Modern Dads

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Season 1
  • Network: A&E
  • Series Premiere Date: Aug 21, 2013
Metascore
44

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 9
  3. Negative: 2 out of 9
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  1. Zap2it (Inside the Box)
    Reviewed by: Rick Porter
    Aug 22, 2013
    60
    The four guys at the center of the show, in addition to actually being friends before the cameras came around, are portrayed as caring, involved dads, albeit with a few sitcommy quirks.... But thinking the dads on Modern Dads are somehow unique is really not capturing the whole picture.
  2. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: David Wiegand
    Aug 21, 2013
    50
    What's missing from the show are the very things that make so many reality shows intolerable and, sadly, make them hits as well. No one's nuts, no one is a raging alcoholic or a jealous maniac, the dads don't get into fistfights, and the only misbehaving you'll see on the show can be fixed with a simple diaper change.
  3. Boston Herald
    Reviewed by: Mark A. Perigard
    Aug 21, 2013
    50
    Maybe some day someone will give some stay-at-home dads some respect. This show isn’t it.
  5. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Diane Werts
    Aug 21, 2013
    42
    These guys are so bland and their together time so contrived, it's more fun to watch the gears turn on the tired docusoap machine.
  6. Sioux City Journal
    Reviewed by: Bruce Miller
    Aug 21, 2013
    40
    Modern Dads has an opportunity to enlighten. Now, in a half-hour format, the show barely flips a switch.
  7. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    Aug 21, 2013
    40
    Good parenting is noble, selfless, wonderful work. It’s just not all that compelling to watch it practiced by strangers.

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User Score
4.5

Mixed or average reviews- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4
  1. aitken
    Sep 15, 2013
    8
    I am admittedly biased in favor of this show because I have been a "stay at home dad" for two years. I am thrilled to see this underI am admittedly biased in favor of this show because I have been a "stay at home dad" for two years. I am thrilled to see this under represented group portrayed with so much humor. The editors do a great job to show the "real" in reality show genre. They slip in subtle observations made by the main characters that are so accurate. They also make it clear that the dads are grateful for the chance to provide excellent care for their kids.… Full Review »
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