Sullivan & Son
TBS | Release Date: July 19, 2012
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
48
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
10
Negative:
3

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
NewsdayDiane WertsJul 18, 2012
Season 1 Review: Bracing and tasty. Read full review
70
Washington PostHank StueverJul 18, 2012
Season 1 Review: Within a few episodes and with slightly lowered expectations, it gets a good buzz going. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyJul 19, 2012
Season 1 Review: Plenty of material here, spoken by people we like. It's what a good cable sitcom can be. Read full review
60
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenJul 18, 2012
Season 1 Review: Sullivan & Son is no instant TV classic, but its reinterpretation of a place where everyone knows your name is outrageous enough to bear watching. Read full review
58
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardJul 19, 2012
Season 1 Review: Anyone really thirsty for laughs will probably come up dry. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandJul 18, 2012
Season 1 Review: Sullivan & Son doesn't break any new ground, and you'll probably have a sense of deja vu all over again as it evokes "Cheers" and, more subtly, "Everybody Loves Raymond." Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushJul 19, 2012
Season 1 Review: Sullivan & Son certainly feels like something you've seen before. Only done much better. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraJul 18, 2012
Season 1 Review: Dragon lady, cougar and feisty redhead; dutiful son, jealous daughter and henpecked husband are all present and accounted for, with pat and predictable jokes leeching whatever hope might be had from a racially diverse cast and a promising enough setup. Read full review
40
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertJul 18, 2012
Season 1 Review: Sullivan & Son is a contrived sitcom with nothing original or new to offer. Read full review
40
Denver PostJoanne OstrowJul 18, 2012
Season 1 Review: Byrne is trapped in a mediocre effort he created with Rob Long of "Cheers" that's best forgotten. Read full review
40
The New York TimesMike HaleJul 18, 2012
Season 1 Review: Sullivan & Son has fewer explosive laughs per episode than Mr. Jeong [Chang in "Community,"] provides per minute. Read full review
40
VarietyBrian LowryJul 18, 2012
Season 1 Review: Granted, some of these throwback-style shows can work sparingly, but the comedy here feels so tepid and predictable as to virtually cap the upside. Read full review
30
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniJul 19, 2012
Season 1 Review: Whether it's the unfunny, raunchy jokes, the acting, the writing, or the awful blocking, nothing in Sullivan & Son seems to jell. And no laugh track can change that. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterTim GoodmanJul 18, 2012
Season 1 Review: Two episodes of Sullivan & Son were like watching caricatures of characters you'd seen before (and were equally unfunny then). Read full review
16
Uncle BarkyEd BarkJul 18, 2012
Season 1 Review: Sullivan & Son is utterly artless in its efforts to be an equal opportunity offender. Read full review
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