Dads: Season 1

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Overwhelming dislike based on 28 Critic Reviews

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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 105 Ratings

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FOX | Season Premiere Date: September 17, 2013

Starring: Seth Green, Martin Mull, Giovanni Ribisi

Summary: In this live-action comedy from producer Seth MacFarlane and his Ted co-writers (Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild), the lives of video game company co-founders Eli and Warner (Seth Green and Giovanni Ribisi) are turned upside down when their fathers (Peter Riegert, Martin Mull) move in with them.

Creator: Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild

Genre(s): Comedy

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E19. Jerk in the Box
Air Date: August 17, 2015
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S1:E18. Have a Heart... Attack!"
Air Date: February 11, 2014
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S1:E17. Enemies of Bill
Air Date: February 11, 2014

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Verne Gay

Sep 16, 2013

Yes, offensive, but the second episode loses that element, which suggests Fox got the message. Not surprisingly, it's the better of the two. Read full review

Ellen Gray

Sep 17, 2013

Dads just isn't very funny. A cast this good--Martin Mull and Peter Riegert are loser fathers to business partners played by Giovanni Ribisi and Philly's Seth Green--deserves more than the raucous studio laughter that warmed-over bigotry generates. And, honestly, there are glimpses at times of a better show. Read full review

Robert Bianco

Sep 16, 2013

If the two whiny sons and their equally unlikable fathers aren't enough to push you away, the boorish childishness of the show's obvious efforts to offend should do the trick. Read full review

Melissa Maerz

Sep 11, 2013

Friends Warner (Giovanni Ribisi) and Eli (Seth Green) have clueless dads (Martin Mull and Peter Riegert) who might be racist, or maybe it's just the show. [20/27 Sep 2013, p.141] Read full review

Hank Stuever

Sep 13, 2013

What’s galling is the utter absence of originality, spirit or even new jokes. ... The poor actors look like they’re serving mandatory sentences for the creators’ crimes of laziness. Read full review

Glenn Garvin

Sep 17, 2013

A crass generation-gap sitcom with the wit if not the intelligence of an elementary-school flatulence contest. Read full review

Maureen Ryan

Sep 19, 2013

Creatively speaking, Dads comes off as if it were a much-resented homework assignment for all involved. Read full review

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metabeta

Jan 25, 2014

This show is amazingly funny and perhaps funny for a smaller audience. I think people who dislike the show have issues seeing a show where there are 2 successful male in their 30s. The show is funny and healthy for many males to see a different aspect to comedy around male figures. MuchThis show is amazingly funny and perhaps funny for a smaller audience. I think people who dislike the show have issues seeing a show where there are 2 successful male in their 30s. The show is funny and healthy for many males to see a different aspect to comedy around male figures. Much better then everybody loves raymond and kings of queens which both makes men look like complete idiots. So this show is better written and planned to make a better attempt to make a comedy around two succesfull male characters rathern then making stupid fart, drinking and idiot jokes about men.… Expand

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JonnyM

May 2, 2014

This is a fun show that is not for kids or easily offended adults. The shows don't end with a major problem solved or a life lesson that you are supposed to learn from the story. It is just meant to give you some laughs at characters that remind you of people you know in your life. I findThis is a fun show that is not for kids or easily offended adults. The shows don't end with a major problem solved or a life lesson that you are supposed to learn from the story. It is just meant to give you some laughs at characters that remind you of people you know in your life. I find it funnier that "critics" are bombing this show with their reviews. Hank Stuever who writes for the Washington Post tanked this show in his review. If you find this show offensive or crude then don't read The Washington Post. I almost bought a bird just so I could put The Post at the bottom of the cage for the bird to crap on. Hopefully the bird would have good aim and give Ole Hank's reviews the reception they deserve. Looking at that guy you would think he would be a tv critic I would imagine he doesn't have much else going on other than TV. Glen Garcin from the Miami Herald blew it out of the water as well. But Glen is from Miami and this isn't the first thing he's blown. Maureen Ryan from the Huffington Post piled on this show also. The Huffington Post.... Yup. Terrific to hear from "Mo"... Her all time favorite show as Battlestar Galactica. That makes me want to punch kittens. I have never met anyone that watched an episode of Battlestar Galactica and we have this as a "critic"? Dads is a funny show that allows you to enjoy selfish adult humor for 30 minutes.… Expand

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jodahemp

Jan 1, 2014

I think this show is great. I laugh out loud EVERY episode! Giovani Ribisi is so funny, and if you don't like Seth Green, there's just something wrong with you.

