Sons & Daughters

Name: Sons & Daughters
Genre: Comedy
Released: March 7, 2006
Rating: 68
Cast: Trevor Einhorn, Max Gail, Gillian Vigman, Fred Goss, Eden Sher

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Generally favorable reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews

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Series Details & Credits

ABC | Release Date: March 7, 2006

Starring: Trevor Einhorn, Max Gail, Gillian Vigman, Fred Goss, Eden Sher, Alison Quinn, Desmond Harrington, Dee Wallace Stone, Jerry Lambert, Amanda Walsh, Randy Wayne, Greg Pitts, Lois Hall, Noah Matthews, Lexi Jourden

Summary: Sons & Daughters is an ABC sitcom that stars Fred Goss ("Significant Others") in this unique hybrid comedy series that offers a mix of improvisational and scripted humor in an unadulterated look at marriage, raising children and living in close proximity to an extended family. Series creators Goss and Nick Holly borrow from their ownSons & Daughters is an ABC sitcom that stars Fred Goss ("Significant Others") in this unique hybrid comedy series that offers a mix of improvisational and scripted humor in an unadulterated look at marriage, raising children and living in close proximity to an extended family. Series creators Goss and Nick Holly borrow from their own middle-American, middle-class upbringings to deliver a very real and relatable modern-day family comedy.

At the center of the family dynamic is Cameron (Goss), happily married to his second wife, Liz (Gillian Vigman, "Mad TV"), and the father of three children with her. One of the speed bumps on their road to domestic bliss comes from Cameron's resentful teenaged son from his first marriage who recently moved in and is not adjusting well to life with his father and new step-family.
Cameron's life is further complicated by his sister, Sharon (Alison Quinn), and her husband, Don (Jerry Lambert), seemingly happily married with two teenaged children -- yet both in deep denial on several issues, including a current years-long sex drought.
Cameron and Sharon's very pretty younger stepsister, Jenna (Amanda Walsh) -- the "it girl" when she was in high school -- had her career plans derailed by becoming a single mom. She continues to be attracted to "bad" boys like Tommy White, AKA Whitey (Greg Pitts), and not to the nice guys -- like Wylie (Desmond Harrington) -- who are attracted to her.
The three siblings' parents, Colleen (Dee Wallace) and Wendal (Max Gail), are extremely devoted to their adult children and their grandchildren but, not surprisingly, have some issues of their own. Colleen, a little uptight and impulsively judgmental, both likes and dislikes the safe and comfortable environment that husband Wendal has provided for 25 years. A good guy, Wendal juggles and struggles with the varied relationships he has with his extended family members. … Expand

Genre(s): Comedy

Recent Episodes

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S1:E11. Paige Returns
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S1:E10. The Homecoming
Air Date: April 4, 2006
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S1:E9. House Party
Air Date: April 4, 2006

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Critic Reviews

100

Hal Boedeker

Sons & Daughters offers such a fresh, funny take on family life that it could be a landmark comedy. Read full review

David Hinckley

It has a sprawling cast, but even before the pilot is over, because of the clever way it's written, directed and acted, you'll know, and like, every single character. Read full review

San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa Times

Charlie McCollum

Definitely worth your time. Read full review

Nancy Franklin

Compelling, if not quite riveting. Read full review

Glenn Garvin

This sitcom is a loving embrace of convulsive domestic eccentricity. Read full review

Alessandra Stanley

"Sons & Daughters" is a milder, more humane version of Fox's canceled "Arrested Development" -- it milks the humor of absurd people and brutally frank conversation. Read full review

Diane Werts

Most of the cast stammers its way through sentences as if awaiting a lightning strike of inspiration. When it doesn't come, the actors have to say something anyway, and that meandering search for structure is what winds up filling 30 shapeless minutes. Read full review

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

68
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: March 7, 2006
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  S1:E11. Paige Returns
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  S1:E10. The Homecoming
  Air Date: April 4, 2006
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  S1:E9. House Party
  Air Date: April 4, 2006
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  S1:E8. Surprise Party
  Air Date: March 28, 2006
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  S1:E7. Hospital Visit
  Air Date: March 28, 2006
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  S1:E6. Karaoke
  Air Date: March 21, 2006
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  S1:E5. Family Finance
  Air Date: March 21, 2006
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  S1:E4. BBQ Therapy
  Air Date: March 14, 2006
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  S1:E3. Film Festival
  Air Date: March 14, 2006
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  S1:E2. Bowling Night
  Air Date: March 7, 2006
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  S1:E1. Anniversary Party
  Air Date: March 7, 2006