Whose Line Returns!

We're ba-ack!

The one and only, the absolute classic television series Whose Line is it Anyway? returns for a brand new season, although on the unlikeliest of stations. This summer, The CW reintroduces Whose Line is it Anyway? to a new generation of TV viewers, and in all honesty, it's exactly the same as it was before.

Whose Line 2013, along with a new host, is really just a fresh coat of paint. Imagine a red wall. It's a fine red wall, without a doubt, and for some inexplicable reason, someone paints over it with the exact same color. The wall never changed--you just wonder why on Earth the paint was needed! In other words, why did ABC cancel it in 2007? I don't know, but it sure is fun to see the gang back together again!

The original Whose Line? was fun and highly entertaining, and this one brings very little change. Wayne Brady, Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, and even the musicians, Laura Hall and Linda Taylor, are back. And the bald jokes! And the Canadian jokes! It's really no different. In any other show or movie, little change warrants poor reception, but in this case, if the original was so dang good, it's great that nothing has really changed. I'm not saying that things haven't changed. Aisha Tyler (Ghost Whisperer, The Talk) replaces Drew Carey as host, and I'll be honest--she's not as fun as Drew, but she doesn't drag the show down at all. It would've been more fun, though, if she improv'd with the players like Drew did--that said, it's only three episodes, so anything could happen. The points still don't matter, but they've taken the backseat to everything else. In fact, that matter even less, since everybody's the winner on the new incarnation of Whose Line, which is kind of disappointing, especially since the "prize" is a credits read instead of a game with the host. Shame. Although, one thing to point out is the general lack of censorship. Because Whose Line? is no longer owned by Disney, the show's jokes are a bit raunchier and the TV-14 rating for suggestive dialogue and some language is very justified. But hey, it's still fun and Wayne Brady is (somehow) still as flexible as he was in the '90s!

Overall, Whose Line? is as fun, original, and entertaining as ever. If you didn't like it before, you won't like it now, but then again, how could you not like the original? So you will like it now. And you will like it always. 5/5 stars, since I'm obligated to grade. So make sure to catch Whose Line is it Anyway? every Tuesday night at 8PM on The CW Network (because that's the only reason you'll watch The CW)!