Neil Patrick Harris’s ‘Best Time Ever’: A Super Bold, Super Cheesy Experiment

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Critics might not be kind to Neil Patrick Harris’s attempt at reviving the variety show. We may be in the minority, but we think it has loads of potential. Here’s why.

Senior Editor, Obsessed

Published Sep. 16 2015 12:50AM EDT

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Best Time Ever, Neil Patrick Harris’s bold, bedazzled, cheesy-as-hell and inevitably polarizing attempt to revive the variety hour, posed one searing but provocative question: What if Reese Witherspoon died on a Neil Patrick Harris-hosted variety show?

The button-cute Oscar winner, who starred as the celebrity guest announcer on Tuesday night’s...

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Neil Patrick Harris’s ‘Best Time Ever’: A Super Bold, Super Cheesy Experiment

Critics might not be kind to Neil Patrick Harris’s attempt at reviving the variety show. We may be in the minority, but we think it has loads of potential. Here’s why.

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