1 of 3 users found this helpful12

almightymalachi

Sep 19, 2013

I wound up watching this in passing, mostly because of Seth Green and Martin Mull. The reality is that the trailers really do hit it on the head that most sitcoms don't make it past episode one. My hope is that Green's ability to write comedy and put really good funny into real lifeI wound up watching this in passing, mostly because of Seth Green and Martin Mull. The reality is that the trailers really do hit it on the head that most sitcoms don't make it past episode one. My hope is that Green's ability to write comedy and put really good funny into real life situations (racist parents who don't believe they're really THAT racist, kids who more or less have to deal with their own parents' bad decisions and awkwardness, and combine it with a razor-thin edge of a software startup environment) will come out in future episodes.

That said, for twenty-two minutes of plot exposition, Dads managed to eke out a "yeah, okay" spot on the DVR for me.

Keeping in mind that most anything with a laugh track or some kind of documentary-style "The Office" show tends to annoy the hell out of me, I'm not rolling too high on the hopes, but I'm definitely thinking if you have no ability to be patient enough for a single episode, you probably just hope Green goes back to doing show after show after show of "Robot Chicken" and fart jokes.… Expand

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SwarleyStinson

Oct 8, 2013

Dads does have a few moments that are actually funny even if some of them are in more of a 'so bad its good' way but overall the misses outnumber the hits. It's not worth staying for the good bits since the ratings are so bad it will probably soon be gone.

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runnerLA

Sep 18, 2013

I love Family Guy and American Dad and thought this had a good shot since Ted was so enjoyable. But, no. It wasn't funny, was poorly written, and even the very talented cast couldn't make it work.

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likeitis

Sep 26, 2013

TOTALLLLY INAPPROPRIAT FOR THE TIME-SLOT----DEFINITELY NOT FUNNY,TERRIBLE LANGUAGE,DRUG USAGE PROMOTED AND ANNOYING CANNED LAUGHTER...WE HAVE ENOUGH PROBLEMS WITH ILLEGAL DRUGS IN THIS COUNTRY ---WE DO NOT NEED A TV SHOW PROMOTING THIS AS COMICAL,ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR----SHAME ON EVERYONETOTALLLLY INAPPROPRIAT FOR THE TIME-SLOT----DEFINITELY NOT FUNNY,TERRIBLE LANGUAGE,DRUG USAGE PROMOTED AND ANNOYING CANNED LAUGHTER...WE HAVE ENOUGH PROBLEMS WITH ILLEGAL DRUGS IN THIS COUNTRY ---WE DO NOT NEED A TV SHOW PROMOTING THIS AS COMICAL,ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR----SHAME ON EVERYONE INVOLVED WITH THIS ATTTTTROCITY---WHERE ARE YOUR MORAL VALUES?????… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 17, 2013
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  S1:E19. Jerk in the Box
  Air Date: August 17, 2015
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  S1:E18. Have a Heart... Attack!"
  Air Date: February 11, 2014
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  S1:E17. Enemies of Bill
  Air Date: February 11, 2014
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  S1:E16. Warner's Got It Made
  Air Date: February 4, 2014
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  S1:E15. Baby Face
  Air Date: January 28, 2014
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  S1:E14. Bully Gene
  Air Date: January 21, 2014
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  S1:E13. Eli Nightingale
  Air Date: January 14, 2014
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  S1:E12. Mister Edna
  Air Date: January 7, 2014
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  S1:E11. The Glitch That Stole Christmas
  Air Date: December 3, 2013
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  S1:E10. Dad Abuse
  Air Date: November 19, 2013
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  S1:E9. Comic Book Issues
  Air Date: November 12, 2013
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  S1:E8. Doubles Trouble
  Air Date: November 12, 2013
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  S1:E7. Foul Play
  Air Date: November 5, 2013
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  S1:E6. My Dad's Hotter Than Your Dad
  Air Date: October 22, 2013
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  S1:E5. Oldfinger
  Air Date: October 15, 2013
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  S1:E4. Funny Girl
  Air Date: October 8, 2013
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  S1:E3. Clean on Me
  Air Date: October 1, 2013
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  S1:E2. Heckuva Job, Brownie
  Air Date: September 24, 2013
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  S1:E1. Pilot
  Air Date: September 17, 2013