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- 2014
- TV-14
- USA
- 2014
- TV-14
- USA
Summary Emma Crawford (Jessica St. Clair) gives up her career in China to return to her hometown to help her best friend Maggie Caruso (Lennon Parham) raise her baby after the end of her marriage.
Created By: Lennon Parham, Jessica St. Clair
- 2014
- TV-14
- USA
- 2014
- TV-14
- USA
Playing House
Season 1 Premiere: Apr 29, 2014
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7.2
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Summary Emma Crawford (Jessica St. Clair) gives up her career in China to return to her hometown to help her best friend Maggie Caruso (Lennon Parham) raise her baby after the end of her marriage.
Created By: Lennon Parham, Jessica St. Clair
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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74% Positive
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26% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
65
74% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
26% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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The comedy finds the humor in everyday life. Although the USA series continues to center on besties Emma and Maggie, season 3 sees a new relationship--and life-changing health issues--for Emma that could upset that balance. [23 Jun 2017, p.59]
Playing House is a cheerfully unhip show made by people who are very hip to the sharp edges of comedy.
While that loving relationship between these two women is Playing House’s strength, to unlock its potential, and go beyond delightful sitcom, it needs to be about more than that, and there’s certainly potential for that growth.
The show is light with sharp baby kicks of meanness. [5 May 2014, p.46]
In its first two episodes, Playing House does a nice job slowly building out its world and introducing an assortment of amusing, oddball characters.
While St. Clair and Parham play well off each other, they also affect almost the exact same comedic voice. In other words, there’s no Lucy and Ethel in this pairing, with each being a little bit of both.
Maybe the writers will eventually stop making Maggie and Emma sound like high school ditzes and start giving them grown-up dialogue that matches their grown-up situation. Until that happens, the main attraction here is Keegan-Michael Key of the delicious Comedy Central show “Key & Peele.”
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 45 User Ratings
7.2
76% Positive
34 Ratings
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4% Mixed
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20% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 45 User Ratings
7.2
76% Positive
34 Ratings
34 Ratings
4% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
20% Negative
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
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Production Company:
- American Work
Initial Release Date: Apr 29, 2014
Number of seasons: 4 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
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Awards
GLAAD Media Awards
• 1 Nomination
Critics Choice Television Awards
• 1 Nomination
