Hellen
I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
BlazeLime
Strong and Moving!
ChanFamous
I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.
Bob
This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
OllieSuave-007
This is an OK show about a tennis pro who must go through life's challenges with her single mother, little sister, insecure brother and loud coach (William Devane).From what I remember, it's a light-hearted show, but not much to laugh about. The humor was just so-so and the acting was OK at best. Average writing and lesser entertainment from this sit-com. But, at least it's tolerable than much of the forced-humor and tasteless sitcoms dished out nowadays.Grade C
RavenGlamDVDCollector
Years ago, back in 1994, I didn't set out to watch this. Waiting for other stuff, with my VCR poised and ready, I encountered this. And watched some of it. Cut to the present, I am RavenGlamDVDCollector, and I am trying to recollect the pretty-girl TV shows I have seen during my life. Oh, yeah, there was a show I didn't actually watch, there was a Mom in it, she had a tennis-playing daughter and a crazy goofy boy. But what the hell was the show's name? I have to admit, I had forgotten.It took perusing through a stack of 22 year old TV guides to bring to light the name, and when found, it's kinda self- explanatory, the title is kinda unusual. Gee, Judith Light, I had forgotten about her. But even if I had seen her credited for something named PHENOM on Wikipedia, it wouldn't even have rung a bell. Fortunately the old TV Guide mentioned 'tennis-playing daughter' and my quest for anything I might have forgotten was instantly rewarded.Sadly, it's a 1.22 case, a single season, 22 episodes, =failed TV show, the execs wouldn't green-light an apparently failed TV show for DVD release, even if some people remember it fondly. There are like fourteen reviews here, 23 years later? You do the math. Life just ain't fair, this show had a lot of promise. It was head and shoulders above a slew of junk being telecast in prime-time on South African M-Net, Mondays at 18h30, but it is gone and forgotten, and that's very sad. And all my nagging is stuck here in this Lonely Outpost where few, if any, would ever visit.Not even a downloadable segment of it. It's just a vague memory now. Sigh.
eclark20018-577-482508
Remember the episode where Mary Margaret (Ashley Johnson) was sitting on her bed in her room telling Brian (Todd Louiso)how much she her Cabbage Patch Doll reminded her of him? He asked why because it's warm and cuddly? NO. Because he makes you feel safe? NO. And Mary Margaret looks him straight in the eye while she is stroking her Cabbage Patch Doll's bald head and didn't say a word. It's been 10 years and every time I think of that scene it just cracks me up! When I saw Todd in Jerry McGuire as the nanny, that whole Cabbage Patch Doll scene popped in my head! Phenom was a great show that got canceled way too soon. I'd like to see it on TVLand!
jaiebey
I thought Phenom was great. It had snappy one liners, good scenes and characters and wasn't limited to 30 second clips of jokes to pad it out. I was at college at the time and around 25 and I still found it funny and fresh, and watchable on several levels. I've not seen it since either in repeats in the UK or on DVD or on satellite shows - which is a great sadness. We have Knight Rider and even Autocar (groan) which are played regularly and available on DVD. I've no idea ow many series were shown on TV but I'm sure they could fit on a single 2-disc release. Bring it back and bring it out on DVD. Todd Louiso is a hunk in it, too.
