Surviving Jack

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Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 27, 2014
User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 61 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 52 out of 61
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 61
  3. Negative: 6 out of 61

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  1. EFYevan
    Mar 31, 2014
    0
    My wife and I stopped watching after the very first minute - the first "joke" was about a young boy clicking on p o r n and we realized that this show is not for our family.
  2. GNOLOGY
    Apr 4, 2014
    0
    Someone needs to inform EFYevan, below, that you are not entitled to write a critique about a show you turned off after 1 minute. But having read his useless review that just adds another problem I have with this show. I missed that episode but I have to say, for a show that takes place in 1991 clicking on porn would be sort of impossible. First porn site wasn't until 1994 or 95. SureSomeone needs to inform EFYevan, below, that you are not entitled to write a critique about a show you turned off after 1 minute. But having read his useless review that just adds another problem I have with this show. I missed that episode but I have to say, for a show that takes place in 1991 clicking on porn would be sort of impossible. First porn site wasn't until 1994 or 95. Sure you could see digital porn but you weren't clicking on porn sites in 1991.

    OK so 30 minutes of awesome parents who know just the right thing to say as life unfolds in upscale neighborhoods might be must see TV for some. But it's the 21st century and I guess I just expect a bit more than rehashed Wonder Years.

    Compared to the Goldbergs, Jack and the Millers, the one TV family I might actually want to spend time with is the Millers.

    I'm not sure how many "coming of age" tv shows the world can handle. I hated the Goldbergs at first. This show is nothing but the WASP version of the Goldbergs.

    I suppose there's a certain charm to pretending your childhood was so fascinating, as undoubtedly you also believe about yourself, that we all want to sacrifice 30 minutes of our precious time to watch you grow up. But I'd be lying.    … Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#93 Best TV Season of 2014
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#94 Most Discussed TV Season of 2014

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
65

Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 24
  3. Negative: 2 out of 24
  1. The Lincoln Journal Star
    Reviewed by: Jeff Korbelik
    Mar 27, 2014
    83
    The humor results from its realism and the blossoming relationship between father and son. Here's hoping this one sticks around.
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  2. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Dorothy Rabinowitz
    Mar 27, 2014
    70
    There's a strange sense of distance in the picture here of a decade not exactly in the remote past, but there's also something sweetly enticing about its portrayal of relative innocence.
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  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    Mar 27, 2014
    80
    The pilot is funny, Meloni holds the whole thing together and even the voice over works--despite there needing to be, at the very least, a five season moratorium on that little conceit.
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