Kevin Can Wait - Pilot

Well, this is certainly not the best new comedy on TV. I would give it a solid "C+" rating for the pilot. Of course they had to cram a lot of plot into the dialog, which is always painful in the first episode of anything. Kevin is a retired cop with a decent looking wife, and some familiar looking friends. So, I guess they were like, let's make another King of Queens, only slightly different. If you like James physical comedy and his dopey antics, this is your kind of show. The acting was very poor from the younger cast members, but they weren't used much. I am a big fan of Kevin James so I'll give it a few more episodes, but this is certainly no Modern Family or The Goldbergs. It is more like King of Queens 2.0... he has a new wife, new house, new job, but his brother looks awfully familiar. It has potential to hang around for many seasons, but only if they don't make it more of the same. Hopefully it will be more polished and original in the next few episodes.

I did notice that his wife mentioned to him that Kevin did "a nice thing for YOUR daughter". I don't remember them going into details about them having exes, divorce, etc, or if any of the kids are theirs or just his???