Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist Is Laughable, Yet Likable. Sort Of.

I really tried to like this show.

Every so often, the major networks like to throw a musical comedy our way to spice things up a bit. Sure, the only one that actually stuck around was Glee, but that doesnt keep the suits over in Hollywood from trying to push the genre as far as it can possibly go. NBCs latest effort in this particular field is Zoeys Extraordinary Playlist, which created a conundrum in my mind over the course of the nine episodes that have aired up to this point.

On one hand,...