Downsized: Season 1

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WE | WE - Women's Entertainment | WE tv | Season Premiere Date: November 6, 2010

Summary: Laura and Todd Bruce are struggling to pay the bills for their nine-member family after Todd's contracting business folded when the housing market collapsed.

Genre(s): Reality, Game Show

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E8. Kansas City Blues
Air Date: December 18, 2010
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S1:E7. Call Me Dad
Air Date: December 18, 2010
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S1:E6. Much Ado About Hoagies
Air Date: December 11, 2010

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David Hinckley

Dec 10, 2010

Very often, reality-show participants stop seeming like real people, as if being on TV makes them abstract characters. [Daughter] Bailey's bad moment here makes Downsized feel painfully real. Read full review

Hank Stuever

Dec 10, 2010

There's a tender and no-nonsense tenor to it, which is a welcome switch from most of reality TV's junky tropes. Read full review

Alessandra Stanley

Dec 10, 2010

It's impossible not to root for the Bruce family. But it's just as hard not to dread the series's success. Read full review

Verne Gay

Dec 10, 2010

You can't help realizing that just by the act of taping a reality show, the Bruces--all nine of them--are already employed in a job, albeit a temporary one. Read full review

Mark A. Perigard

Dec 10, 2010

Many of the scenes with the teens seem staged, especially tonight's climax. Still, the Bruces aren't anything like the delusional couples who populate Bravo's "Housewives" shows. This is a functioning family trying to survive a dysfunctional time. Read full review

Nancy DeWolf Smith

Dec 10, 2010

[Why do] The husbands come across as total bums? Not just because of the way they lounge around all day moaning about how hard (sniff) it is (sniff) not to be able to provide for their family. They dress like bums, too. Read full review

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cancer7987

Sep 6, 2011

I have nothing bad to say about the Bruce family, they are like any other family who is struggling with debt right now in today's society. However, I think television needs to come out with a reality TV show with a under-middle class family, usual average day Joe's who are struggling muchI have nothing bad to say about the Bruce family, they are like any other family who is struggling with debt right now in today's society. However, I think television needs to come out with a reality TV show with a under-middle class family, usual average day Joe's who are struggling much worse than the Bruce's are. There are other people in this world who have it much worse than the Bruce's do. I believe the Bruce's are where they are at now is possibly because of bad choices they made financially when they did have money. Of course your going to be in debt if you don't spend your money wisely and debt happens when you have a big family. But all in all, I am sure they'll make it through.… Expand

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lena

Jan 9, 2011

Horrible show. The parents are not likeable, the kids are lazy and the whole premise of the show is overly staged. A typically fake reality show with people I don't care about.

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: August 16, 2011
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: November 6, 2010
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  S1:E8. Kansas City Blues
  Air Date: December 18, 2010
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  S1:E7. Call Me Dad
  Air Date: December 18, 2010
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  S1:E6. Much Ado About Hoagies
  Air Date: December 11, 2010
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  S1:E5. Love Don't Cost a Thing
  Air Date: December 4, 2010
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  S1:E4. We're Working On It
  Air Date: November 27, 2010
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  S1:E3. Cruel Cruel Summer
  Air Date: November 20, 2010
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  S1:E2. Reality Bites
  Air Date: November 13, 2010
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  S1:E1. Down But Not Out
  Air Date: November 6, 2010