- Summary: This comedy based on the popular Twitter feed follows the life of 20-something Henry Bennett (Jonathan Sadowski), who moves back in with his father Ed (William Shatner).
- Genre(s): Comedy
- Show Type: Ended
- Season 1 premiere date: Sep 24, 2010
- Episode Length: 30
- Air Time: 08:30 PM
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 0 out of 26
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Mixed: 8 out of 26
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Negative: 18 out of 26
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42$#*! My Dad Says feels hopelessly old school. It relies on a stock sitcom character--the crabby dad--that we've seen over and over. It mainly anchors itself to a claustrophobic sitcom-y living room, and it relies too heavily on a tired, rat-a-tat setup/punchline delivery.
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37Not a single thing William Shatner's Dad has said in those ubiquitous CBS ads has been even remotely funny, a trend that continues in tonight's premiere.
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30The attempt to shoehorn the Shat into the strained story of a father and an adult son, Henry, getting to know each other for the first time seems false. And when there are glimmers that it might work, Shatner's character, Ed, is visited by his grating other son, Vince, and his even more grating wife, Bonnie. They're awful.
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30There was one laugh-out-loud moment in the premiere and that was when son Henry imitated his father and William Shatner's character remarked that no one can do a good impression of him. Otherwise it was a lot of furrowed-brow staring at the TV when the laugh track roared, wondering what the #*!! they were laughing at.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 29
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Mixed: 6 out of 29
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Negative: 12 out of 29
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