Family Tools: Season 1

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ABC | Season Premiere Date: May 1, 2013

Summary: Jack (Kyle Bornheimer) returns home to take over the family business, Mr. Jiffy Fix, after his father (J. K. Simmons) has a heart attack.

Creator: Bobby Bowman and Mark Gordon

Genre(s): Comedy

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E10. Terry By Design
Air Date: July 10, 2013
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S1:E9. Pest Side Story
Air Date: July 3, 2013
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S1:E8. Jack Steps Up
Air Date: June 26, 2013

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Nuzhat Naoreen

Apr 26, 2013

Sure, you'll get some easy laughs, but no originality. Read full review

Tom Gliatto

Apr 26, 2013

The show itself is standard construction, a framework of planks that will need more work. [6 May 2013, p.48]

Robert Lloyd

May 1, 2013

The pilot half aims for the exaggerated, other-worldly tone of "Arrested Development" and misses.... The second episode, by contrast, has a healthy dose of the ordinary mixed in and is actually about something: the invisibility of the working class. Read full review

David Hinckley

Apr 30, 2013

Instead of trusting this foundation and these actors, though, Family Tools seems to feel it must make every situation and interaction so outrageous it turns the characters into cartoons. Read full review

Curt Wagner

Apr 30, 2013

[A] stinker of a family sitcom. Read full review

Uncle Barky Ed Bark

Apr 30, 2013

It’s a grindingly bad half-hour with some even worse finishing touches. Read full review

Hank Stuever

Apr 29, 2013

A stinkbomb sent to critics last summer that is now getting the burnoff it deserves at season’s end. Read full review

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bigweezey

Jul 12, 2013

I actually felt bad for Leah Remini cuz this show was awful and it wasn't a role she needed to play. I watched the first episode and knew this show had no chance and here is why: Halfway through the episode I had to look at my TV guide and check to see if this was a comedy. That is how badI actually felt bad for Leah Remini cuz this show was awful and it wasn't a role she needed to play. I watched the first episode and knew this show had no chance and here is why: Halfway through the episode I had to look at my TV guide and check to see if this was a comedy. That is how bad this show was. It just made no sense to me.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: May 1, 2013
Season 1

42
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: May 1, 2013
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  S1:E10. Terry By Design
  Air Date: July 10, 2013
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  S1:E9. Pest Side Story
  Air Date: July 3, 2013
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  S1:E8. Jack Steps Up
  Air Date: June 26, 2013
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  S1:E7. The Big Event
  Air Date: June 19, 2013
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  S1:E6. Role Model
  Air Date: June 12, 2013
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  S1:E5. Waiting for Mrs. Bichette
  Air Date: June 5, 2013
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  S1:E4. Book Club Romance
  Air Date: May 29, 2013
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  S1:E3. Beachwood Approved
  Air Date: May 15, 2013
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  S1:E2. Now You See Me, Now You Don't
  Air Date: May 8, 2013
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  S1:E1. Pilot
  Air Date: May 1, 2013