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Sordid Lives: The Series

Summary Sordid Lives: The Series is a comedy prequel to the stage play and 2000 full-length film of the same name that featured performances by Olivia Newton-John, Beau Bridges, and Delta Burke among others. The show is the story of a dysfunctional family in rural Texas and the crazy, and somewhat, sordid lives of... matriarch Peggy (Rue McCla...

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Sordid Lives: The Series

Season 1 Premiere: Jul 23, 2008
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary Sordid Lives: The Series is a comedy prequel to the stage play and 2000 full-length film of the same name that featured performances by Olivia Newton-John, Beau Bridges, and Delta Burke among others. The show is the story of a dysfunctional family in rural Texas and the crazy, and somewhat, sordid lives of... matriarch Peggy (Rue McCla...

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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Shores has created a funny, loopy, off-kilter comedy that, truth be told, probably would play just as well on other cable channels, including Comedy Central and TV Land.
By Barry Garron FULL REVIEW
75
Del Shores brings his movie and stage show about crazy Texan Women and slightly-less-crazy gay men to TV with a cavalcade of camp icons and brilliant, canon-ready Beth Grant. [25 Jul 2008, p.64]
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Both the humor and the storytelling can be blunt. But the performances are mostly appealing--the ensemble really seems to be having fun--and the jokes often slip past you more quietly than you expect.
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From where I sit, it is something of a mixed bag, but it works more than it doesn't, and an impressive, semi-big-name cast helps keep it upright and lends the project an air of prestige--especially in the context of its modest little network.
By Robert Lloyd FULL REVIEW
50
It's like watching a drag show--you know, when you're supposed to laugh because we're conditioned to laugh on cue. But in reality, it's forced, er, gaiety.
By Linda Stasi FULL REVIEW
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Sordid Lives: The Series has a decidedly amateurish tone, with shoddy production values and acting that shows some seams. But the tone works in the show's favor.
By Matthew Gilbert FULL REVIEW

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Production Company:
  • Once Upon a Time Films
  • Del Shores Productions
  • Scout Productions
Initial Release Date: Jul 23, 2008
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-MA
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