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Crumbs
EMAILPRINTSERIES: ABC, Thursday 9:30p (30 minutes)

Mixed or average reviews
Based on 25 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 16 votes
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Show Info
Genre(s): Comedy
Created By: Marco Pennette
First Air Date: January 12, 2006
Summary
Starring Fred Savage, Jane Curtin, William Devane, Eddie McClintock, Maggie Lawson, and Reginald Ballard
Fred Savage returns to primetime television as a failed Hollywood writer who returns home to small town New England to be with his family for the release of his mother from a psychiatric hospital.
Episode Guide & More Info: More about this show at TV.com
Also On The Web: Official Show Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Crumbs' approach to the foibles of the family, though not for the tender-hearted, is raucously funny.
Read Full Review >Detroit Free PressMike Duffy
It's actually rather funny, broadly entertaining and blessed with a sweet screwball spirit. It's a promising farce with heart.
Read Full Review >Entertainment WeeklyNicholas Fonseca
Crumbs has promise. [13 Jan 2006, p.71]
Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron
There is a dynamic of affection and caring that makes the series more than just a collection of witty lines effectively delivered.
Read Full Review >TV GuideMatt Roush
An offbeat show that veers between wacky and truly poignant extremes.
Los Angeles TimesPaul Brownfield
Feels like an indie feature idea crammed into a sitcom.
Read Full Review >New York PostLinda Stasi
Since the show stars all these great TV actors... the show sustains some laughs that it wouldn't otherwise be able to wring out of bad material.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland
"Crumbs" is hideously overscored.... That's unfortunate, because the sappy swells detract from the series' wicked dialogue, and scenes oozing with the brand of dark, twisted humor only family can inflict upon one another.
Read Full Review >Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
"Crumbs" elicits laughs from time to time, but given the subject matter, I still think this particular story would have been better told as a comedic drama than as the occasionally dramatic comedy that it is.
Read Full Review >San Jose Mercury NewsCharlie McCollum
Next Thursday's outing is much better [than the pilot], suggesting the series could generate some laughs over the long haul.
Read Full Review >USA TodayRobert Bianco
To the extent Crumbs works at all, it works because of Curtin.
Read Full Review >The New York TimesVirginia Heffernan
Still, if it's not funny, why give "Crumbs" any attention at all? Because it's an unusual experiment: not only is the show set among a fraction of the American gentry that few would consider relatable, but it also exhibits more gravitas than any sitcom in television history.
Read Full Review >Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Though it's admirable that ABC took a chance on a family that does not revolve around a dumb, doughy dad and sassy kids, the tragedy at the core of the Crumb clan ensures that the comedy doesn't quite get off the ground.
Read Full Review >VarietyBrian Lowry
Credit the veteran cast with making the series barely tolerable, but for the most part "Crumbs" is pretty crummy, the sitcom deconstructed to its most primordial form.
Read Full Review >Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker
To its credit, Crumbs tries to go deeper in depicting conflicted characters. That, unfortunately, doesn't make this series any funnier.
Read Full Review >New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Every year, there's at least one sitcom that takes an extremely talented cast, and wastes all that talent in an extremely disappointing series.
Read Full Review >People WeeklyTom Gliatto
It just doesn't work. [30 Jan 2006, p.38]
Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman
You have no idea how much restraint I'm using not to call it "Crummy." Oops. Lost the restraint.
Read Full Review >San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
We watched a second episode of "Crumbs" just to make sure there wasn't something hilarious for you under a rock, some morsel of humor left over. Um, no.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Not only do you get insufferable comedy, but phony drama, too.
Read Full Review >PopMattersStephen Kelly
A relentlessly unfunny mid-season replacement comedy from ABC that sucks all the fun out of dysfunction, the show could have been pitched to network execs as "Arrested Development meets Ordinary People." But it shows none of the former's wit or latter's intelligence.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this show is 6.7 (out of 10) based on 16 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Mark C. gave it a9:
Excellent show - the promos made it look corny so I was surprised I liked it so much. Something tells me it is too smart for network TV however.
amanda f gave it a10:
touching-smart, funny as hell
Derrick M gave it a9:
Saw it for the first time last night. 02/07/06 The show is great!!!
B Smith gave it a10:
Wonderfully funny, fresh and innovative. Jane Curtain and William Devain are outstanding. Fred Savage tops it all off. If the writers continue to do their part, this cast will take them to the top.
kathy b gave it a9:
i liked it and found it to be quite witty. i like quirky and i would say this is certainly that. its different from all the other silly comedy shows. this is one i can relate to cause i have a very similiar quirky family and i am sure many other people do too.
[Anonymous] gave it a1:
The only reason it doesn't get 0 is because of Jane Curtin, she's the only thing this show has got going, and it's on after Dancing with the Stars. Once that's gone, I think this will be too.
Leo K gave it a2:
Painful to watch. I didn't find it funny at all, and the jokes seemed to repeat (imagine what this show will be like by episode 10, if it makes it that far). Acting is over-the-top, as if that would make up for unfunny script. Devane, in particular, is annoying. Fred Savage should have quit while he was ahead and left us all remembering him from Wonder Years.
