"Sirens" is a very wrong-headed TV show pilot that was not accepted by the networks...presumably because they weren't insane! While I think TV often appeals to some of our lowest instincts, even this show is just too dumb and offensive to make it as a regular series!
The show is about two female cops who are partners. And, to show you how kooky it is to have women cops, the intro shows one of the women driving through a pile of trashcans because, ha ha, women are stoopid drivers (or so the terrible stereotype goes). And, once at work, the women are attacked by other women at work and make fun of each other's hair...making it a bit like "Mean Girls"...but not a cop show, that's for sure.
The humorous (I think the writers wanted 'humorless') plot involves one of the women's mothers showing up and telling the pair that ONE of them was going to die because she had a dream about it (again, ha ha, women are so stoopid).
The bottom line is that the sit-com was about as funny as watching paint dry AND it was very offensive and treated women like bad stereotypes. I am so happy the series was never approved, otherwise they might have had episodes where both cops were having PMS and simply arrested everyone! It's hard to imagine this dreck came from Stephen J. Cannell...but, somehow it did!
I am happy we live in a world where women are given a fairer shake than they got from this pilot. Plus, I love my wife and daughters and hate this sort of sexism disguised as comedy.
The show is about two female cops who are partners. And, to show you how kooky it is to have women cops, the intro shows one of the women driving through a pile of trashcans because, ha ha, women are stoopid drivers (or so the terrible stereotype goes). And, once at work, the women are attacked by other women at work and make fun of each other's hair...making it a bit like "Mean Girls"...but not a cop show, that's for sure.
The humorous (I think the writers wanted 'humorless') plot involves one of the women's mothers showing up and telling the pair that ONE of them was going to die because she had a dream about it (again, ha ha, women are so stoopid).
The bottom line is that the sit-com was about as funny as watching paint dry AND it was very offensive and treated women like bad stereotypes. I am so happy the series was never approved, otherwise they might have had episodes where both cops were having PMS and simply arrested everyone! It's hard to imagine this dreck came from Stephen J. Cannell...but, somehow it did!
I am happy we live in a world where women are given a fairer shake than they got from this pilot. Plus, I love my wife and daughters and hate this sort of sexism disguised as comedy.