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Huff

Summary Dr. Craig "Huff" Huffstodt (Hank Azaria) is a very successful psychiatrist who is thrown into turmoil after a 15 year old patient commits suicide in his office. Huff's family consists of his son Byrd (Anton Yelchin), brother Teddy (Andy Comeau), his antagonistic mother Izzy (Blythe Danner), who is critical and nosey, but means well,...

  • 2004
  • TV-MA
  • SHOWTIME
  • 2004
  • TV-MA
  • SHOWTIME

Huff

Season 1 Premiere: Nov 7, 2004
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 26 Critic Reviews
67
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 8 User Ratings
4.4
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Summary Dr. Craig "Huff" Huffstodt (Hank Azaria) is a very successful psychiatrist who is thrown into turmoil after a 15 year old patient commits suicide in his office. Huff's family consists of his son Byrd (Anton Yelchin), brother Teddy (Andy Comeau), his antagonistic mother Izzy (Blythe Danner), who is critical and nosey, but means well,...

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 26 Critic Reviews
67
54% Positive
14 Reviews
35% Mixed
9 Reviews
12% Negative
3 Reviews

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 26 Critic Reviews
67
54% Positive
14 Reviews
35% Mixed
9 Reviews
12% Negative
3 Reviews

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100
Jan 28, 2014
Hank Azaria is luminous, and with a knockout ensemble cast, Huff is sure to be a hit. [5 Nov 2004, p.16]
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88
Jun 28, 2013
Remarkable.
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80
The unique amalgam of a show that "Huff" has been -- a sort of sampler platter of hyperbolic though realistic, sympathetic but often self-sabotaging characters -- retains its balance and tone quite well this season.
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70
Jan 28, 2014
If the most overly praised TV dramas hit you over the head with their stiff coherence, Huff goes the other way, sketching in a world that is suggestively there but not quite, and swinging at big "Angels in America"-type themes more often than nailing them.
By Paul Brownfield FULL REVIEW
58
Jun 18, 2013
What we have here is a kinda-family-sitcom-semi-midlife-dramedy-medical show. The actors almost make the mishmash work. ... But for each understated scene comes a preening please-discuss-by-the-water-cooler moment.
By Gillian Flynn FULL REVIEW
50
"Huff" got too heavy, and too predictable in its moroseness. Lying on the couch for more seems unnecessarily depressing.
By Tim Goodman FULL REVIEW
20
Huff is stubbornly inert, going all over the place tonally while going nowhere emotionally.
By Matt Roush FULL REVIEW

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Mixed or Average Based on 8 User Ratings
4.4
38% Positive
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25% Mixed
2 Ratings
38% Negative
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38% Positive
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25% Mixed
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38% Negative
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Production Company:
  • Sony Pictures Television
  • 50 Cannon Entertainment
  • Bob Lowry Television Show
Initial Release Date: Nov 7, 2004
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
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Awards

Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 3 Wins & 10 Nominations
Online Film & Television Association
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations

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