• Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Nov 30, 2011
Metascore
36

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 26
  2. Negative: 17 out of 26

Critic Reviews

  1. Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    Nov 30, 2011
    60
    The hardball banter over coolness quotient is coupled with some pretty amusing generation-gap comedy.
  2. Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    Nov 28, 2011
    58
    This is less the stuff of a sitcom than an episode of MTV's True Life: Our Mothers Are Neurotic.
  3. Reviewed by: Linda Stasi
    Nov 30, 2011
    50
    The only fun comes from Pressly and Finneran, who are so likeable they almost overcome the overwrought action.
  4. Reviewed by: David Wiegand
    Nov 28, 2011
    50
    The show is passable when its writers remember it is an ensemble piece.
  5. Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    Nov 29, 2011
    42
    The bedeviled moms can be bawdy fun on occasion in this broad Fox sitcom. But their unctuous, obnoxious 14-year-olds basically ruin every scene they're in.
  6. Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    Nov 29, 2011
    42
    This feels more like a rushed afterthought by Fox instead of a fully developed premise that could carry a pair of seasoned actors to their retirement, or at least to a big payday.
  7. Reviewed by: Mary McNamara
    Nov 30, 2011
    40
    Having come up with an intriguing premise, co-creators Sherry Bilsing-Graham ("The New Adventures of Old Christine," "Friends") and Ellen Kreamer ("The New Adventures of Old Christine,") are either too timid or too hamstrung by network expectations to execute it.
User Score
2.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 30 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 30
  3. Negative: 23 out of 30
  1. Mar 26, 2012
    3
    Jamie Presley tries hard to bring this show to life, but the other woman's character is annoying and the writing is terrible, so ultimately she fails.
  2. Mar 26, 2012
    0
    If you think that a mother calling her own daughter a **** is high comedy, then this is the show for you. Those of us who actually love ourIf you think that a mother calling her own daughter a **** is high comedy, then this is the show for you. Those of us who actually love our children, despite whatever conflicts we have have, may want to pass on this. Full Review »
  3. Feb 26, 2012
    10
    In my opinion, this show had mostly its funny moments, but also had some boring moments as well. Other than that this show has me laughingIn my opinion, this show had mostly its funny moments, but also had some boring moments as well. Other than that this show has me laughing till the last scene, and I love Jaime Pressley's acting in this. Plus the two daughters really show good acting skills in their acting. Full Review »