Comedian John Mulaney is going live on Wednesday nights for 12 weeks on Netflix. NPR's TV critic says that in the first episode, Mulaney seemed to be enjoying the absurdity of the whole setup much more than any of the actual content he was presenting.

Despite hosting a six-episode talk show last year, Mulaney is essentially new to hosting a live talk show. In his opening monologue, he admits that 10 months is "just enough time" to forget how to do the show. The good news is he doesn't seem to have missed a step. In terms of quality and feel, the new show feels like a continuation of the old one.

Early on in the first episode of John Mulaney's new talk show, Everybody's Live with John Mulaney, Mulaney made a joke about introducing everyone to the "baby boomer" culture of talk shows that he grew up with. But, is Mulaney's new late-night show worth everyone's time? And is it any good?