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Bless the Harts

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Bless the Harts

Series Details & Credits

FOX | Release Date: September 29, 2019

Summary: The animated comedy from Emily Spivey, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Seth Cohen follows Betty Hart (Maya Rudolph) and her family that includes Wayne Edwards (Ike Baerinholtz), his wife Jenny (Kristen Wiig) and their daughter Violet (Jillian Bell).

Genre(s): Comedy, Animation

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S2:E25. Betty's Birthday
Air Date: June 20, 2021
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S2:E24. Tiny Pies
Air Date: June 6, 2021
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S2:E23. Toni with an i
Air Date: May 23, 2021

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Metascore

70

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Critic Reviews

90

Primetimer

Aaron Barnhart

Sep 30, 2019

Season 1 Review: Bless the Harts feels true right out of the gate. Read full review

80

New York Magazine (Vulture)

Kathryn VanArendonk

Sep 27, 2019

Season 1 Review: It’s a fast-moving, very funny show about a working-class family trying to make ends meet, featuring the voices of Maya Rudolph, Kristen Wiig, Jillian Bell, and Ike Barinholtz. The pilot episode is extraordinarily promising. Read full review

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Slant Magazine

Niv M. Sultan

Sep 23, 2019

Season 1 Review: You can feel Bless the Harts figuring itself out in its first episode. There are bits that go on for too long; Wayne’s internal monologues, for one, move at too relaxed a pace and result in little comedic payoff. But the episode also features promising signs of the madcap humor that the series will hopefully settle into. Read full review

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Time

Judy Berman

Sep 23, 2019

Season 1 Review: With a similarly big heart [as King of the Hill} and a voice cast including Maya Rudolph, Kristen Wiig, Kumail Nanjiani and Ike Barinholtz, the result is familiar and refreshing at once. Read full review

70

Variety

Caroline Framke

Sep 30, 2019

Season 1 Review: With only one episode to go on, it’s difficult to say exactly what “Bless the Harts” will look like going forward, but it’s at least working with a solid foundation. Read full review

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New York Post

Michael Starr

Sep 26, 2019

Season 1 Review: “Bless the Harts” doesn’t reinvent the animation genre, but it’s a nice addition to Fox’s ’toon-heavy Sunday-night lineup. Read full review

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Reason.com

Glenn Garvin

Sep 29, 2019

Season 1 Review: There's not much here you haven't seen on another Fox cartoon, King of the Hill, except it's done with Southern accents. The pilot does feature a couple of interesting guest appearances—one by an anarchist cat working to destroy zoning laws, and another by Colin Powell doing the macarena. Call me if they get their own shows. Read full review

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SmithnJill

Jan 9, 2020

Original series that has humor, faith, and family values at its core. The characters are likeable, humble and strong. Animated series is well produced. The design team and cast have orchestrated a refreshing and entertaining series that has folly and a positive message.

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Mikeychump

Jun 4, 2021

This television show is worth testing out. The characters are original and funny, but the animation style leaves much to be desired and some of the episode plots didn't seem entirely captivating. Bless The Harts feel like a mix between American Dad, King of the Hill, and Bob's Burgers forThis television show is worth testing out. The characters are original and funny, but the animation style leaves much to be desired and some of the episode plots didn't seem entirely captivating. Bless The Harts feel like a mix between American Dad, King of the Hill, and Bob's Burgers for comedic styling. The show is successful in it's comedic portrayal of a typical American family, and I still tune into the show when I see it on television. I would recommend this show for any person who enjoyed American Dad and/or Bob's Burgers.… Expand

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gurzicerto

Oct 21, 2019

Although the animation and writing are (very) shaky, a cast of seasoned comedic talents go to great lengths to prove that it's still possible for seasoned comedic talents to be very bad at voice work.

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QueenWenceslas

Sep 29, 2019

Yawn fest... with such a promising cast I’d hoped for better. Not surprising or even remotely funny.

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ErrantBelle

Sep 30, 2019

It's difficult to put into words how truly bad this show is.
Obviously the biggest problem is that it is not remotely entertaining; alas, that's not even the worst of it.
According to the promotional material it is set in the King of the Hill universe, which makes perfect sense. Before IIt's difficult to put into words how truly bad this show is.
Obviously the biggest problem is that it is not remotely entertaining; alas, that's not even the worst of it.

