- Summary: Tim Allen returns to network television as Max Baxter, who feels outnumbered by his wife and three daughters.
- Genre(s): Comedy
- Show Type: Between Seasons
- Season 1 premiere date: Oct 11, 2011
- Episode Length: 30
- Air Time: 08:00 PM
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 24
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Mixed: 7 out of 24
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Negative: 16 out of 24
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63It's all standard stuff, but outside of the tiresome, heard-it-all-before rants, it's not without its appeal.
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60While it returns Allen to a Mr. Fix-it style of parenting and some broad he-man comedy, the show offers fewer grunts and more shrieking female voices.
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38Allen and Travis, who are both better than you r average comic actor, seem aware that they're trapped in a particular cookie-cutter sitcom hell, forced to laugh their way through stale gags about kids while other new TV comedies explore family life with clever, contemporary touches. [17 Oct 2011, p.39]
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33The whole thing feels like a gross miscalculation--a failed attempt to update Allen's familiar persona for an angrier, more desperate time.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 18
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Mixed: 1 out of 18
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Negative: 4 out of 18
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