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Ben Feldman is perfectly cast in this


I would have say Cristin Milioti is as well in the subject line, but I know there are too many lost HIMYM fans watching this show who can't handle seeing her in another role.
If the angry HIMYM fans can accept that the show is over, and this is not a new retelling of How I Met Your Mother, I think this show will do well.
And I'm going to say all the characters are perfectly cast in it.

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Andrew Feldman and Christin miloti play off each other well.

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Wow, I couldn't disagree more. I watched the fourth episode and kept thinking how shallow the series' concept is, but that's because the chemistry is awful. Zelda is cold, and Cristin Milioti constantly seems to be striking poses. At least for me, it's impossible to believe a thirty-something guy as good-looking as Feldman's character is would be so forlorn.

Also, as another poster on another thread noted, he has an unusual young-old face with gravitas, and Milioti looks sort of like a brown-haired Taylor Swift.

To each his own, I guess. I really don't like this series at all and do not find it funny or original. I feel sorry for Feldman, particularly remembering how great his character on Mad Men was.

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I love Ben Feldman. Did you ever see him in an episode of The New Adventures of Old Christine? He was very funny.

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I love Ben Feldman. Did you ever see him in an episode of The New Adventures of Old Christine? He was very funny.

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No, but I saw him in The Mindy Project. He should pursue serious roles. He's very handsome, but to concentrate on roles that emphasize his looks would be a big mistake. His talent is bigger than that (or maybe I should say that I didn't see a glimmer of Ginsberg in this awful, awful show).

Speaking of The Mindy Project, I wondered if the 9:30 p.m. NBC time slot and the inexplicable concentration on excruciatingly unfunny minor characters was an attempt to replicate The Office.

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I don't think he relies on his looks. I think he may have relied mostly on his comedic timing (and his looks) so far, but he's got some dramatic chops too (Mad Men at the end of his stint).

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