History Series / Mulaney

* InnocentCohabitation: Jane begins the series with two male roommates with no hints of romance between them.

It debuted in October 2014 with a 16 episode order and a cushy time slot, right after ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''. Unfortunately, critics and viewers were not kind to it, dismissing it as a ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' ripoff. (You know you're in trouble when you have to defend your show against claims of being a ''Seinfeld'' clone [[http://deadline.com/2014/07/john-mulaney-jerry-seinfeld-lorne-michaels-fox-comedy-mulaney-martin-short-elliott-gould-806789/ months before it even premieres.]]) After a few weeks, FOX cut the episode order from 16 to 13[[labelnote:*]]They had just finished filming episode 13, FOX simply told them not to bother making the final 3.[[/labelnote]] and moved Mulaney to an earlier timeslot...where more often than not, it was preempted by a football game. FOX officially put it out of its misery on March 15, 2015, one month after the 13th episode aired.

* MythologyGag: Creator/IceT does the "this show was filmed before a live studio audience" reading, which is a call back to John Mulaney's famous joke involving Ice in ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit''.

-->-'''Creator/JohnMulaney''' on the failure of the show.

* FollowTheLeader[=/=]GenreThowback: The show attemped to be one to 90s multi-camera sitcoms like ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' and ''Series/{{Friends}}''. However, this was cited as its failure as it was too anachronistic for a modern audience,

* BlackBestFriend: Motif, John's best friend. Hipper and luckier with the ladies than Mulaney.

* NobodyOverFiftyIsGay: Averted, Oscar is an older gay man.

''Mulaney'' is a comedy that aired on the Creator/{{Fox}} network. It centered around comedian Creator/JohnMulaney (played by comedian [[TheDanza John Mulaney]]) getting the opportunity of the lifetime when he's chosen as a writer for legendary comic Lou Cannon (Martin Short). The cast was rounded out by John's best friend and fellow comedian Motif, angry roommate Jane (Creator/NasimPedrad), TheFriendNobodyLikes Andre, and their neighbor Oscar.

Produced by Lorne Michaels of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' fame. Mulaney was formerly a writer for the show and Short was an actor, though all three never overlapped at once. The trailer for the series can be seen [[http://www.hulu.com/watch/635052#i0,p6,d1 here]].

''Mulaney'' is a comedy that aired on the Creator/{{Fox}} network. It centered around comedian Creator/JohnMulaney (played by comedian [[TheDanza John Mulaney]]) getting the opportunity of the lifetime when he's chosen as a writer for legendary comic Lou Cannon (Martin Short). The cast was rounded out by John's best friend and fellow comedian Motif, angry roommate Jane, TheFriendNobodyLikes Andre, and their neighbor Oscar.

-->-'''John Mulaney''' on the failure of the show.

''Mulaney'' is a comedy that aired on the Creator/{{Fox}} network. It centered around comedian John Mulaney (played by comedian [[TheDanza John Mulaney]]) getting the opportunity of the lifetime when he's chosen as a writer for legendary comic Lou Cannon (Martin Short). The cast was rounded out by John's best friend and fellow comedian Motif, angry roommate Jane, TheFriendNobodyLikes Andre, and their neighbor Oscar.

* DevelopmentGag: When Macaulay Culkin backs out of the Christmas production in It's a Wonderful Home Alone, John steps up and says he'll do the part, he'll play Culkin in a blonde wig shot only from the back and they'll pretend it's him. This is ''exactly'' what appears to have happened in the three or so frames "Culkin" was visible towards the beginning of the episode. This also happens directly after the CreatorInJoke above.

It debuted in October 2014 with a 16 episode order and a cushy time slot, right after ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''. Unfortunately, critics and viewers were not kind to it, dismissing it as a Seinfeld ripoff. (You know you're in trouble when you have to defend your show against claims of being a Seinfeld clone [[http://deadline.com/2014/07/john-mulaney-jerry-seinfeld-lorne-michaels-fox-comedy-mulaney-martin-short-elliott-gould-806789/ three months before it even starts.]]) After a few weeks, FOX cut the episode order from 16 to 13[[labelnote:*]]They had just finished filming episode 13, FOX simply told them not to bother making the final 3.[[/labelnote]] and moved Mulaney to an earlier timeslot...where more often than not, it was preempted by a football game. FOX officially put it out of its misery on March 15, 2015, one month after the 13th episode aired.

