A Million Little Things

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Season 1
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 26, 2018
Season #: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
6.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 29 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 29
  3. Negative: 6 out of 29
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  1. susan605
    Dec 16, 2018
    10
    This show has it all. It's funny, happy, sad and I cannot wait until each week to see it progress. Everyone is so likable and the chemistry among them all is great. I do love This is Us but I think this show is better. I love how each character has their own story and then the stories come together with the group. Just a really, really great show.
  2. LamontRaymond
    Sep 26, 2018
    8
    The collection of actors make this very watchable stuff. Sure, some of it's corny, and the mystery element might eventually wear thin, but I'm hooked for now.
  3. Bgrod
    Sep 26, 2018
    10
    Powerful and poignant and a million times better than This Is Us which is pure schmalz that is unintentionally funny in its over the top melodrama. I didn't expect to like this but truly do consider it to be extraordinary television. The NY Times televsion critic hated this show and claimed it romanticized and essentially trivialized suicide. I couldn't disagree more. While the storyPowerful and poignant and a million times better than This Is Us which is pure schmalz that is unintentionally funny in its over the top melodrama. I didn't expect to like this but truly do consider it to be extraordinary television. The NY Times televsion critic hated this show and claimed it romanticized and essentially trivialized suicide. I couldn't disagree more. While the story shares some similarity to the movie, The Big Chill, A Million Little Things is far, far better… Expand
  4. jamesonkross
    Sep 26, 2018
    3
    Laugh Out Loud mellow drama. My wife watched this and she laughed harder than I did after a while. The show is trying SOOOOO hard it's actually funny. It felt like both a premiere and a hamfisted finale at the same time. "Everything happens for a reason" would be a great drinking game.
  5. section20mi6
    Oct 6, 2018
    4
    Overall sporadic tone shifts contribute nothing significantly important about suicide or friendship that this series is supposed to tackle. Therefore, the series ends up to be another failed replica of This is Us. Just like HBO's Here and Now failed back in February.
  6. PaulyD
    Oct 8, 2018
    3
    With such a great cast how can this show be so boring. I couldn't even keep interested in the show it was so all over the place. The twists aren't even that good. I literally kept looking to see how long was left in the episode. While it is a touching story it just couldn't keep my attention and while some drama fans may love it its just not for me.
  7. Jpanzetta
    Mar 21, 2019
    0
    So I decided to stick with this to the end and wow, was I disappointed. Boring, unoriginal. A regurgitation of this Is Us... not to mention ALL very girly men! What happened to REAL MEN, not these wimpy little creatures with NO back bone. Very disappointed especially because I decided to watch to the end. What a draggggggg
  8. Aryaman
    Jul 3, 2019
    10
    Wow! This show has a Televison Academy Honors Award! That's no small feat for a network show! I am truly surprised.
  9. Bigbro
    Oct 21, 2018
    10
    This is a show that we need now days it's fantastic one of the best shows of the fall I truly have fallen in love with the friends of the show each of them are special in their own little way I totally recommend it to anyone else looking for the feels without the family Dynamics of this is us
  10. Lorw
    Jan 28, 2019
    1
    This is a terrible show and needs to be cancelled. First for all, the writing is bad, the male actors are whinny little cry babies. I have tried really hard to like this show but I give up! It is painful to try to get through an episode, too many couples and groups to follow, just a bad show all around.
  11. marena2933
    Feb 10, 2019
    9
    I really love this show and can hardly wait for a new episode each week! It's great! However, I gave it a 9 instead of a 10 because ABC should not have reused the song "Downtown" that made such a poignant impact in the previous ABC series LOST. It was misused here and ruined its chance of receiving a rating of 10 from this viewer. Otherwise, this show is a must-see.

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#81 Most Discussed TV Season of 2018

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Metascore
51

Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 18
  3. Negative: 3 out of 18
  1. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Oct 11, 2018
    70
    Give the show credit for not dragging its heels. ... Watching Jon's circle of survivors--men and women, friends and spouses--as they pick up the pieces should make for some memorable TV. [15-28 Oct 2018, p.9]
  2. Salon
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    Oct 10, 2018
    40
    Projecting male sensitivity through drama scripts seems to be a difficult task for any writer who isn’t Shonda Rhimes, but this series is an example of how not to do it, in that it links men having feelings to crisis and misery. Relationship ennui and marital bed death are low-key obstacles here, but even worse is the way the premiere capitalizes on the disconnect between the four main characters and the wives and girlfriends in their lives.
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  3. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Jen Chaney
    Oct 1, 2018
    50
    It’s so transparent about its intentions and also because it wants so badly for its audience to love these characters. Even though the cast is decent, the characters don’t immediately pop because the writing lacks nuance.
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