Hey guys! TBM76 here with another update today in honor of my birthday today.

Now today is not an update for the show (There's no need for one since the show premiered weeks ago), rather it's a review of the first season of 'The Mr. Peabody and Sherman Show'

So let's get started shall we?

Now as we know, the show usually opens like your ordinary late night talk show, a view of New York, the characters are incorporated with the setting, and it's bright and colorful while a catchy tune is played. Mr. Peabody and Sherman walk out in front of their penthouse apartment as they start the show.

Usually the show consists of a specific manner:

-A main storyline for the talk show setting.

-A time traveling adventure, narrated by Mr. Peabody

-A small Sherman's Corner segment, in which Sherman shows off something cool.

In a few episodes, there has been musical guests like Wordsworth and Prince Paul, Jukebox the Ghost, Ra Ra Riot, And JD McPherson, all performing original songs based on historical events in history (different from the event narrated in the time travel segment)

Most of the time traveling events happen just as crazy like in the original cartoon shorts. A historical figure is unable to do what he's meant to do in history, and Mr. Peabody and Sherman set out to help that person down the right path. (Examples include Napoleon Bonaparte ignoring the war so he can make a famous dessert under his name or Cleopatra, who is a burping, nasty, brute, making Julius Caesar fall in love with her so she can reclaim her throne).

Of course there's also something crazy going on in the present as well. (Examples include neighbors interrupting an episode, or a disgusting product being advertised way too forcefully in the show, or Peabody's parents visiting and driving Mr. Peabody crazy)

In addition to new characters, returning characters from the movie (Except Peabody and Sherman) include, Agamemnon, Leonardo da Vinci, King Tut (mentioned only, not seen yet), and Mason and Carl (Although Mason no longer speaks and can only communicate by texting, and for some reason, Carl is renamed 'Wheels')

New main characters include Mr. Calvert Hobson, the building safety manger, Peabody and Sherman's downstairs neighbors, Mr. And Mrs. Yakamora, along with their baby, Kenny, Sweet Tune, a magical non-speaking swami, Christine, another downstairs neighbor with ambitions to break into show business, Orchoptitron, a one man band machine built by Mr. Peabody, and Mrs. Arugula Hughes, the official Notary who validates an envelope with the time travel story to confirm its true.

The show is animated with flash animation from DHX Media, and has character designs which are a combination of the classic cartoon and the 2014 feature film. I was initially hesitant over the new designs, but I slowly grew to accept them and eventually like them.

The show also contains a lot of humor and pop culture references, which aren't that bad. (Although there is an episode where Sherman keeps uttering "butt" Over and over, and that can irritate parents easily) but it's still a nice addition to the show.

Although one gripe I have is that while I appreciate the comedy, the show lacks drama shown in the movie. Like Penny and Sherman's minor rivalry, Mrs. Grunion threatening to take Sherman away, Mr. Peabody and Sherman's bad boy argument, Mr. Peabody thought to be dead, and of course the well known 'I'm a dog too!' speech are all dramatic and great plot points to the film. The show lacks all of that, which sucks because how would all of that happen in the movie and eventually be ignored in the show? That doesn't make the show bad, but it should mix the elements of entertainment properly for something truly amazing.

Now there has been some criticism over the show for being an abomination to the classic cointerpart. Claiming it doesn't follow Mr. Peabody and Sherman's outdated master-pet relationship. And how the show's animation is terrible compared to the classic shorts.

A master-pet relationship between a dog and a boy may have been funny back then, but it won't be funny now. People will take it the wrong way and mistake it for child abuse... which in today's society, it technically is.

Also, the show's new animation is a VAST improvement over the last series. Now before you say, cut the classic show some slack, it was made in the 1950's. Yes that give sit some excuse, but even cartoons back then had better animation. The classic shorts were fine, but they had cheap animation, bad coloring in most scenes, inaccurate character models, and no background which mostly consisted of a blank background and some objects to show where they are. While I will excuse all of the due to age, if any of that was applied to the show today, it will look awful. And then you will say it truly looks awful.

In my opinion the show is great! Sure it has its flaws, but I highly recommend everyone who has a Netflix account to watch the show. It may not be the same as the classic cartoon or the modern movie, but it's still enjoyable.

The Mr. Peabody and Sherman Show-Rating: 7.5/10