10 New Shows That Already Deserve To Get Cancelled
6. The Gospel Of Kevin
Basically, The Gospel of Kevin involves a thirtysomething screw-up who has no direction in life and seems to be content just squatting at his sister's house, until he encounters a magic meteor and learns that God has a plan for him, that he needs to devote his life to good works.
Didn't Jason Ritter already do a show sort of similar to this back in the early 2000s, with Amber Tamblyn? Joan of Arcadia? Other people remember that too, right?
These types of vaguely religious, quasi-inspirational shows hearken back to the days of Touched By an Angel and Little House on the Prairie, and even though it seems like it's trying to inject some humor into the proceedings, it feels a little too precious and panders to middle America in a way that even the most naive of television viewers are likely to notice.
The Gospel of Kevin feels like it's made up of worse versions of shows that have already been on the air, with nothing original, clever, or particularly well done to make people forget that. Look at Jason Ritter's face in the promotional art. Even he doesn't want to be there.