EliotNess48170 This is without a doubt the worst show on the TV schedule right now, despite ABC saying it is the greatest and a trend setter, yeah right!! I was seriously appalled at how bad the acting was and the situations were corny and the writing was pathetic. My suggestion to any potential viewer is to read the reviews and make your own decision. You have to ask yourself when seeing the ABC promo's why are they trying to tell you that this is a great show? Because shows like this cost them nothing!! No name actors, and low production costs and they hope that shows like this pick up a viewer-ship..Whiny girls saying how they hate men based on their limited relationship experience and feeling destroyed when their friends don't do what they say..These shows are truly pathetic and deserve to be canned fast!!!

josephdanielson I watched the entire pilot. To say this show is horrible is putting it lightly. I am a member of the class of 2001, and the show's portrayal of my cohort has little basis in reality. For one thing, the effects of certain historical events are largely overstated. Aside from the War on Terror, I cannot say that myself, or my similarly situated friends and colleagues, were as personally and intimately affected by the mentioned historical events as the show's characters happened to be. For instance, placing such an emphasis on the Enron scandal in relation to teens and twenty-somethings is like highlighting Bernie Madoff's ponzi schemes and somehow tying that in to an eighteen year old's choice of where to attend college or which used car to purchase. Both Enron and Bernie Madoff affected a lot of people in a very bad way--but very few Millenials can call themselves major victims- -and neither scandal has had as large of a causal impact on Generation Y as "My Generation" tries to lead the viewer to believe.Most annoying is the mockumentary's narrator. The narrator's voice is not conducive to narration. Furthermore, she abrasively questions the characters with little pathos or sympathy. Unlike Oprah or Barbara Walters, who are pros at asking tough questions with dignity, the narrator conducts her "documentary" more like a police interrogation than like a professional journalist.The characters themselves have little substance and behave in self- righteous and unbelievable ways, too. Two of the twenty-somethings are living "the good life," attending wine classes and purchasing fine meats. The couple are filmed trying to pair said wines and meats whilst attempting to entertain the "documentary's" camera crew with their pseudo witticisms that come off as stilted and scripted. No regular twenty-eight year old I know would act in such a ridiculous and precocious manner as these two.Another character, "The Brain," was a life science major turned congressional lawyer as a result of the Bush/Gore election debacle (a slightly tenuous premise). This character is probably the most pretentious. Her phrasing, as well as her facial expressions, are often over exaggerated. And she is predictably high strung all the time.The other iconic character is "The Nerd," a socially awkward specimen who wants nothing more than to start a family. When he's not at home babysitting his pregnant ex-girlfriend (he is not the father), he is busy creepily teaching elementary students American History and making visits to sperm banks. In a plot twist NO ONE sees coming, The Nerd discovers he is infertile. Overall, the mediocre acting and lousy attempts at tying non-Generation Y relevant events to Generation Y individuals makes for a bad, bad, pilot. Don't waste your time.

Staniel13 My Generation is a wonderful show with a lot of promise. The "documentary" style of the show was very authentic. The settings as well as the style of filming was very true to documentaries. The actors portray their characters with great realism. None of the emotions seemed forced or fake. Granted the storyline was a little slow but what documentary starts out with a bang... there is always a build up to the main event. I also loved the message that high school is a world of dreams and false hopes and that for most of us ten years out of high school reality has hit and life has taken a completely different route then ever expected. I cannot wait to see what My Generation has in store...

alekzd7 Let me first say that as an Austinite who grew up there, half the reason I decided to watch the show when I first heard about it was the fact that it's filmed in my hometown. I'm kind of a fan of the city, and so I try to support it whenever I can. That being said, when I give My Generation a 5 out of 10, you know it's just not that great. Or at least that was my opinion about 10 minutes into the pilot episode. For one thing, the stereotypes of the fictional Greenbelt High School alumni were a little forced, in my opinion. Speaking of the Greenbelt, I think they named the high school that because the people who went there had the most wooden personalities I've ever seen. Seriously, it was like watching a bunch of trees act, these people had very little genuine personality and even less acting ability. Nothing against them personally, they just couldn't really hold up the show. Which leads me to my next issue with My Generation: the storyline itself. Yes, I understand, hell everyone understands that there have been a lot of events in the past decade that, for better or for worse, were extremely influential on American youth. There's no argument there. But I was honestly expecting something a little, I don't know, different. Like a unique spin on the events or something. I just remember a bunch of quick flashbacks showing scenes from 9/11 and then the school jock joining the army. That's not to say that 9/11 didn't create a huge surge in people joining the armed forces, quite the contrary, of course. But the guy's character was never really fleshed out. It was just the narrator giving us this expository dialogue about him joining the army, a few battle scenes, him talking with his girlfriend for a few minutes, and that was it. I never really got a sense for his character. And everyone else, again, was just kind of boring and uninteresting. Plus, the whole storyline of then getting back together was kind of shallow. People longing for high school crushes 10 years after the fact. It was all just very two-dimensional to me. And what about Austin?! That was half the reason I watched the show in the first place (I'm currently living out of state, and so I wanted some nice nostalgic views of the city). At least for what I saw, Austin was maybe shown twice, and even then they were generic skyline shots, not anything interesting that captured the personality of the city, or any of the landmarks, or anything. It was simply used as a location. Don't get me wrong, I like that more films and TV shows are getting filmed here, but it was just treated like any other city. I didn't like that. And just one last thing I gotta say. I hope I'm not being overly stereotypical here, and if I am please let me know and I'll delete this sentence right away. But what exactly was the writer thinking when he came up with a character who's Black and from Austin (a fairly Liberal city), who ardently supports George Bush? Is it me or was that way too ironic? At any rate, just not very impressed at all. I might watch a few other episodes to see if it gets better, but it's no longer a priority on my list.