. Sherri Shepherd is cute as anything, as she always is, and can deliver a line like no one else. One of my favorite episodes was when they all took pole dancing class. A scream.Andrea Parker of "The Pretender" is as gorgeous as ever and very funny.I hope this show continues on the air.

She doesn't play a normal adult, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. As long as I've seen her on screen, Sara Rue has always played teenagers. Even on the short-lived Pamela Reed sitcom "Grand" I assumed her character had to be around 13. Now we don't have to regard her as the female Ralph Macchio and wait for her to say "I'm not a teenager, but I play one on TV," because she's playing as someone more or less her own age in this Terri Minsky sitcom. There's this misconception that "Less Than Perfect" is about a fat girl who makes it working behind the scenes of the cut-throat world of the television news business. In reality it's the fact that her character is such a sweetheart within such a world that makes the show what it is...oh, and the surprising fact that Sara Rue can play such a charming character. Camryn Manheim is fat too, but she doesn't play as the same type of woman on "The Practice," and Roseanne(Barr) could never have pulled off an adorable character like Claude Casey. Ricki Lake? Maybe in the late-1980's, but not now.Allow me to discuss some of the supporting cast as well:Eric Roberts finally gets into an interesting show. I don't think too many interesting things have happened since he was in his relationship with the late Sandy Dennis. Some may compare Andy Dick's Owen Kronsky with his role as Matthew Brock on "NewsRadio," but not me. Kronsky is a lot smarter, he just has a peculiar upbringing. I disagree with one IMDb commenter, Andrea Parker looks better on this show than she does in "The Pretender."Talent and Charm is what give Sara Rue sex appeal, not looks. Two outstanding episodes early in the first season serve as evidence of Rue's no-longer hidden talent. In "Queen of England," we find a subplot involving Owen(Andy Dick) talking Claude into joining him and Ramona (Sherrie Shepherd) at a Karaoke bar, where she does an excellent impersonation of Kate Pierson. Another episode ("The Pole") involves Ramona convincing Claude to join a "Stripper-cize" club to give her some attitude, and the moment she joins in you'd swear she's done this kind of thing before. Hopefully this show will last a few more seasons, because it deserves them.

I have to do a rebuttal against my post of last Fall. This show will make it and it is a GREAT Comedy, and I have even started to like Andy Dick, I enjoy and have to say the Ramona is one of the Funniest on the show. Everyone is good, the plots have been used through out the years on other sitcoms, yet this show re-introduces them well. The best episode yet (I feel) is the one where Claude throws a party.

Less Than Perfect is just a delight. I stumbled on it in midseason and it reaffirmed my faith in sitcom writing (who'd have guessed ABC could do it?). Really, this show rivals NewsRadio and early Will & Grace in the way that the cast is so well-integrated; Sara Rue has impeccable comedic timing and is an engaging lead character, Andy Dick returns (thankfully) to Matthew-esque weirdness, and the two snobs hit all the right notes along with the rest of a strong cast. It's just a smooth, well-acted, well-written show...and laugh-out-loud funny. Am I gushing? Well, yeah. But it deserves it. I just wish there was more buzz.