The Goode Family

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Season 1
Metascore
61

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 17
  3. Negative: 1 out of 17
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Critic Reviews

  1. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    60
    Goode really does feel too much like the flip side of "King of the Hill." The humor comes from the opposite point of view but it's still a too-similar-to-stand-on-its-own comedy.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    60
    ABC chimes in with its new animated sitcom The Goode Family--then pulls just enough punches so tonight's premiere episode feels like satire lite.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    58
    The Goode Family is both smart and not very funny.
  5. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Daniel Carlson
    50
    The best bits of the series are those that let the characters deliver the punch lines, not become one, and there aren't quite enough to go around.
  6. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Linda Stasi
    50
    The result, ironically enough, is a show that makes fun of all things PC and ends up being too PC to blister.
  7. Newark Star-Ledger
    Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    50
    While the jokes may be funnier than "King" has been in a long time, the new show also feels more uneven and strained.
  8. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    50
    Unfortunately, The Goode Family isn't distinct enough or, ultimately, funny enough in the few episodes ABC screened to really worry about a future.
  9. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Ginia Bellafante
    50
    The show feels aggressively off-kilter with the current mood, as if it had been incubated in the early to mid-’90s, when it was possible to find global-warming skeptics among even the reasonable and informed.
  10. Time
    Reviewed by: James Poniewozik
    40
    The ideas in The Goode Family are promising, and the era of green consciousness and Hope and Change would seem to provide a target-rich environment. The problem is that the family seems missing from this family comedy: the satire is so pointed and obvious that it gets in the way of developing the Goodes as people--when it doesn't sabotage the characters altogether.

Awards & Rankings

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#66 Best TV Season of 2009
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#86 Most Discussed TV Season of 2009

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User Score
6.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 19 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 19
  3. Negative: 5 out of 19
  1. RobertB
    Jun 6, 2009
    9
    Very funny. reminds me of my own family.
  2. RobertS
    Jun 4, 2009
    10
    Even funnier than King of the Hill at some points... hillarious show.
  3. DanH
    May 30, 2009
    9
    Great entertainment. Relevant and familiar, yet fresh. We all know people like the Goode Family, but it's taken a long time to reach TV. Great entertainment. Relevant and familiar, yet fresh. We all know people like the Goode Family, but it's taken a long time to reach TV. You like to laugh at them and their quirks, but you're still rooting for them in the end.… Full Review »
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