Better With You: Season 1

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Season Details & Credits

ABC | Season Premiere Date: September 22, 2010

Starring: Debra Jo Rupp, Joanna Garcia, Jennifer Finnigan

Summary: The comedy explores love through three couples: Maddie and Ben, who have been dating for nine years; Mia (Maddie's sister) and Casey, who have known each other for only seven weeks and are about to marry; and Maddie and Mia's parents, who have been married for more than 30 years.

Creator: Shana Goldberg-Meehan

Genre(s): Comedy

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E22. Better with the Baby
Air Date: May 11, 2011
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S1:E21. Better with a Bargain
Air Date: May 4, 2011
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S1:E20. Better with Crying
Air Date: April 27, 2011

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Rob Owen

Better With You is a genuinely funny, well-acted traditional sitcom reminiscent of "Dharma & Greg" and other past successful romantic comedies. Read full review

Diane Werts

These actors are serious sitcom pros, and their show is actually about something genuine--sibling bonding/rivalry, parental button-pushing, relationship-building. It's nice to see some emotional meat in a live-audience staging again, feeding off the energy and reactions of real people. Read full review

Sarah Rodman

The potential to run into a rut, especially with the long-married Vicky and Joel, looms large. But when it does work, the relatable relationship tics of Better With You should wring a few chuckles from anyone who's ever been in love for any length of time. Read full review

Mike Hale

The executive producers, Shana Goldberg-Meehan and Greg Malins, both worked on "Friends," and the jokes in Better With You have the polish and the off-center, sneakily funny quality that marked that show. But the single-family multigeneration setup seems to have facilitated an undertone of nastiness and desperation in the humor, most clearly expressed in the condescending portrayal of the youngest couple. Read full review

David Hinckley

This likable and predictable new sitcom about three couples in the same family probably wouldn't get a lot of attention all by itself. But slung in the hammock between "The Middle" and "Modern Family," two established sitcoms about endearingly off-center families, it should snuggle right in. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine

It's not a bad sitcom, just a bit ordinary given the company it's keeping. Read full review

Tim Goodman

It's as rote and unfunny and ridiculous as hundreds of other ambitionless sitcoms to hit the air. Read full review

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Marcelosc

Sep 8, 2011

New kind of humor based in couples. "Better With You" surprises everyone with a well-done plot. The show, if we rewind, started in a better way than "Friends", as we can see it's from the same author. It was suppose to be equally good as friends but unfortunately ABC didn't gave a chance.