This one's a Cornballer.

Pilot review: Running Wilde

So I could go through and point out all the ways that this sucks in comparison to Arrested Development, but that would be tiring, and has already been done elsewhere, so I will not do that. Instead I will just say that this needs to transform itself into another show very quickly, or be put out of it's misery. I won't be watching it again.

What this show has going for it:

• Fa'ad: The crazy neighbor was amusing with his tiny little horse. Also, the rich moron thing plays much better as supporting character than it does as the main character.
• The tiny horse jokes.
  

And against it:

• All the other characters.
• The writing.
• Keri Russell: I really wanted her to be good at this, but she is just not funny. Or, I don't know, I guess she kind of is because she was good in Waitress, but she's not Mitch Hurwitz writing kind of funny. She's no Portia de Rossi.
  

Common elements:

• Voice over narration by Puddle. Although after watching multiple episodes it appears that Hellcats and Nikita both just had voice over introductions at the beginning of their pilots but it's not a regular part of either show. So this is the first voice over narration of the season.
• Oil tycoon in common with Lone Star.
• And I guess single parent in common with Raising Hope.