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- 2018
- TV-14
- Paramount Network
- 2018
- TV-14
- Paramount Network
Summary Set in the 1970s Los Angeles, Bonnie Nolan (Alica Silverstone) struggles to raise her two her two daughters as a single mother with the help of her two best friends, Kathleen (Mena Suvari) and Diana (Jennifer Bartels).
Created By: John Riggi
- 2018
- TV-14
- Paramount Network
- 2018
- TV-14
- Paramount Network
American Woman
Season 1 Premiere: Jun 7, 2018
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5.3
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Summary Set in the 1970s Los Angeles, Bonnie Nolan (Alica Silverstone) struggles to raise her two her two daughters as a single mother with the help of her two best friends, Kathleen (Mena Suvari) and Diana (Jennifer Bartels).
Created By: John Riggi
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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20% Positive
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50% Mixed
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30% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
48
20% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
50% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
30% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Pointing out that there’s nothing particularly original or groundbreaking here, notwithstanding its real-life roots, is not to deny the series' pleasures, from its performances to its production design--and what, after all, is less original than real life?
Suvari and Bartels are competent, but don’t have a lot to do in the early episodes. The scripts hit every beat you might expect. “American Woman” makes “Sex and the City” look timeless.
Imagine a Don Draper-less, bland, unsurprising sequel to “Mad Men” and “American Woman” comes pretty close. All the plot twists are telegraphed.
What's most instantly striking about American Woman, then, is how utterly lacking it is in a defined and distinctive voice.
Silverstone, charming and bubbly as ever, seems miscast as a trophy wife, a disconnect that ends up serving the show; her eventual freedom seems as though it were meant to be. But who is she? So consumed with positioning her in a fleeting historical moment, American Woman doesn’t bother finding out.
American Woman means well but just can't figure out what show it's trying to be, which makes it a good fit for the equally identity-free Paramount Network.
A sadly thin, tonally inconsistent series that’s unsuccessful as a comedy, off-putting as a drama, middling as a period piece and far too shallow to be anything resembling social commentary.
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Based on 21 User Ratings
5.3
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 21 User Ratings
5.3
52% Positive
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
10% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
38% Negative
8 Ratings
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Production Company:
- John Wells Productions
- TV Land
- Warner Horizon Television
Initial Release Date: Jun 7, 2018
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-14
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