The Kids Are Alright

Watch: The Kids Are Alright Season 1 Episode 1

S1 EP1

TV-PG

23 episodes1 season

US Release

~ Times change. Family doesn't. ~

Overview:

In a working-class neighborhood outside Los Angeles, Mike and Peggy raise eight boisterous boys. There are 10 people, three bedrooms, one bathroom and everyone in it for themselves.

Created by:

Tim Doyle

Status:

Canceled

Language:

English

First air date:

10/16/2018

Last air date:

5/21/2019

Key words:

1970s
irish-american
big family
working class
family

Seasons

Season 1

23 Episodes

Cast

Sam Straley

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Lawrence Cleary

Caleb Foote

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Eddie Cleary

Santino Barnard

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Pat Cleary

Mary McCormack

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Peggy Cleary

Sawyer Barth

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Frank Cleary

Andy Walken

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William Cleary

Michael Cudlitz

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Mike Cleary

Jack Gore

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Timmy Cleary

Christopher Paul Richards

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Joey Cleary

LaLa Nestor

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Lisa

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Reviews (1)

GenerationofSwine
Written 2 year(s) ago
1
Like the ill fated "That '80s Show" this is likely doomed for failure and for the exact same reasons.

The show spends a lot more time making fun of the technology and culture of the era than it does actually developing characters and a story line.

There are only so many jokes you can make about "This is what microwaves used to look like," and "Remember Bob Hope, he was a thing," before it gets stale. And by that I mean 15 minutes into the show the comedy approach of "this was a thing, laugh at how old it is" wears off.

And, unfortunately, that's really the extent of the humor that the writers seemed to have planned for the series.

So, if a stream of "remember this, it was a thing, let's mock how old it is" is something you can sit through for 30 minutes, this show if for you.

For the rest of us, it's not even nostalgic. It's just a horrible attempt at humor. And an attempt that, despite the best efforts of the cast, falls short when compared to "That '70s Show's" focus on the characters more than the era.

The setting of the show should just be that, the setting. When the setting becomes the plot itself and the source of the humor it falls flat.