Gen X takes Millennials to the woodshed in new CBS show 'The Great Indoors'

Call your emotional support dog to your lap and check out this first-look trailer.
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"You can't say that anymore" is a thing that's said -- and openly flaunted -- a lot in this first-look promo for The Great Indoors, the new CBS show that should attract two generations. 

At least in theory.

That theory being there's nothing cranky Gen X'ers love to rag on more than Millennials, and there's nothing Millennials love more than ... Millennials.


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Joel McHale stars as an adventure journalist who "must adapt to the times when he becomes the boss to a group of Millennials in the digital department of a famous outdoor magazine."

Joel McHale (a solid Gen X'er at 44) stars in the sitcom -- complete with olds-friendly multicamera/laugh track format -- which premieres this fall.

Its first-look trailer (above) debuted Wednesday at the upfronts presentation from CBS, which knows its audience. Clearly.

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Josh Dickey is Mashable's Entertainment Editor, leading Mashable's TV, music, gaming and sports reporters as well as writing movie features and reviews.Josh has been the Film Editor at Variety, Entertainment Editor at The Associated Press and Managing Editor at TheWrap.com.A finalist for the Los Angeles Press Club's Best Entertainment Feature in 2015 for "Everyone is Altered: The Secret Hollywood Procedure that Fooled Us for Years," Josh received his BA in Journalism from The University of Minnesota.In between screenings, he can be found skating longboards, shredding guitar and wandering the streets of his beloved downtown Los Angeles.

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