In a tough-but-demanding market for comedies, the ones that become truly successful are the ones with unique and original premises, like 30 Rock, Parks & Recreation and The Office. Like these standouts, Fresh Off the Boat is a completely unique sitcom that's trying something that hasn’t been done before. Since we had to pick just five reasons to watch, we came up with these:
5. Aptly named; it’s fresh:
4. It has hysterical cutaways:
3. Fresh off the Boat not only works to disprove negative stereotypes that have arisen about asian culture, but it also uses them to its advantage:
2. Jessica Huang (breakout star Constance Wu) keeps it real. This is one mom who speaks her mind and says things like they are. She’s everyone’s mom:
1. Grandma Huang doesn’t speak a word of English, but with great subtitles, we know where the family gets its wit from:
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