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  • 1993
  • NBC
  • 1993
  • NBC
Against the Grain

Summary Ed Clemons is now an insurance salesman in Sumpter, Texas. He was once the town quarterback for this football obsessed community. The Sumpter Mustangs are in a slump and need something to bring life back to the team. Ed Clemons is hired as coach, with one year to turn the team around.Thankfully Ed's wife, Maggie, steps in to take over th...

  • 1993
  • NBC
  • 1993
  • NBC

Against the Grain

Season 1 Premiere: Oct 1, 1993
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
60
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Summary Ed Clemons is now an insurance salesman in Sumpter, Texas. He was once the town quarterback for this football obsessed community. The Sumpter Mustangs are in a slump and need something to bring life back to the team. Ed Clemons is hired as coach, with one year to turn the team around.Thankfully Ed's wife, Maggie, steps in to take over th...

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
60
64% Positive
7 Reviews
27% Mixed
3 Reviews
9% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
60
64% Positive
7 Reviews
27% Mixed
3 Reviews
9% Negative
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80
Jul 3, 2014
Shows great series potential.
By Tony Scott FULL REVIEW
75
Jul 3, 2014
Refreshing, low-key and true to its small-town Texas setting, the series goes against the grain of most so-called current "family entertainment." This isn't another inane sitcom with dopey adults and unbearably cute kiddies. Everyone here seems natural, real. [1 Oct 1993]
By Hal Boedeker FULL REVIEW
70
Jul 3, 2014
"Against the Grain" is kitsch masquerading as rugged regional realism and is, surprisingly, involving on both counts. [29 Sep 1993]
By Miles Beller FULL REVIEW
70
Jul 3, 2014
The writing is erudite and classy, the acting first-rate and the setting relatively novel. [1 Oct 1993]
By Rick Kogan FULL REVIEW
60
Jul 3, 2014
The title of this feel-good drama is an unintended irony. Against the Grain is anything but. It goes with the grain, gently stroking the viewer with predictable storytelling and heartland homilies.
By Greg Dawson FULL REVIEW
50
Jul 3, 2014
A wholesome family saga loaded with positive role models, the NBC series turns what could have been a 1993 version of "The Last Picture Show" into an idealized fantasy about an inspirational "local legend" who revitalizes a losing team that was "the pride of Texas" 20 years ago. [1 Oct 1993]
By Lon Grahnke FULL REVIEW
10
Jul 3, 2014
The temptation is to call "Against the Grain" a well-meaning failure, but I fail to see what's even well-meaning about it. It's a horrid show about dreadful people in a wretched place. So there. [1 Oct 1993]
By Tom Shales FULL REVIEW

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Production Company:
  • Magnum Productions
Initial Release Date: Oct 1, 1993
Number of seasons: 1 Season
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Young Artist Awards
• 1 Nomination

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