Tiffany Haddish is a not a good fit for Kids Say the Darndest Things

Variety

The revival of the kids-focused comedy show premieres Sunday on ABC with a stressful energy that is too celebrity-focused, says Daniel D'Addario. "Haddish, a competitive comedian, can’t help but mug over the kids she’s supposed to be introducing, and redirects the conversation perpetually to her celebrity status, including in an opening monologue about her fame that seemed strangely out-of-place," he says. "(Also odd in the show’s earliest going: Haddish doesn’t just do a few minutes of stand-up, she also sings the series theme song.) Her overarching comic idea for the show appears to be that she presupposes children won’t be impressed by her fame and thus she needs to convince them of it."