Showtime Friday nights

Has anyone else been watching Showtime’s new Friday-night lineup? Both “Family Business” and “Penn & Teller: Bullshit!” are very funny.

“Family Business,” a reality TV treatment of the life of adult filmmaker Adam Glasser — aka Seymore Butts — borrows elements a little too obviously from “The Osbournes.” Glasser’s mother and cousin work with him in the business, and once again the juxtaposition of the protagonist’s wacky show biz career and typical home life is supposed to have us weak-kneed with laughter.

And while there are some funny bits — people’s reactions to what Adam does for a living never gets old, for example — the show’s already a little bit tired after only a few episodes.

“Penn & Teller: Bullshit!” is just genius, though. Penn’s narration is hilarious, and his use of precisely the right swear word at just the right time to puncture his target’s pompousness is priceless. I highly recommend the program.