SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

I started watching this when it first appeared on ABC1 a few years ago, and took an instant liking to it. The mix of characters included Claude Casey a bubbly temp (Sara Rue, outstanding), her anchorman boss Will Butler (Eric Roberts, unsure of his role but a strong character and much funnier than he believes), bitchy researcher Lydia Weston (Andrea Parker - who's performance throughout this series has been exceptional) and her best friend Kipp (Zachary Levi, who plays the character perfectly), plus Claude's friends Ramona (Sherri Shepherd, a strongly acted character) and Owen Kronsky (Andy Dick, too annoying for me). The first series, though slow to get started, featured some truly stunning episodes that are more worthy than anything 'Friends' or 'Will and Grace' (two of my favourite TV shows) could write. Episodes such as 'Ice cream with Lydia' where Claude thinks she is on a date with Will only to find out its a business lunch, 'One office party too many' which features great turns from Lydia and Kipp, and 'A Little Love for Lydia', where Lydia goes on a date with Claude's brother, made the series a great hit. By the time the first series had finished I could not wait for more episodes, and series 2 did not disappoint me, with classics such as 'New York evening', which I must admit rips off an old friends episode 'The one with Monica's thunder', 'What about that!', where Will forces Lydia and Claude to work together, and 'The Pimp hat', where all the 22nd floor staff set each other up on dates. However, by series 2 there were already problems appearing in the series, a decreased role for Eric Roberts meant that a lot of the magic of the first series was gone, as his character Will Butler been one of the highlights of the first series, and new characters such as Carl (Will Sasso) and Jebb (Patrick Warburton) were annoying and un-likable. Add in the idea off Jebb and Lydia's relationship, which was funny on occasion such as in 'The Pimp hat', but generally took away a lot of Lydia's humour, and you're left with a less than perfect second season, but still far better than many of the things out there. The Third season carried on where the second season left off, with the series now having found its feet. Again there are some stand-out episodes, such as 'Claude's 15 minutes of Christmas', a perfect Christmas episode in which Claude encounters some problems organising the GNB on air holiday greeting, 'Get away', where Claude, Charlie, Lydia and Jebb must share a holiday lodge, and 'Pre-Wedded Bliss' where Jebb and Lydia fall out over pre-nuptial agreements. The series did however feel like a re-hash of the second series and lacked the magic that made the first series so special. The fourth series of 'Less than perfect' has yet to be aired in the UK, which will be the final series of the show. Only 13 episodes were made, of which 5 episodes were aired in the USA, the rest have been aired internationally but not yet in the UK. Although the program was one of the strongest on TV, it had done all it could do and it was time to put it to rest, meaning I will look forward to the fourth season when and if it comes out over here (despite the fact that Claude has now become 'slim', defeating the premise of the show, and Will is no longer in it), but I don't hold any grudges for it finishing. 'Less than Perfect' maintained a high standard of television throughout its run and I will always remember it for being witty, likable and touching. There are moments in this program where it is far more than just another sit-com. Some of the transition scenes showing New York, some of the music and some of the camera shots in the program are just amazing. I only hope now that the fourth season is shown here in the UK soon, and that all the series are released on DVD in the near future, as I have no doubt I will be watching this program 20 years into the future.

If you like this show, you are probably not going to like what I'm going to say. Then again if you like this show, I can't say I have really any sympathy for you.Frankly, this has got to be the most painful TV show I have seen in ages. No wit, no purpose, no talent whatsoever. I scrolled down the "memorable quotes" to see if I was just unlucky with the bits and pieces I could stand to watch. No. I have not found one quote that brought a smile on my face, let alone one that actually made me laugh.And another thing, I find it depressing that in this day and age they still try to use the laugh track as a cue to where the "funny stuff" is supposed to be. I have never met anybody who did not find the laugh track completely annoying, and this show has one of the LOUDEST laugh tracks I have ever heard! But of course when all you have is this kind of drivel, that's the only thing you can resort to to pretend what you're showing is actually funny.Where I live they show this after the excellent "Scrubs". The difference in quality is amazing. Where "Scrubs" is always fresh, witty and honest, "Less than Perfect" is stale, moronic and, well... unwatchable.

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.