Maybe it is just me, but I’m starting to think that the laugh-tracked multi-camera situation comedy should become a thing of the past, or at least get a revamp. Unfortunately, no one told this to TBS when it picked up “Ground Floor,” which premiered last Thursday at 9 p.m.

“Ground Floor” stars Skylar Astin (“Pitch Perfect”) as Brody, a young banker who has a one-night stand with Jenny (Briga Heelan), a woman who works as a supervisor in the maintenance department of his building, aka the “ground floor.”

Created by Bill Lawrence (“Scrubs”) and Greg Malins (“Friends”), the pilot introduces us to Brody and Jenny and their budding relationship. Brody is a fancy banker working on the top floor of the building amongst other young, handsome, cold men for Remington Stewart Mansfield, their slave-driver boss, played by John C. McGinley (“Scrubs”). Brody is a favorite of Mansfield, who admits that Brody is somewhat of a son to him, and we are led to believe that he rarely lets loose or does anything of his own accord. Enter Jenny, a beautiful blonde who happens to work as the maintenance supervisor. When Brody and his friend/coworker, Mike (Rene Gube), sneak away from work for 15 minutes to the company party, Brody runs into Jenny, who encourages him to not always do what his boss tells him. The two end up sleeping together but appear not to be on the same page as to what their one-night stand really means. Jenny seems to be fine with hooking up while Brody “can’t stop thinking about her.”

Is this supposed to be a reversal of stereotypical hookup culture? I could never tell if Jenny was just playing Brody or if she was actually interested in him, and I was also unsure about Brody. What made Jenny so special that he was willing to skip work, take the elevator to the ground floor to try to woo her and risk getting in trouble with his boss in order to get this girl?

Aside from my overall confusion with the main protagonists’ characterization, I was also disappointed with McGinley’s character and subsequent performance. I was a huge fan of McGinley on “Scrubs” as sarcastic Perry, but I found his character on this pilot to lack depth. I continuously felt like his lines and actions were pandering for laughs.

This pandering, unfortunately, seemed to flavor the entire episode. All characters, from the bankers to the “ground floor” crew, seemed stereotypical. I’m hoping we learn more about everyone, from Mark “Harvard” Shrake (Rory Scovel), a maintenance worker who pines over Jenny and outwardly dislikes Brody, to Mike Wen, the rarely laid and socially inept banker upstairs. I wanted to want Jenny and Brody to get together, but instead I found myself cringing at the laugh track when there weren’t jokes or wondering why Brody was confiding in his boss so much. Brody knows his boss doesn’t approve of this relationship, so why is he still talking about it?

Overall, I was disappointed in “Ground Floor.” While I was pulling for Astin and McGinley, I found myself distracted by the multi-cam format. In a world where the single-camera format seems to be taking over, I kept wondering if I would like this show better if I got to see all four walls. Maybe then I could focus on getting to know the characters and see if this new comedy lives up to its network’s slogan because as of right now, I don’t think “Ground Floor” is “very funny.”