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Critic Reviews
Nov 26, 2019
Season 1 Review:
But it scores points on a couple of fronts. On most sitcoms, the characters seem like they never have to go to work. At least in Daddio, Chiklis bothers to actually quit. More important, the kids play major roles. Maybe you have to have children to appreciate tales of diaper changes and Little League practice, but the kids in Daddio serve as more than just setups for jokes. [23 March 2000, p.1E]
Nov 26, 2019
Season 1 Review:
Daddio, a situation comedy about a smart and fun stay-at-home dad, is mildly progressive-minded in its set-up and comfortably old-fashioned in all other facets of its execution. One is easily forgiven for wishing the laugh lines had a little more sparkle, and it's a less than ideal companion series to the bawdy "Friends," which airs before it, but the premise and the cast are solid enough to expect future improvement and a decent prime-time run. [23 March 2000, p.L5]
Nov 26, 2019
Season 1 Review:
It's all pleasant enough, Chiklis' noise notwithstanding. But hardly fresh or funny and never insightful about the roles of males and females in the year 2000. [23 March 2000, p.56]
Nov 26, 2019
Season 1 Review:
Chiklis' misguided approach to comedy is to overemphasize his
lines, in hopes that will make some of them seem funny. It doesn't
work, but no one else is even trying. [23 March 2000]
Nov 26, 2019
Season 1 Review:
The territory's familiar and the jokes too tame and infrequent to give Daddio the heigh-o. But it doesn't deserve the heave-ho, either - especially if the laughs increase. Chiklis' warm-hearted character is hard to dislike, the kids are cute, and, bottom line, we like this show more than the show that's usually on at this time, Jesse. [23 March 2000]
Nov 26, 2019
Season 1 Review:
Most of the time, Daddio keeps the amiable focus on family friendly fun and the jovial mug of Chiklis. [23 March 2000, p.5G]
Nov 26, 2019
Season 1 Review:
The situation seems hackneyed from the start, and so do the characters. [23 March 2000, p.E-5]
Nov 26, 2019
Season 1 Review:
Wedged between Friends and Frasier in Jesse's primo time slot, Daddio has a shot at hit-dom. Its chances would be improved if the producers can find a way to increase the show's chuckles-to-groans ratio. [23 March 2000]
Nov 26, 2019
Season 1 Review:
Chiklis seems to be enjoying the transition from "Commish" to "Sitcommish," but Daddio isn't likely to go down as the first great family comedy of Y2K. [23 March 2000]
Nov 26, 2019
Season 1 Review:
It's pretty stock stuff. [23 March 2000]
Nov 26, 2019
Season 1 Review:
This is a sitcom so generic it should have a bar code instead of a title. You get the feeling that Ozzie Nelson could pop up and not look out of place. [23 March 2000]
Nov 26, 2019
Season 1 Review:
Chiklis is saddled with a series that would need months of polishing just to be mediocre. The subtitle could be, "When Bad Shows Happen to Good People." [23 March 2000, p.6E]
Nov 26, 2019
Season 1 Review:
It's not a horrible show, but it's so familiar that it makes for a particularly unmemorable half-hour. [23 March 2000]
Nov 21, 2019
Season 1 Review:
"Daddio is far from the season's most original sitcom; there's even an oddball neighbor, Rod (Kevin Crowley), who seems destined to be its version of Cosmo Kramer. The pilot includes some gentle laughs, and Chiklis gives it his all -- sometimes perhaps too much, as though he's determined to make the show a hit through sheer force of will.
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Nov 26, 2019
Season 1 Review:
To sum up, we have an improbable comedy filled with hard-to-like characters mouthing lines that didn't get funnier after rewrites. Daddio, heck. Oh, brother! [23 March 2000]
Nov 24, 2019
Season 1 Review:
Too contrived and agreeable, Daddio plays it safe all the way. From hugs to lessons, the usual narrative suspects are alive and well, in case anyone forgets that this is supposed to be good-for-you entertainment. It’s almost blasphemy that it bows on a night still associated with “Seinfeld”; must-see TV used to mean something.
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Nov 26, 2019
Season 1 Review:
Numbingly unfunny. [23 March 2000, p.49]
Nov 26, 2019
Season 1 Review:
The studio audience roars and laughs so loudly, for no apparent reason, at every scene in "Daddio" - especially the allegedly emotional climax - that you begin to suspect a mind-altering gas was pumped into the studio as this pilot was taped....Which, come to think of it, would explain the lethargic performances of the cast members. [23 March 2000]
Nov 26, 2019
Season 1 Review:
Baddio, saddio and very old-hattio. [23 March 2000, p.C01]
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