- Network: CBS
- Series Premiere Date: Jan 10, 2019
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Critic Reviews
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CBS for the most part still clings to over-active laugh tracks and broadly played scenes and situations. Still, this is a nicely clicking ensemble that gets sharper as the show goes on.
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It’s all pretty predictable--isn’t that why you’re here?--and, again, the cast is good. It works often enough; a beachhead has been established.
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Fam is exhausting.
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The show feels like it cobbled together pieces of other shows--especially The WB’s “What I Like About You”--to become its own perfectly pleasant sitcom Frankenstein. Even when it doesn’t do much to distinguish itself, it’s just fine, and maybe that’s enough.
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Fam is a largely witless family comedy with one bright spot. Gary Cole shines as Freddy Banks, a homicide detective who’s fond of playing the horses.
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It’s a technically proficient, otherwise promising sitcom that wastes these merits on the disastrous decision to let trauma become the driving force of its comedy.
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There is a great comedy that could be made with this cast and, despite the game efforts of said cast through the first three episodes, Fam is not that comedy.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 16
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Mixed: 3 out of 16
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Negative: 6 out of 16
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Apr 7, 2019
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Jan 30, 2019Fam is a good, likeable sitcom with strong cast and well-writed. Glad I stick with it after the pilot.
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Jan 26, 2019