- Network: NBC
- Series Premiere Date: Sep 12, 2012
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There are some adorable tots mugging hard on NBC's Guy with Kids. The adults muck it all up.
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I expect more from you [Jimmy Fallon] than this insipid sitcom.
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It's 30 minutes of cringeworthy material, full of lazy jokes and stereotypes of overwhelmed dads and uptight ex-wives.
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Modern guys may have all manner of hilarious, disturbing and conflicting feelings about their children and the role of caregiver, but none of them make it into the pilot. Only Gary, exhausted and overwhelmed, seems to be experiencing life with an actual child, which is why he gets all the best lines.
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Guys With Kids is a perfect confection of witty dialogue and slapstick action.
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Almost all of it feels hit-and-run, an exercise in setting up a clever line here or a cartoonish response there.
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The weak link is Jesse Bradford's Chris.... The other couples are more humanely drawn. Because they make emotional and psychological sense, the chirpy sitcom banter goes down more smoothly.
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Nothing to see here. Move on.
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The opening gag of this new series is not just contrived but also uncomfortable.... But the show improves from there. [17 Sep 2012, p.40]
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Parenting can be a tough slog, but I've always found it to come with more laughs than this sorry show.
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Truly, all the actors on Guys with Kids--even the unknown children used as props--deserve better writing than what they get in this crummy, unimaginative sitcom.
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Save for Sheila, the parents are likable and their circumstances familiar, but Guys with Kids relies too often on predictable jokes.
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I'd rather babysit a dozen children between the ages of 2 and 10 then sit through more of this.
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It's far too mediocre to be truly provocative even if the premise is a carefully camouflaged bit of retrograde.
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Notwithstanding the unfathomable reaction of the studio audience, the show certainly couldn't survive on the basis of its humor, because there is none.
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It's a show that should never have been put on paper to begin with.
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The women here are shrewish, the vibe is both manic and tired, and overall, the decent cast (which includes the wonderful Anthony Anderson) is given nothing funny to do.
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Some of the jokes are amusing, but the show is a traditional sitcom that looks slightly dated.
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It's a cheap, stale, stereotype-addicted sitcom where no one, male or female, comes off especially well or likeable, excepting possibly the babies.
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Run, don't walk, from this depressingly generic retro-sitcom about--guess what--guys with kids.
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Guys with Kids is over-populated, under-funny and no match for the simple charms of Three Men and a Baby, the surprise mega-hit of 1987.
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Guys With Kids is an idea in search of a show. And a better idea.
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The backdrop is obviously meant to be relatable, but the execution brings such a stale approach to sexual politics as to feel dated by the first act break.
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It's precisely what the title says: just new iterations of the same spit-up and teething jokes.
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The show feels like it should be better.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 21 out of 41
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Mixed: 4 out of 41
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Negative: 16 out of 41
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Sep 14, 2012
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Sep 13, 2012
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Jul 17, 2013