Parents' Guide to Tires

As an amiable workplace comedy with appealing, realistic characters and a goofy, loose energy, this series goes down easily and provides gentle laughs. The main tension in Tires is between (real-life) co-creators and (on-screen) cousins Will, who's a nervous wreck after taking on a failing branch in his dad's minor auto shop empire, and Shane, who jumps on any opportunity to enact middle-school pranks and humiliate Will with middle-school insults. In fairness to Shane, Will is easily knocked down a few pegs, even by puerile larks like making sexual noises over the intercom system when Will's helping a female customer, or spreading rumors at other branches that Will's obsessed with licking his friends' nipples.

If that doesn't sound like fun, Tires may not appeal; the action of the show is almost entirely set at the auto shop, and the vast majority of the dialogue is between Shane and Will. There are other coworkers around, but the show often ignores them to focus on the interaction between the dueling cousins. Still, it's enjoyable watching Shane needle Will, and Will falling apart, and Tires doesn't ask much of viewers even if it doesn't deliver an ultra-original show with sharp humor.