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Sons & Daughters: Season 1
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 7, 2006
  • Season #: 1
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Metascore
68 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 26 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 59 Ratings

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  • Starring: Trevor Einhorn, Max Gail, Fred Goss
  • Summary: This ensemble, semi-improvised comedy from Fred Goss ("Significant Others") follows the trials and tribulations of an extended family.
  • Genre(s): Comedy

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 26
  3. Negative: 3 out of 26
  1. Orlando Sentinel
    Reviewed by: Hal Boedeker
    100
    Sons & Daughters offers such a fresh, funny take on family life that it could be a landmark comedy.
  2. PopMatters
    Reviewed by: Maura McAndrew
    60
    Those who enjoy Sons & Daughters enjoyed Arrested Development more, and the same viewers put off by the latter's off-the-wall humor will also be put off the new show.
  3. Salon
    Reviewed by: Heather Havrilesky
    30
    The improvised dialogue is sometimes smart, but it often leads to scenes where the main characters repeat their intentions over and over again -- you know, like in a really bad improv class.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 36 out of 46
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 46
  3. Negative: 9 out of 46
  1. HeatherB
    10
    Loved it because it's candid!
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  2. MikeL
    5
    I'll give it this much--it's 5 times better than Free Ride. As for the obvious Arrested D comparisons--well, they're obvious. This one even has the sane guy trying to hold the nutty family together. Grampa Wojo from Barney Miller is the unexpected emotional core--he steals the show from the Steve Carrell-lite star. Overall, a little creaky, but has potential. One irritation---why must there be 26 people in the frame at all times?… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. AlexR
    2
    being different doesnt make it good. If you do not want to rely on good writers, at least do so in excellent improvisators and do something to set an environment where good improvs are gonna flow. This has nothing going on for it, except that it is different and it can thus attract all those that feel need to show the world how unique they are by praising whatever seems unique..… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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