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1989
TV-14
ABC

1989
TV-14
ABC

Summary America's Funniest Home Videos is ABC's longest-running comedy series. The show began with original host Bob Saget (Full House)The series was an instant sensation on Sunday nights and ran for seven successful seasons. The show was re-launched with new hosts John Fugelsang (a stand up comedian with a one man show called Junk Male) & Dais...

1989
TV-14
ABC

1989
TV-14
ABC

America's Funniest Home Videos

35 Seasons

Season 1 Premiere: Nov 26, 1989

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews

38

User Score Mixed or Average Based on 35 User Ratings

5.4

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Summary America's Funniest Home Videos is ABC's longest-running comedy series. The show began with original host Bob Saget (Full House)The series was an instant sensation on Sunday nights and ran for seven successful seasons. The show was re-launched with new hosts John Fugelsang (a stand up comedian with a one man show called Junk Male) & Dais...

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Metascore

Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews

0% Positive
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83% Mixed
5 Reviews

17% Negative
1 Review

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Metascore

Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews

0% Positive
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83% Mixed
5 Reviews

17% Negative
1 Review

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Philadelphia Daily News

Jun 19, 2013

It's good, clean and funny. But in their zest to cram in as many pratfalls and bean balls as they can, the producers concentrate on the mishap and almost never on the aftermath. Everything is edited down to tiny bites.

Jun 19, 2013

I'm ashamed to admit it in front of my more serious colleagues, but I think the show can be very funny. Of course, like everything else on TV, some of it hits, a lot of it misses. But in the midst of the pain, cruelty, ridicule and abuse, not to mention boredom, somebody falls into a manhole and I find myself bursting out laughing. [29 Mar 1990]

By Marvin Kitman FULL REVIEW

Jun 26, 2013

How much hipness can be injected into any program that relies on endless footage of folks falling on their faces, losing their pants and getting knocked silly?

By Terry Kelleher FULL REVIEW

Jun 19, 2013

The only thing more uneven than the quality of the videos is host Bob Saget's comic commentary.

By David Hiltbrand FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Jun 19, 2013

The times may be ripe for featherbrained entertainment, for aggressive escapism. ... I suspect that ... 'America's Funniest Home Videos' may eventually tumble as fast as it soared. The predictable diet of cute kids and animals, weddings and sports, is already somewhat numbing. [1 Mar 1990]

Los Angeles Times

Jun 19, 2013

Downright megabominable, a half hour of mostly violent, amateur-produced slapstick whose biggest victims are inevitably its smallest participants. Children.

By Howard Rosenberg FULL REVIEW

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Mixed or Average Based on 35 User Ratings

23% Positive
8 Ratings

69% Mixed
24 Ratings

9% Negative
3 Ratings

User Reviews

User Score

Mixed or Average Based on 35 User Ratings

23% Positive
8 Ratings

69% Mixed
24 Ratings

9% Negative
3 Ratings

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Details

Production Company:

ABC Productions
Vin Di Bona Productions
Gotham Music Placement

Initial Release Date: Nov 26, 1989

Number of seasons: 35 Seasons

Rating: TV-14

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Awards

Kids' Choice Awards, USA

• 4 Nominations

BMI Film & TV Awards

• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations

Image Awards (NAACP)

• 3 Nominations

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