Sons & Daughters

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Season 1
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 7, 2006
Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 26
  3. Negative: 3 out of 26

Critic Reviews

  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Sid Smith
    60
    Crowded, confusing and unafraid to be dull, "Sons & Daughters" also holds tremendous promise.
  2. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    60
    Personally, I found "Arrested" funnier, but "Sons & Daughters" has its moments.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Alessandra Stanley
    60
    "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.
  5. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    60
    A half-hour firmly ensconced in the "witty" zone that seldom crosses all the way over into funny.
  6. PopMatters
    Reviewed by: Maura McAndrew
    60
    Those who enjoy Sons & Daughters enjoyed Arrested Development more, and the same viewers put off by the latter's off-the-wall humor will also be put off the new show.
  7. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Henry Goldblatt
    50
    For a show that's supposed to be all loosey-goosey, too many of S&D's visual and aural cues are rigidly staged. [10 Mar 2006, p.53]
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Awards & Rankings

33
#33 Best TV Season of 2006
50
#50 Most Discussed TV Season of 2006

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User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 59 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 47 out of 59
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 59
  3. Negative: 11 out of 59
  1. HeatherB
    Dec 11, 2006
    10
    Loved it because it's candid!
  2. MarinH
    Oct 30, 2006
    10
    best show i've ever seen
  3. [Anonymous]
    Oct 16, 2006
    9
    This show is/was great!
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