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  • 2018
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  • FOX
  • 2018
  • TV-14
  • FOX

Summary Lil Rel (Lil Rel Howery) discovers his wife is having an affair with his barber and after the divorce his kids move to Cleveland with his now ex-wife. With the help of his best friend (Jess “Hilarious” Moore), his younger brother (Jordan L. Jones) and his father (Sinbad), he is ready to start dating and restarting his life in this comedy...

Created By: Kevin Barnett, Lil Rel Howery, Josh Rabinowitz

  • 2018
  • TV-14
  • FOX
  • 2018
  • TV-14
  • FOX

REL

Season 1 Premiere: Sep 9, 2018
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
46
User Score Generally Unfavorable Based on 8 User Ratings
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Summary Lil Rel (Lil Rel Howery) discovers his wife is having an affair with his barber and after the divorce his kids move to Cleveland with his now ex-wife. With the help of his best friend (Jess “Hilarious” Moore), his younger brother (Jordan L. Jones) and his father (Sinbad), he is ready to start dating and restarting his life in this comedy...

Created By: Kevin Barnett, Lil Rel Howery, Josh Rabinowitz

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
46
17% Positive
1 Review
50% Mixed
3 Reviews
33% Negative
2 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
46
17% Positive
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50% Mixed
3 Reviews
33% Negative
2 Reviews

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67
Sep 10, 2018
Even though Howery is saddled with having to be the standard sitcom protagonist around which the rest of the show revolves, it still offers him a chance to indulge in the crowd-pleasing charms that made him a “Get Out” breakout.
By Steve Greene FULL REVIEW
55
Sep 22, 2018
It's a big, sometimes over-the-top sitcom like Good Times, The Jeffersons or the other black comedies that dominated the Nielsen ratings for much of the 1970s. But its ambitions to be something more are sadly unfulfilled.
By Glenn Garvin FULL REVIEW
55
Sep 6, 2018
There are occasional glimpses of “Seinfeld”-style humor. ... But the pilot is neither as funny as that NBC classic nor as topical as “The Carmichael Show.”
By Rob Owen FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 10, 2018
The generalities are in place for a workable comedy. It's the specifics that are often hacky and generally unfunny, yet they're frequently rewarded by what feels like a surplus of audience approval, which always ends up being one of the elements that make multicam haters cringe.
By Daniel Fienberg FULL REVIEW
38
Sep 6, 2018
Likable lead and cast, but Rel otherwise feels like a tepid, tame commercial network sitcom.
By Verne Gay FULL REVIEW
25
Sep 6, 2018
The whole thing comes off as uncomfortably clownish and insulting to viewers of any color, let alone African-Americans who have every right to cringe at such off-putting, clownish portrayals in times when FX’s immeasurably superior Atlanta has charted such bold new territory.
By Ed Bark FULL REVIEW

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 8 User Ratings
2.9
13% Positive
1 Rating
25% Mixed
2 Ratings
63% Negative
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 8 User Ratings
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13% Positive
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25% Mixed
2 Ratings
63% Negative
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Production Company:
  • 20th Century Fox Television
  • Morningside Entertainment
  • Scully Productions
Initial Release Date: Sep 9, 2018
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-14
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Awards

Black Reel Awards for Television
• 1 Nomination
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 1 Nomination

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