Up All Night trying to get over this damn show

Reggie and I were really looking forward to the new sit-com Up All Night. We love Modern Family- it's smart, funny, and leaves you feeling warm all over.  Up All Night has funny stars (Maya Rudolph, Will Arnett, Christina Applegate), totally relatable theme (umm, haven't gotten a full night's sleep in about 6 months; working mom; cute baby), and pretty funny trailer- what could go wrong?

A lot.

First of all- HOLY STEREOTYPES that were not, not once, funny.
Stay at home dad who plays video games all day and can't navigate the grocery store alone with the baby (why is this the first time that the dad has taken the kid out of the house alone?), working mom having a heck of a time prioritizing time with her new baby over work, struggling to zip her pants (has she been in sweats for the last 12 weeks and didn't think her work clothes would be a problem to fit into?), arguments over which parent was in fact up all night, and the absolutely ridiculous premise that the first 5 days back in the office were so much to handle that the parents need to blow off steam by getting completely shit-faced at some tacky karaoke bar while the baby (12 weeks old) stays home with a sitter.

One thing that hit me immediately, that I may not have noticed pre-Mathilda - mom is obviously not breast-feeding.  While there was never a shot of the baby being fed, both parents were up during the night, mom didn't pump at work, and mom had no problem throwing back her weight in tequila.  It would be nice to see a nursing mom in prime time.  Then again, I am still learning that public nursing is taboo (really, I am amazed daily by my naivete on this issue pre-Mathilda).

I can't help but laugh. And not cause the show is funny.  What, exactly, is so difficult about life when your spouse is awesome and willing to stay home so you don't have to deal with or pay for daycare?  When you make enough money to support your family on one income?  When you can share midnight wake-ups because you aren't baby's sole food producer?  As my friend, Regina, says- FIRST. WORLD. PROBLEMS.

The dialogue was forced and awkward, which is a shame given the talent of the cast.  It was like someone threw every working-parent stereotype into a hat, pulled out 5, and wrote an episode around them.

What will happen next week?  Spit-up on her designer suit jacket?  Cute babysitter catches dad's eye?  Over-bearing boss insists on working weekends?  Baby prefers dad to mom and mom tries to "win" her over?

See?  I can play the parenting stereotype game, too!  Maybe I could be a writer for NBC.

I'm not going to give up on Up All Night quite yet.  I know that pilot episodes are written and produced months before the actual season.  Maybe it will get better.  Or maybe it would be better if I was not, in fact, up all night each night with my own child.  And there is really nothing funny about that.