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The Goode Family: Season 1
Metascore
61 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 17
  3. Negative: 1 out of 17
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  1. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    83
    The Goode Family is a highly imaginative and often amusing variation on that one note.
  2. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    80
    Welcome to The Goode Family, a scathingly funny report from the front lines of America's culture wars.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    80
    Ultimately, there's no substitute for amusing scenarios like the one with the dog, and clever writing, which The Goode Family boasts in abundance.
  4. Salon
    Reviewed by: Heather Havrilesky
    80
    Just as "King of the Hill" started out as a show about middle-class Texans and slowly evolved into a twisted take on mainstream suburbia and family life at large, The Goode Family should eventually transcend the boundaries of its original premise.
  5. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Paige Wiser
    75
    If you passionately loved "King of the Hill," you will cautiously like The Goode Family. Tiptoe into it if necessary.
  6. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Julie Leung
    75
    If the show treads a little more softly, there could be greatness; radical conformity is always lampoon-worthy, no matter the setting.
  7. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    70
    The Goode Family, which is nicely acted and well animated, works best when the cultural potshots give way to the more basic human needs of its characters.
  8. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    60
    ABC chimes in with its new animated sitcom The Goode Family--then pulls just enough punches so tonight's premiere episode feels like satire lite.
  9. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    60
    Goode really does feel too much like the flip side of "King of the Hill." The humor comes from the opposite point of view but it's still a too-similar-to-stand-on-its-own comedy.
  10. Entertainment Weekly
    58
    The Goode Family is both smart and not very funny.
  11. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Linda Stasi
    50
    The result, ironically enough, is a show that makes fun of all things PC and ends up being too PC to blister.
  12. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    50
    Unfortunately, The Goode Family isn't distinct enough or, ultimately, funny enough in the few episodes ABC screened to really worry about a future.
  13. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Ginia Bellafante
    50
    The show feels aggressively off-kilter with the current mood, as if it had been incubated in the early to mid-'90s, when it was possible to find global-warming skeptics among even the reasonable and informed.
  14. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Daniel Carlson
    50
    The best bits of the series are those that let the characters deliver the punch lines, not become one, and there aren't quite enough to go around.
  15. Newark Star-Ledger
    Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    50
    While the jokes may be funnier than "King" has been in a long time, the new show also feels more uneven and strained.
  16. Time
    Reviewed by: James Poniewozik
    40
    The ideas in The Goode Family are promising, and the era of green consciousness and Hope and Change would seem to provide a target-rich environment. The problem is that the family seems missing from this family comedy: the satire is so pointed and obvious that it gets in the way of developing the Goodes as people--when it doesn't sabotage the characters altogether.
  17. Philadelphia Daily News
    Reviewed by: Ellen Gray
    30
    Unnecessary, and close to unwatchable, is ABC's The Goode Family, a long-delayed animated entry from "King of the Hill" producer Mike Judge.
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6.5 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 17 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. RobertB
    9
    Very funny. reminds me of my own family.
  2. RobertS
    10
    Even funnier than King of the Hill at some points... hillarious show.
  3. DanH
    9
    Great entertainment. Relevant and familiar, yet fresh. We all know people like the Goode Family, but it's taken a long time to reach TV. You like to laugh at them and their quirks, but you're still rooting for them in the end.… Full Review »
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