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- NBC
- Mar 28, 2019
- NBC
- Mar 28, 2019
Summary Abby (Natalie Morales) runs an unlicensed, makeshift bar in the backyard of her San Diego home where some of her regulars include Fred (Neil Flynn), Beth (Jessica Chaffin), and James (Leonard Ouzts) in this comedy from Josh Malmuth.
Created By: Josh Malmuth
- NBC
- Mar 28, 2019
- NBC
- Mar 28, 2019
Summary Abby (Natalie Morales) runs an unlicensed, makeshift bar in the backyard of her San Diego home where some of her regulars include Fred (Neil Flynn), Beth (Jessica Chaffin), and James (Leonard Ouzts) in this comedy from Josh Malmuth.
Created By: Josh Malmuth
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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53% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
40% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
7% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
60
53% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
40% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
7% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
The strong cast deserves better material, but Abby's was created by Superstore co-EP Josh Malmuth. [29 Mar 2019, p.47]
It’s not a wildly funny show--I laughed out loud only a handful of times--but the jokes feel less important than the chance to spend time each week in the company of some appealing goofballs. Fortunately, it’s a likable enough group--Morales and Flynn in particular--to compensate for the mild humor.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 13 User Ratings
4.2
38% Positive
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
15% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
46% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 13 User Ratings
4.2
38% Positive
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
15% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
46% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
Snarky little sitcom that should be better than it is. Characters are weak and the writing is weaker! Can’t judge the acting because they have so little to work with. Producers should be firing most of the writing staff for lack of creativity.
Take all the sad, one-dimensional sitcom characters you don’t care about and let them get blasted in someone’s backyard. That’s it!
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SEASON 1
This show ****, completely turned off by their somewhat or not so somewhat subtle political jabs at the right and all the liberal B.S. going on in this country. Why can't a Sitcom JUST BE Funny or Entertaining without bringing in someones b.s. agenda. Show won't last.
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SEASON 1
The three episodes made available for review have plenty of confidence, and an identity all their own. The problem is, there’s not much humor beyond that wrung from dehydrated, microwaved writing by the solid supporting cast. The vibe works; the jokes are rocky.
Congenial sitcom set in the great outdoors where everything--even or especially a sitcom--seems just a little bit better.
Early wobbliness aside, Abby’s is not a show to dismiss. There is so much potential in its creators and cast (Neil Flynn is so good as Fred), and even though its experiment doesn’t seem to have come together quite yet, there is a well-established history of comedies like this that have taken some time to find themselves.
Abby's is the latest NBC comedy to premiere with a decent premise, a terrific cast and, at least through the opening episodes sent to critics, almost no actual laughs.
I didn’t laugh even once; instead, I cringed over and over at the bland repartee and the way each character has one primary quality, which he or she telegraphs to us at every chance.
I went back to watch the premier episode of Cheers after watching the first episode of Abby's, hoping to come to some understanding of why I liked a bar show from thirty years ago, but not this new one. Cheers had heart. It was a show about a bunch of lovable losers, and they were lovable. The characters on Abby's are losers, but I did not find anything lovable about them.
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SEASON 1
I wanted to like it but I couldn't. Not a very well family oriented television show - maybe the producer(s) needs to talk to someone about their past. #1 the added Laugh Tracks were outrageously annoying. Go back and watch it again if you don't believe me. You have an alcoholic father / husband played by Neil Flynn who states that he is there at least 5 hours per night 7 days a week - Nice family man. You have an alcoholic mother who would rather drink then spend time taking care of her family. Draw your own conclusions - degeneration of society
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