• Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 17, 2015
User Score
4.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 27 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 27
  2. Negative: 11 out of 27
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  1. Mar 18, 2015
    0
    Kind of mind blowing that Ellen DeGeneres is connected to this big happy mess of a flop. Just horrible. The cast is okay but the jokes and the canned laughter make my skin crawl.
  2. Mar 19, 2015
    0
    One of the worst sitcoms ever. Did writers actually write this show voluntarily or were they forced to create (that's too kind a word) this absolute piece of garbage?
  3. Mar 24, 2015
    2
    Unfortunately this show was horribly cast. The lead characters are caricatures of a lesbian, straight male, and the other woman. They all just miss the mark. So no matter how many jokes you put in their mouths, it just won't quite make it to "funny". In fact, the only Funny person on the show is the sister who's tucked away somewhere with not enough scenes or lines. The sister characterUnfortunately this show was horribly cast. The lead characters are caricatures of a lesbian, straight male, and the other woman. They all just miss the mark. So no matter how many jokes you put in their mouths, it just won't quite make it to "funny". In fact, the only Funny person on the show is the sister who's tucked away somewhere with not enough scenes or lines. The sister character "should" have been cast as the lesbian btw. It's too bad too, a decent concept, but a bland cast and no real edge or tension to the show. (See Modern Family - edge, plus tension, plus loving relationships equals laughs). Expand
  4. Mar 25, 2015
    0
    horrible horrible horrible. Acting... content... everything.. it sucks. Put anything on tv as long as it promotes homosexuality. I'm so over it. I cant even stand the commercial being on...
Metascore
37

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 21
  2. Negative: 13 out of 21
  1. Reviewed by: Mekeisha Madden Toby
    Mar 17, 2015
    70
    [A] thoughtfully lighthearted and frothy comedy.
  2. Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    Mar 17, 2015
    20
    One Big Happy is a loud, frantic sitcom so eager to please, you may want to avert your eyes.
  3. Reviewed by: Mary McNamara
    Mar 17, 2015
    40
    Feldman and her writers are so obsessed with making One Big Happy socially righteous--Lizzy announces her gayness with the frequency of an undercover straight person--that they forgot to give it any heart.