• Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 22, 2010
  • Season #: 1
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critics What's this?

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 31 Ratings

  • Summary: The comedy explores love through three couples: Maddie and Ben, who have been dating for nine years; Mia (Maddie's sister) and Casey, who have known each other for only seven weeks and are about to marry; and Maddie and Mia's parents, who have been married for more than 30 years.
  • Genre(s): Comedy
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 21
  2. Negative: 1 out of 21
  1. Better With You is a genuinely funny, well-acted traditional sitcom reminiscent of "Dharma & Greg" and other past successful romantic comedies.
  2. Reviewed by: Sarah Rodman
    80
    The potential to run into a rut, especially with the long-married Vicky and Joel, looms large. But when it does work, the relatable relationship tics of Better With You should wring a few chuckles from anyone who's ever been in love for any length of time.
  3. Like several new shows this season, the ABC comedy is neither cover-your-eyes bad nor set-the-DVR-season-pass good. It just sort of is what it is, which is occasionally cute and amusing--thanks mostly to a cast of comedy veterans--but largely forgettable.
  4. It's as rote and unfunny and ridiculous as hundreds of other ambitionless sitcoms to hit the air.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. Better with You is just a fun fresh new sitcom. Its FANTASTIC!!!!! 10times better than "Modern Family". All the actors are superb! Just like Friends.
  2. A funny, interesting new show beyond what I expected. ABC did have Modern Family and Cougar Town, but it needed to step it up a notch. This show did it. It deserves a wider audience range. However, it feels like I've seen it before. Other than that it is good. Expand
  3. 5
    Another 80s style sitcom a la "Hot in Cleveland" and "Sh*t My Dad Says". Comfortable like an old sweater you dug up from the back of the closet, but horribly outdated, full of holes and smelling of mothballs. Nestled between "The Middle" (same traditional style, but much better in every respect) and "Modern Family" (a different league altogether), the show was set for success, but in that (coveted) slot it looks even blander and un-funnier than it really is. Expand
  4. So glad this show got the axe. It was corny, phoney and lame. To an actor a gig is a gig. But the writing here just stinks! Why do some ppl believe that stupidity and over exuberance makes comedy? It just shows a lack of creativity. Now 4 that this shows should win an award... Good riddence Expand

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