(CNN) After a long supporting run on "The Big Bang Theory," Mayim Bialik is back front and center in "Call Me Kat," a Fox sitcom that feels so tired and dated it's tempting to double-check the year. Bialik's Kat is 39 and still single, a fact that she has to repeatedly explain to her widowed mom (Swoosie Kurtz). Bialik was very good at that in "Big Bang," but thanks to the predictable writing here, it's mostly a big bore. He's amiable and single, but her discomfort around him -- and the literal collisions that yields -- begins to grow tedious even before the pilot episode ends. Fox made four episodes available, and there is some modest serialized progression to Kat's story, but not enough to plant much of a hook.

Source: CNN January 01, 2021 16:52 UTC