According to the promotional material it is set in the King of the Hill universe, which makes perfect sense.
Before I read that online, I was already thinking it felt like a very bad King of the Hill knockoff. Alas, this show has none of the likable characters, nor the storytelling that show offered.

What you get instead is bombarded by non-stop stereotypes.
There is nothing funny, endearing, or engaging about this show, even the animation is surprising subpar.
The biggest problem, however, is that it is grotesquely offensive.

Every aspect of the show is designed to hammer home all of the most vile, bigoted, and hateful stereotypes those on the Left hold about White people, Southerners, Christians, and men.
Over and over and OVER again you are reminded the show's creators believe White people in the south are dumb, classless, have bad taste, and are generally subhuman.

They also worked in a muslim actor voicing Jesus Christ as an extremely effeminate, beer swilling, trashy confidant of the main character.
If you don't believe all of that was intentionally done solely as a middle finger to Christians, I would ask you if you think anyone from the show's creator to the head of the network would ever consider doing something similar with mohamed...
Yeah, I think we all know anyone who even suggested something like that would never work another day in the entertainment industry. To be clear, I am not suggesting offensive things can't be funny because they very much can be. The issue with Bless the Harts is that it is offensiveness devoid of entertainment.
It's not clever, not subtle, not engaging, and definitely not funny.

To sum up, this is a complete cringefest that is going to evoke a lot of completely justified disgust

Fox should quit now, stop airing it, apologize, then fire whoever green-lit this train wreck.… Expand

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NAVISTHEGOAT

Feb 9, 2023

No wonder this snooze fest of a show was canceled, it's not even funny, the animation is literal garbage, and the voice acting is mid at best. The fact that this is the show that brought back Fox Animation Domination is pretty much showing that Fox is running low on ideas for good shows toNo wonder this snooze fest of a show was canceled, it's not even funny, the animation is literal garbage, and the voice acting is mid at best. The fact that this is the show that brought back Fox Animation Domination is pretty much showing that Fox is running low on ideas for good shows to air. This show's a 0.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

70

Series Overview
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: September 27, 2020
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  S2:E25. Betty's Birthday
  Air Date: June 20, 2021
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  S2:E24. Tiny Pies
  Air Date: June 6, 2021
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  S2:E23. Toni with an i
  Air Date: May 23, 2021
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  S2:E22. Haul Force One
  Air Date: May 16, 2021
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  S2:E21. When You Lose, You Win
  Air Date: May 9, 2021
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  S2:E20. The Drincan Temple
  Air Date: May 2, 2021
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  S2:E19. Hoot 'N Haw
  Air Date: April 18, 2021
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  S2:E18. Hot Tub-tation
  Air Date: April 11, 2021
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  S2:E17. Easter's 11
  Air Date: April 4, 2021
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  S2:E16. Dance Dance Resolution
  Air Date: March 28, 2021
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  S2:E15. Nose Bud
  Air Date: March 21, 2021
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  S2:E14. Trollin' With The Homies
  Air Date: March 14, 2021
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  S2:E13. The Dogchurian Candidate
  Air Date: March 7, 2021
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  S2:E12. Big Pimpin
  Air Date: February 28, 2021
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  S2:E11. Crappy Death Day
  Air Date: January 3, 2021
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  S2:E11. Crappy Death Day
  Air Date: February 21, 2021
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  S2:E10. Invasion of the Potty Snatcher
  Air Date: December 14, 2020
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  S2:E10. Invasion of the Potty Snatcher
  Air Date: December 14, 2020
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  S2:E9. Invasion of the Potty Snatcher
  Air Date: December 13, 2020
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  S2:E9. Invasion of the Potty Snatcher
  Air Date: December 13, 2020
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  S2:E8. Pumped
  Air Date: December 6, 2020
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  S2:E8. Pumped
  Air Date: December 6, 2020
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  S2:E7. Mega Lo Memories: Part Deux
  Air Date: November 22, 2020
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  S2:E6. The McEntire Truth
  Air Date: November 15, 2020
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  S2:E5. Pound Pinchers
  Air Date: November 8, 2020
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  S2:E4. Dead Mall
  Air Date: November 1, 2020
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  S2:E3. My Best Frenda
  Air Date: October 11, 2020
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  S2:E2. The Last Supper
  Air Date: October 4, 2020
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  S2:E1. Violet's Secret
  Air Date: September 27, 2020
Season 1

70
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 29, 2019