-->''"I look back on making the show really fondly. It's my noble failure. I tried, and I wanted to do it this way. Some people liked it—just not enough."''
-->--'''John Mulaney''' on the failure of the show.

''Mulaney'' was a comedy that aired on the Creator/{{Fox}} network. It centered around comedian John Mulaney (played by comedian [[TheDanza John Mulaney]]) getting the opportunity of the lifetime when he's chosen as a writer for legendary comic Lou Cannon (Martin Short). The cast was rounded out by John's best friend and fellow comedian Motif, angry roommate Jane, TheFriendNobodyLikes Andre, and their neighbor Oscar.

It debuted in October 2014 with a 16 episode order and a cushy time slot, right after WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy. Unfortunately, critics and viewers were not kind to it, dismissing it as a Seinfeld ripoff. (You know you're in trouble when you have to defend your show against claims of being a Seinfeld clone [[http://deadline.com/2014/07/john-mulaney-jerry-seinfeld-lorne-michaels-fox-comedy-mulaney-martin-short-elliott-gould-806789/ three months before it even starts!]]) After a few weeks, FOX cut the episode order from 16 to 13[[labelnote:*]]They had just finished filming episode 13, FOX simply told them not to bother making the final 3.[[/labelnote]] and moved Mulaney to an earlier timeslot...where more often than not, it was preempted by a football game. FOX officially put it out of its misery on March 15, 2015, one month after the 13th episode aired.

It debuted in October 2014 with a 16 episode order and a cushy time slot, right after FamilyGuy. Unfortunately, critics and viewers were not kind to it, dismissing it as a Seinfeld ripoff. (You know you're in trouble when you have to defend your show against claims of being a Seinfeld clone [[http://deadline.com/2014/07/john-mulaney-jerry-seinfeld-lorne-michaels-fox-comedy-mulaney-martin-short-elliott-gould-806789/ three months before it even starts!]]) After a few weeks, FOX cut the episode order from 16 to 13[[labelnote:*]]They had just finished filming episode 13, FOX simply told them not to bother making the final 3.[[/labelnote]] and moved Mulaney to an earlier timeslot...where more often than not, it was preempted by a football game. FOX officially put it out of its misery on March 15, 2015, one month after the 13th episode aired.

''Mulaney'' is a 2014 comedy airing on the Creator/{{Fox}} network. It centers around comedian John Mulaney (played by comedian [[TheDanza John Mulaney]]) getting the opportunity of the lifetime when he's chosen as a writer for legendary comic Lou Cannon (Martin Short). The cast is rounded out by John's best friend and fellow comedian Motif, angry roommate Jane, TheFriendNobodyLikes Andre, and their neighbor Oscar.

It debuted in October 2014 with a 16 episode order and a cushy time slot, right after FamilyGuy. Unfortunately, critics and viewers were not kind to it, dismissing it as a Seinfeld ripoff. (You know you're in trouble when you have to defend your show against claims of being a Seinfeld clone [[http://deadline.com/2014/07/john-mulaney-jerry-seinfeld-lorne-michaels-fox-comedy-mulaney-martin-short-elliott-gould-806789/ three months before it even starts!]]) After a few weeks, FOX cut the episode order from 16 to 13[[labelnote:*]]They had just finished filming episode 13, FOX simply told them not to bother making the final 3.[[/labelnote]] and moved Mulaney to an earlier timeslot...where more often than not, it was preempted by a football game. Chances of renewal are bleak.

Produced by Lorne Michaels of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' fame. Mulaney was formerly a writer for the show and Short was an actor, though all three never overlapped at once.

The trailer for the series can be seen [[http://www.hulu.com/watch/635052#i0,p6,d1 here]].

* DevelopmentGag: When Macaulay Culkin backs out of the Christmas production in It's a Wonderful Home Alone, John steps up and says he'll do the part, he'll play Culkin in a blonde wig shot only from the back and they'll pretend it's him. This is ''exactly'' what appears to have happened in the three or so frames "Culkin" was visible in fifteen or so minutes earlier towards the beginning of the episode. This also happens directly after the CreatorInJoke above.

** Oscar, the neighbor with the strange anecdotes and goofy but often good advice.

** Motif is often pretty... disconnected to reality.

* PopculturalOsmosisFailure: Motif never watched ''Series/{{Friends}}'', so he didn't get a lot of John's references to it. As Mulaney says, it was largely "for us, by us" (meaning white people).