The Kids Are Alright: Season 1

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Season Details & Credits

ABC | Season Premiere Date: October 16, 2018

Summary: Set in the 1970s, Mike (Michael Cudlitz) and Peggy Cleary (Mary McCormack) raise their eight sons in a working-class neighborhood near Los Angeles in this comedy series from Tim Doyle.

Creator: Tim Doyle

Genre(s): Comedy

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E23. Irish Goodbye
Air Date: May 21, 2019
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S1:E17. Low Expectations
Air Date: March 26, 2019
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S1:E15. Nine Birthdays
Air Date: February 26, 2019

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Uncle Barky Ed Bark

Oct 15, 2018

Kids Are Alright has some fine, funny lines and also plenty of companion story lines to follow besides Timmy’s. It’s the best of the fall season’s new comedies from a network that’s become well-practiced in turning back the clock and making shows like these tick. Read full review

Robert Lloyd

Oct 16, 2018

If there is nothing formally to distinguish The Kids Are Alright from that mass of American sitcoms, if it is modest in its ambitious and familiar in its beats, it has energy, plenty of well-milled jokes and a fine cast of actors that sit convincingly in their parts from the start. ... What The Kids Are Alright has going for it most of all is McCormack, who makes the most of a role cut to her talents. Read full review

Tim Goodman

Oct 16, 2018

All told there's much to like in The Kids Are Alright, partly owing to the era being ripe with possibilities and partly because Doyle's sense of humor about his childhood rings mostly true as it reflects and finds well-earned comedy in nostalgia. Read full review

Brian Lowry

Oct 16, 2018

A terribly generic name for a surprisingly distinctive and personal sitcom. Read full review

Verne Gay

Oct 12, 2018

It's good. Showrunner Tim Doyle, the former executive producer of "Last Man Standing," obviously knows his way around big Irish Catholic American families of the late 20th century. Read full review

Dave Nemetz

Sep 24, 2018

Michael Cudlitz has a few nice moments as gruff but tenderhearted dad Mike, but ultimately, the show isn’t funny or heartwarming enough to overcome how familiar it feels. Read full review

Glenn Garvin

Oct 12, 2018

The kids are a ratty little mob of thieves, snitches, and dissemblers, which can be sporadically amusing. But the plot of the pilot seems likely to be repeated even more often than the money jokes. Read full review

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manningn15

Nov 26, 2018

The Kids Are Alright is my favorite new comedy of 2018 and one of my favorite new shows of 2018. The cast give stupendous and hilarious performances especially Mary McCormack and Michael Cudlitz. The writing is hilarious. The time period is great. I really hope it gets renewed.