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  • 2020
  • TV-14
  • NBC
  • 2020
  • TV-14
  • NBC

Summary After being diagnosed with a terminal illness, Scott Perry (Tom Everett Scott) and his wife Robin (Sarah Wayne Callies) asked his best friend Anthony Lavelle (Clive Standen); his AA sponsor, Larry Mills (Michael O’Neill); and Dr. Oliver Post (J. August Richards), his surgeon and wife's best friend, to be the father figures for their kids...

Created By: Tony Phelan, Joan Rater

  • 2020
  • TV-14
  • NBC
  • 2020
  • TV-14
  • NBC

Council Of Dads

Season 1 Premiere: Mar 24, 2020
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
58
User Score Generally Unfavorable Based on 11 User Ratings
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Summary After being diagnosed with a terminal illness, Scott Perry (Tom Everett Scott) and his wife Robin (Sarah Wayne Callies) asked his best friend Anthony Lavelle (Clive Standen); his AA sponsor, Larry Mills (Michael O’Neill); and Dr. Oliver Post (J. August Richards), his surgeon and wife's best friend, to be the father figures for their kids...

Created By: Tony Phelan, Joan Rater

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85
Apr 30, 2020
The stories are relatable and the dialogue, if predictably TV-ish at times, gets at big issues about loss and what really matters in life — topics I think we can all relate to a little more closely these days. ... The casting, the dialogue, the pacing, the relentless Windham Hill-quality soundtrack — Council of Dads feels like a fly trap designed to capture as many This Is Us viewers as possible.
By Aaron Barnhart FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 29, 2020
At its core, the family story here works, and mysteries seeded through time are intriguing enough to make staying tuned seem like an appealing proposition. Where “Council of Dads” falters is when it ventures too far onto the outer branches of its premise: The council itself, as an entity, strains plausibility in a way that feels less fantasy-pleasant than, at times, silly. If the show achieves a tighter level of focus deeper into its first season, it may go from “promising” to something more.
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Mar 24, 2020
At once wholly predictable and oddly given over to needless twists (three big ones unfold in the pilot’s final act, with varying degrees of success), “Council of Dads” might not be breaking much new ground, but its built on a concept rife with possibilities. Its talented cast is another ace up its sleeve, but even with hour-long episodes to fill, attention will have to be paid to each key character and their (essential only, please) storylines to ensure the show meets its most basic of goals: love and care for what really matters.
By Kate Erbland FULL REVIEW
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Mar 24, 2020
NBC has been trying to replicate "This is Us" for a couple of seasons, and has found bottling that formula difficult to master. It comes a little closer than most with Council of Dads, an emotional concept that exhausts so much ground in the premiere it's difficult to foresee where it goes thereafter.
By Brian Lowry FULL REVIEW
40
May 1, 2020
Council of Dads isn’t as ridiculous as some of the other This Is Us rip-offs we’ve seen in the past few years, but its also not all that good of a show, either.
By Joel Keller FULL REVIEW
30
Mar 23, 2020
[Council of Dads], which is factory-made to trigger an emotional response, actually fails to connect with viewers on an emotional level because it summarizes what could have been an entire season of story in 42 minutes and then asks us to care about people we barely know.
By Kaitlin Thomas FULL REVIEW
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Mar 8, 2020
New NBC drama is an obvious rip-off of This Is Us, but without any real heart.
By Glenn Garvin FULL REVIEW
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yogi248
Jun 5, 2020
Very nice. I like it from the very beggining. Can”t wait to see another episode.
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Mar 24, 2020
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Production Company:
  • Jerry Bruckheimer Television
  • Midwest Livestock
  • Universal Television
Initial Release Date: Mar 24, 2020
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-14
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