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- 2015
- TV-PG
- FOX
- 2015
- TV-PG
- FOX
Summary After eight years of playing a lawyer on television, Dean Sanderson (Rob Lowe) moves to join the family law firm in Idaho where his brother (Fred Savage) is an actual lawyer.
Created By: Andrew Mogel, Jarrad Paul
- 2015
- TV-PG
- FOX
- 2015
- TV-PG
- FOX
The Grinder
Season 1 Premiere: Sep 29, 2015
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7.3
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Summary After eight years of playing a lawyer on television, Dean Sanderson (Rob Lowe) moves to join the family law firm in Idaho where his brother (Fred Savage) is an actual lawyer.
Created By: Andrew Mogel, Jarrad Paul
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
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74% Positive
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26% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
71
74% Positive
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
26% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
The half hour moves along briskly, sprinkled with a slew of funny lines and throwaway reactions and a few knowing winks at TV conventions--though not so many winks that they pull you out of the story. And through it all you have the pleasures provided by Lowe, Savage, Ellis and Devane, who mesh seamlessly.
The writing is breezy and the cast seems to be having fun.
The Grinder has fun with the concept, kicking it around with wry contempt, then picking it up off the ground and dusting it off and studying it for a moment, then deciding it might be a fun challenge to see if they can make people care about a character, and a concept, that's not only played out but stomped flat.
The Grinder, which features William Devane as Dean and Stewart's father, has great energy. The nicely executed courtroom scenes are balanced with mordant scenes at home with the family.
The show they're in is amiable enough, but the premise is awfully thin and the pilot doesn't hint at much of anything beyond that.
It’s a clever enough idea--or at least a serviceable one--primarily to give the leads an excuse to play off each other. Lowe also has the mix of casual egomania and well-trained earnestness down to a science.
There's just no jokes here, no characters worth spending time with and nothing beyond one iota of a clever hook that becomes as disappointingly protracted - before the pilot is even done - as the worst cutaway gags in "Family Guy."
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 97 User Ratings
7.3
69% Positive
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16% Mixed
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14% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 97 User Ratings
7.3
69% Positive
67 Ratings
67 Ratings
16% Mixed
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
14% Negative
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
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Production Company:
- Paul Mogel Productions
- Stoller Global Solutions
- The Detective Agency
- 20th Century Fox Television
Initial Release Date: Sep 29, 2015
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-PG
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Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Critics Choice Television Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Young Entertainer Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
