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- 2016
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- 2016
- TV-MA
- Netflix
Summary After a short-lived career as a semi-pro football player Colt Bennett (Ashton Kutcher) returns to Colorado to help his brother Jimmy (Danny Masterson) and father (Sam Elliott) run the family ranch.
Created By: Jim Patterson, Don Reo
- 2016
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 2016
- TV-MA
- Netflix
The Ranch
Season 1 Premiere: Apr 1, 2016
56
7.5
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Summary After a short-lived career as a semi-pro football player Colt Bennett (Ashton Kutcher) returns to Colorado to help his brother Jimmy (Danny Masterson) and father (Sam Elliott) run the family ranch.
Created By: Jim Patterson, Don Reo
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
56
45% Positive
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9 Reviews
45% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
10% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
56
45% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
45% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
10% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Ashton Kutcher and Danny Masterson from That ‘70s Show are reunited as siblings in The Ranch, which turned up on April Fool’s Day with the 10 episodes that make up “Part One” of Season 1. It’s a decent vehicle for both of them.
Netflix’s new multicamera sitcom, The Ranch, will seem familiar enough for fans of the genre, but it’s enjoyable and inventive enough to make you think there is still life left in the well-worn TV staple.
The Ranch is a red-state sitcom, though it takes place in the swing state of Colorado, and is good enough to be watched by people of any political affiliation. The goodness sneaks up on you. It is a sitcom that is meatier than it is funny, unusually in touch with the painful, disappointing aspects of life.
Though much of The Ranch feels familiar, and an odd fit for Netflix, that doesn't mean it's terrible. For all the crude jokes (the premiere, for example, goes on and on about how Uggs are girly footwear, not suitable for a real man), Kutcher and Masterson have an easy, unforced brotherly rapport.
Beau resents his son for abandoning the family homestead. Rooster enjoys egging them on. The war of words can sometimes feel brutal. The work gives Kutcher a chance to truly act, to bring some pathos to the fore, but The Ranch is a slog.
It’s not clever, or witty, or trying to be either. It’s just another dirt-level mediocre sitcom about a dysfunctional family that can say “fuck” all it wants.
A borderline unbearable and patently unfunny attempt at the straight-laced sitcom, complete with a no-kidding laugh track, from two long-time producers of Two and a Half Men, easily the most unforgivable and inexcusable of the long-running sitcoms.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 169 User Ratings
7.5
76% Positive
129 Ratings
129 Ratings
7% Mixed
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17% Negative
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28 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 169 User Ratings
7.5
76% Positive
129 Ratings
129 Ratings
7% Mixed
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
17% Negative
28 Ratings
28 Ratings
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Production Company:
- Ranch Hand Productions
Initial Release Date: Apr 1, 2016
Number of seasons: 4 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 3 Wins & 5 Nominations
Art Directors Guild
• 3 Nominations
