- Network: ABC Family
- Series Premiere Date: Aug 17, 2010
- Season #: 1 , 2 , 3
- Summary: Mel (Melissa Joan Hart) is a local politician who ends up with her sister's two children, Lennox and Ryder. She ends up hiring an out of work commodities trader named Joe (Joey Lawrence) to be the nanny.
- Genre(s): Comedy
- Show Type: In Season
- Season 1 premiere date: Aug 17, 2010
- Episode Length: 30
- Air Time: 08:00 PM
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 9
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Mixed: 5 out of 9
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Negative: 2 out of 9
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Because this is on ABC Family, it comes with a big helping of cheesy jokes, but Hart and Lawrence share a buoyant, delightful chemistry.
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75The "Melissa & Joey" pilot is no great shakes. But Melissa and Joey could be.
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60Old-chestnut premise notwithstanding, the show wants to be modern, and the humor occasionally pushes further than one might expect from a family comedy.
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30Melissa & Joey, by contrast, represents a decided lurch back toward the bland old days, grasping at "TGIF's" ostensible niche while offering precious little for which to be thankful.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 8 out of 11
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Mixed: 0 out of 11
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Negative: 3 out of 11
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