m ates ▁on ▁the ▁series ▁Mad ▁TV . ▁ ▁The ▁series ▁was ▁picked ▁up ▁by ▁CBS ▁in ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁with ▁reports ▁saying ▁that ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁Henry ▁( play ed ▁by ▁Ryan ▁Dev lin ▁in ▁the ▁pilot ) ▁would ▁be ▁rec ast . ▁In ▁July , ▁Jonathan ▁S adow ski ▁was ▁cast ▁in ▁the ▁role . ▁The ▁character ▁Sam ▁( Ste ph anie ▁Lem elin ) ▁was ▁elimin ated , ▁never ▁appearing ▁in ▁the ▁broadcast ▁pilot ▁or ▁subsequent ▁episodes . ▁ ▁Epis odes ▁ ▁Re ception ▁$ # * ! ▁My ▁D ad ▁S ays ▁received ▁negative ▁reviews , ▁with ▁Met ac rit ic ▁assigning ▁it ▁a ▁score ▁of ▁ 2 8 / 1 0 0 . ▁Over ▁ 1 2 ▁million ▁view ers ▁watched ▁the ▁premi ere , ▁although ▁the ▁next ▁two ▁episodes ▁lost ▁nearly ▁ 2 0 % ▁of ▁that ▁audience . ▁The ▁fourth ▁and ▁fifth ▁episodes ▁improved ▁in ▁ratings , ▁being ▁ 1 0 . 1 6 ▁million ▁and ▁ 1 0 . 9 1 ▁million ▁respectively . ▁The ▁show ▁won ▁the ▁award ▁for ▁F avor ite ▁New ▁TV ▁Com edy ▁at ▁the ▁ 3 7 th ▁People ' s ▁Cho ice ▁Awards ▁on ▁January ▁ 5 , ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁ ▁Cont ro vers y ▁The ▁title ▁of ▁the ▁broadcast ▁series ▁was ▁modified ▁from ▁the ▁source ▁material ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁comp ly ▁with ▁Federal ▁Communic ations ▁Commission ▁reg ulations ▁on ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁prof ane ▁language ▁during ▁prime ▁time . ▁The