Netflix adds Jamie Foxx to its star-driven roster of 'Embarrassing' sitcoms
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Netflix premieres a sitcom this week with the self-explanatory title "Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!," which stars Jamie Foxx and is inspired (and produced by) his daughter, Corinne Foxx. It's pretty much everything the exclamation point would suggest -- a star-driven exercise that's loud but not very good.
Yet that's not the only "Embarrassing"-type sitcom on Netflix's menu, which raises the question of why the streaming service -- which built its appeal and reputation around premium-level content -- wants to emulate old-time TV, offering situation comedies that wouldn't look out of place on a broadcast network's schedule in the 1980s or '90s. The short answer is that Netflix -- once the alternative to the TV establishment -- has, with its expansion into more than 200 million homes globally, become the establishment. And as it grows, the service seems determined to provide something for everyone.
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