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- 2016
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- FOX
- 2016
- TV-14
- FOX
Summary The animated comedy from Mark Hentemann and Seth MacFarlane focuses on two families living near the US/Mexico border.
Created By: Mark Hentemann
- 2016
- TV-14
- FOX
- 2016
- TV-14
- FOX
Bordertown (2016)
Season 1 Premiere: Jan 3, 2016
46
4.4
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Summary The animated comedy from Mark Hentemann and Seth MacFarlane focuses on two families living near the US/Mexico border.
Created By: Mark Hentemann
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
46
20% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
47% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
33% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
46
20% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
47% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
33% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
[A] terrific, boundary-busting comedy.
Bordertown, despite sometimes stooping to pick low-hanging fruit, is actually surprisingly smart and funny, an equal-opportunity offender that energetically rips into every side of the immigration debate while demonstrating enough of an absurdist streak to balance out its snark.
With “Family Guy’s” Seth MacFarlane serving as an executive producer, you know what you are in for--rude and crude jokes.... What’s unexpected is how much Bordertown resembles “All in the Family.”
MacFarlane and Hentemann already have pumped all of these wells all but dry, which leaves Bordertown with its ramped-up topicality and little else.
Bordertown isn't the racist, xenophobic mess you might fear ... but it suffers from exactly the sort of blurry perspective you'd expect from a show that was originally ordered over two years ago — the kind of tonal and storytelling unevenness you'd expect from a still-settling new comedy and a lack of appealing characters that makes it hard to want to return to see how the show evolves.
As subtle and amusing as a brick border wall.
The jokes that do take on topical issues rely on cheap stereotypes (about both Mexicans and working-class whites) rather than anything insightful. The character design makes everyone look ugly and vapid, which at least matches the dialogue that comes out of their mouths.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 43 User Ratings
4.4
33% Positive
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
23% Mixed
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
44% Negative
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 43 User Ratings
4.4
33% Positive
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
23% Mixed
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
44% Negative
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
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Production Company:
- Hentemann Films
- Fuzzy Door Productions
- 20th Century Fox Television
- Fox Television Animation
Initial Release Date: Jan 3, 2016
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-14
