The Michael J. Fox Show keeps getting worse. In “Hobbies,” Mike and his wife, Annie, make finding a hobby for their youngest son, Graham, a competition. The Henrys turn everything into a competition and it has already become old.

While the show is ostensibly a sitcom, it’s not very funny. Every episode has a message, which takes away from the few funny moments that can be found. “Hobbies” hit viewers over the head with one message: kids don’t move because they are always using a piece of technology. The premise sounds more like a Dateline scaremongering piece than the basis for a sitcom episode.

Mike wants Graham to play hockey. Annie wants him to go to ceramics class. Neither one consults the other before they sign Graham up for their chosen hobby. As a result, Graham goes to hockey practice and ceramics class, but doesn’t do either. Instead, Mike gets on the ice with the other dads every practice day and Annie winds up doing ceramics herself. While his parents are doing what they signed him up for, Graham just sits and plays video games. Hasn’t every 90s sitcom done a version of this plotline?

When Annie and Mike are busy, Mike’s sister, Leigh, takes care of the kids. She’s a terrible aunt, who acts like a child. Eve had a girl bullying her on Twitter, so Leigh makes matters worse. Behind Eve’s back, Leigh sends nasty messages to the girl, who starts a fight with Eve. It gets so bad that both girls are almost kicked out of school. Leigh fesses up, but the principal couldn’t believe that an adult could be so childish. Since Leigh never mentally left middle school, her behavior won’t surprise viewers.

For some reason, The Michael J. Fox Show feels the need to hang onto the newsroom. It’s forced because nothing really goes on there. Mike works part-time and does whatever he wants. No one needs to see that. In “Hobbies,” all the newsroom scenes show is that Susie Rodriquez-Jones, a former employee of Mike, returns and is two-faced. She tells the newsroom how brave she is and how much she loves Mike for giving her a career, but then turns around and tells Mike the past is in the past and she will make his life miserable.

There were high hopes for The Michael J. Fox Show, but the show has dashed them. Nothing happens in the shows. There’s no character development. It’s time for NBC to cancel the show and throw anything on in its place. Maybe NBC will make Community fans happy and put that show on in The Michael J. Fox Show’s place.