The Kids Are Alright (2018)

Directed by

Randall Einhorn

Genre

sitcom, comedy television series

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 23 episodes

Rated

TV-PG

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 24 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A large Irish Catholic family raises eight sons in suburban Los Angeles in the early 1970s. The parents and their boys deal with everyday life and the changing times around them.

nostalgiclightheartedfamily-orientedwarmcomedicsentimentalupbeatperiod-piece feeling

What happens

The Kids Are Alright is an American television sitcom created by Tim Doyle for ABC, inspired by Doyle's own childhood. The series is a single-camera comedy about an Irish Catholic family raising eight sons in suburban Los Angeles from 1972 to 1973, navigating the trials and tribulations of the era. The series stars Michael Cudlitz and Mary McCormack as parents Mike and Peggy Cleary, with Jack Gore, Sam Straley, Caleb Foote, Sawyer Barth, Christopher Paul Richards, Andy Walken, and Santino Barnard starring as their first seven sons. The series received a put pilot commitment at ABC in September 2017, with a pilot ordered in January 2018. The Kids Are Alright was ordered to series by ABC in May 2018, and it was picked up for a full season of 22 episodes in November 2018. ABC ordered an additional episode in December 2018, bringing the order to 23 episodes. Filming for the series took place primarily in the Van Nuys area of Los Angeles. The series premiered on October 16, 2018, and received generally positive reviews, a 2019 Best Comedy Episode nomination from the Writers Guild of America for its pilot script, and a 97% on Rotten Tomatoes. Despite these accolades, on May 10, 2019, ABC canceled the series after one season. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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