- Network: CBS
- Series Premiere Date: Oct 2, 2017
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The series isn’t breaking any comedic boundaries, but it does entertain.
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The show has promise, but as great as Gould and Lavin are, there’s too much of them in the pilot. The show is out of balance and needs to broaden its playing field to become more of an ensemble.
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[Mark Feuerstein] brings exuberance and a certain likability to the role as a good son who’s still trying to please his parents. But geez, what a grind 9JKL is. You’ll find more originality in the recipe for cream of boiled water soup.
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It’d be easier to buy into the premise if the jokes were fresher, zippier and less worn-out. But like some flailing adults who move home, 9JKL appears to lack ambition.
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Everyone is far too involved in each other’s business, because that’s how sitcoms work, but the show’s screechy self-loathing makes that seem damning and toxic rather than just antic and fun.
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On the show, family hijinx ensue; out in the audience, it's more like self-lobotomies with machetes.
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It’s as exhausting as 22 minutes gets.
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The show’s one-joke premise--parents can be such buttinskis!--wears thin fast despite the likability of Ms. Lavin and Mr. Gould. A few jokes manage to land, but mostly it’s predictable dialogue about what a smothering mother Ms. Lavin’s character is. There’s also way too much information about the state of Mr. Gould’s testicles.
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If you last the entire pilot, and your head doesn’t hurt, you’re a sturdier viewer than I.
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This is the sort of show that could just as easily have premiered in 1997, or 1987, or 1977. ... [The] waste of talent that is most irritating about 9JKL.
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The show gets off to a dreadful non-start. Old pros like Lavin and Gould are given no choice but to play their parts way, way over the top, because their characters have been brushed far too broadly, with jokes that are beyond stale.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 10 out of 37
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Mixed: 2 out of 37
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Negative: 25 out of 37
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Nov 19, 2017
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Oct 3, 2017
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May 12, 2018