Superstore is a hard sell - a workplace sitcom on a fading network, and a show who's biggest name is probably America Ferrera - but dammit if this hasn't legitimately become top-tier comedy television for me! Take The Office, set it at a Wal-Mart, and you've more or less got the outline of Superstore. It's a show that's gotten better and stronger every season as its cast of characters continues to expand and deepen, not unlike The Office or Parks and Recreation before it. And it's a show that, honestly, you're proably best off just jumping right into. Pick a random episode in Season 2 or 3 and just pop in, see what's up. The characters don't share deep histories that you need to understand in order to follow along, or anything. (They're coworkers. They're all just coworkers, and some of them have fucked.)
I'm serious, though. If you watch the pilot, you'll probably squint and grit your teeth a little and cringe at how scripted and unnatural it all feels and sounds. But then, go ahead and watch any network sitcom pilot and tell me it doesn't feel that way.
What are you waiting for? Go check out an episode or two! Come on. Just do it. Come on.
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