'Lucky 7' Premiere: Winning The Lottery Could Be The Worst Thing That's Happened To Them (VIDEO) | HuffPost

'Lucky 7' Premiere: Winning Lottery Could Be Worst Thing To Happen

Mo' money, mo' problems. But for the cast of "Lucky 7," many of those problems existed before these gas station employees hit it big by winning a $145 million lottery jackpot. Now, they're in the public eye, and that's exactly where several of them don't want to be. Specifically, brothers Matt and Nicky.

While everyone in the cast was strapped for cash, these two decided to risk everything by robbing the gas station they worked at the night of the big lottery drawing. Their boss, Bob, took a blow to the head in the robbery, and now the cops are looking at the brothers with suspicion while the world is looking at them as new millionaires. What a difference a day makes.

There are surely more secrets to come to light with this group of coworkers -- and the one poor guy who'd opted out of "wasting" his money on the weekly lottery pool, thus missing out on the winnings. Also missing is any depth to most of these characters, and thus a compelling reason to root for them. After an hour, it's a shame that most of them are still virtual blank slates.

IGN's Matt Fowler wasn't impressed at all with the premiere. "Welcome to ABC's new lotto-tastic dramedy, ‘Lucky 7’ -- an ensemble series so riddled with cringe-worthy cliches that it would never stand a chance of surviving on its own if it weren't debuting on the same night and network as 'Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,'" he wrote.

Over at Buddy TV, Morgan Glennon seemed to agree, saying that "you're only lucky if you skip this new drama.” She went on to explain that "the problem with ‘Lucky 7’ isn't with the unoriginal premise, but with the characters who populate the show. As the pilot comes to a close, most of the characters remain one-dimensional stereotypes … With seven characters to establish in just the first hour, there's barely enough time to make each character memorable.”

Will you take a chance on "Lucky 7"? Come back for more drama and tension every Tuesday night at 10 p.m. ET on ABC.

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ABC's New Shows 2013-2014

"Back In The Game"(01 of72)

Back in the Game" stars Maggie Lawson ("Psych") as Terry, Jr., James Caan ("Las Vegas") as Terry "The Cannon" Gannon, Sr., Lenora Crichlow ("Being Human," "Fast Girls") as Gigi, Griffin Gluck ("Private Practice") as Danny, Ben Koldyke ("Big Love") as Dick, Kennedy Waite ("I-Doll") as Vanessa, J.J. Totah ("Jessie") as Michael and Cooper Roth as David. "Back in the Game" was written by Mark and Robb Cullen ("Lucky," "Las Vegas"), who also executive-produce along with directors John Requa and Glenn Ficarra ("Bad Santa," "Crazy, Stupid, Love") and Aaron Kaplan ("The Neighbors"). "Back in the Game" is from 20TH Century Fox Television/ Kapital Entertainment. (credit:ABC)

"Mind Games"(02 of72)

"Mind Games" stars Steve Zahn ("Treme") as Clark, Christian Slater ("True Romance") as Ross, Megalyn Echikunwoke ("CSI: Miami") as Megan, Cedric Sanders ("The Social Network") as Latrell, Gregory Marcel ("The Good Shepherd") as Miles and Wynn Everett ("The Newsroom") as Claire. Written and executive-produced by Kyle Killen, the series is also executive-produced by Keith Redman. "Mind Games" is a 20th Century Fox Television production. Miguel Sapochnik directed the pilot. (credit:ABC)

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"The Goldbergs" stars Wendi McLendon-Covey ("Bridesmaids") as Beverly, Jeff Garlin ("Curb Your Enthusiasm") as Murray, George Segal ("Don't Shoot Me") as Pops, Hayley Orrantia ("The X Factor") as Erica, Sean Giambrone as Adam and Troy Gentile ("Good Luck Chuck") as Barry. "The Goldbergs" was written and executive-produced by Adam F. Goldberg ("Breaking In," "Fanboys") and also executive produced by Doug Robinson. The pilot was directed by Seth Gordon ("Identity Thief," "Horrible Bosses"). "The Goldbergs" is from Adam Sandler's production company, Happy Madison, and is produced by Sony Pictures Television. (credit:ABC)

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"Mixology" stars Blake Lee ("Parks and Recreation") as Tom, Andrew Santino ("Punk'd") as Bruce, Kate Simses ("What's Your Number") as Liv, Adam Campbell ("Epic Movie") as Ron, Craig Frank ("8.13") as Cal, Vanessa Lengies ("Glee") as Kacey, Alexis Carra ("Incredible Girl") as Jessica, Sarah Bolger ("Once Upon a Time") as Janey, Ginger Gonzaga ("Legit") as Maya and Adan Canto ("The Following") as Dominic. "Mixology" was written by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore ("The Hangover," "21 and Over"), and is executive-produced by Lucas, Moore, Ryan Seacrest, Nina Wass and Adam Sher. It's directed by Larry Charles ("Seinfeld," "Entourage," "Borat"), and is produced by ABC Studios. (credit:ABC)

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"Killer Women" stars Tricia Helfer ("Battlestar Galactica") as Molly Parker, Mark Blucas ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer") as Dan, Marta Milans ("Shame") as Becca, Alex Fernandez ("Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen") as Luis and Michael Trucco ("Battlestar Galactica") as Billy. "Killer Women" was written by Hannah Shakespeare and is executive-produced by SofÃa Vergara ("Modern Family"), Martin Campbell, Ben Silverman, Luis Balaguer, Electus, Latin World Entertainment. The pilot was directed by Larry Trilling. "Killer Women" is produced by ABC Studios. (credit:ABC)

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