The War at Home

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Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 11, 2005
Season #: 2, 1
User Score
4.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 88 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 88
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 88
  3. Negative: 50 out of 88

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  1. richardw
    May 8, 2007
    0
    This show is what would happen to "funny" if it wasn't funny, and instead was an embarrasing contemptous cliche at anything of the like. Truly one of the most awful and offesive sitcoms ever.
  2. MattL.
    Jul 8, 2007
    10
    OMG i want 2 hit all of u people this show is awesome it is deff. the best show ever!! the only people who dont like it are fags and gays!
  3. JasonH.
    Mar 1, 2008
    0
    Thank god this trash is finally off the air. Amen!
  4. SallyQ.
    Mar 29, 2008
    0
    Trashy, NO INTELLIGENCE, corny, cocky, too new joisy. Even worse than 'yes dear'.
  5. DavidA
    Nov 29, 2005
    0
    I feel seriously obligated to write about how awful this one is. All it took was opening sequence from the pilot to prove to me that there is no talent whatsoever involved in this. How shows like this get greenlighted is just beyond me.
  6. FattA.
    Sep 15, 2007
    0
    OMG I want 2 hit all of u people this show is terrible, deff. the worst show ever!! the only people who like it are racists, and assholes!
  7. RalphM.
    Dec 17, 2007
    0
    Finally this trash gets cancelled. All the hatemongers and generally weak-minded indivduals who liked this show will have to get their fix somewhere else.
  8. marshallm
    Oct 9, 2005
    8
    not as bad as the critics are saying. it realy is funny at times, sometimes it IS a little bit cliched, but still, i did laugh.
  9. StevenS
    Oct 2, 2006
    0
    Total crap!! Every characters manages to get your absolute hate of each and everyone of them, story's are crap and predictable as hell, and its strangely depressing (like all other sitcoms). Cheesy and bland, like a cheese sandwhich, or a flattened cardboard box with childrens drawings over them. Boring, cheesy, cliched, cliched, cliched, cliched, cliched, like nothing before (like Total crap!! Every characters manages to get your absolute hate of each and everyone of them, story's are crap and predictable as hell, and its strangely depressing (like all other sitcoms). Cheesy and bland, like a cheese sandwhich, or a flattened cardboard box with childrens drawings over them. Boring, cheesy, cliched, cliched, cliched, cliched, cliched, like nothing before (like all other sitcoms). This show looks like its the type to curse each and everyone of the cast and crew.… Expand
  10. Natalieo
    Oct 8, 2007
    6
    I find this show to be pretty funny
  11. Nasdaq
    Jan 7, 2008
    8
    I have only seen the first season and it was interesting. Something to watch while you are working on the pc.
  12. DanielH
    Feb 2, 2010
    6
    Whoever likes a shallow sitcom will probably be satisfied with this show.
  13. chuckupski
    Mar 5, 2006
    0
    Worst Show EVAR!
  14. DaveK
    Jan 12, 2007
    1
    Hilary is hot, and this show is not.
  15. Matt
    Feb 8, 2007
    0
    Television at it worst, predictable, cliched and entirely unfunny. Absolutley amazing that shows like this carry on when shows like Arrested Development fail to find an audience.
  16. RegisP
    Oct 13, 2005
    2
    Another pathetic attempt by FOX to fill out their Sunday night lineup. Bad jokes, bad acting, just plain bad.
  17. JOeS
    Nov 6, 2005
    0
    This show sucks. Im a supporter of crude humor, but when you mix young kids with sex...and plus a father that i would like to punch in the face....it makes a half hour of pure crap.
  18. GabrielL.
    Nov 9, 2005
    0
    As much as I would like to give this show a proper review, all I can say is that it SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKS!
  19. thecar
    Oct 21, 2005
    0
    horrible. Fox continues throwing crap at the wall waiting for something to stick. contrived, cliched, recycled, unfunny.........
  20. PatrickM
    Oct 31, 2005
    2
    You have Michael Rapaport in this train wreck. Did you expect originality? Of course not. His stand up is pretty much exactly like this show: worn out and not funny. I'm really surprised that this survived the hiatus due to the baseball. You would think this would have been in the canceled pile like pretty much half of Fox's creations. The kid wears a dress and the dad is a You have Michael Rapaport in this train wreck. Did you expect originality? Of course not. His stand up is pretty much exactly like this show: worn out and not funny. I'm really surprised that this survived the hiatus due to the baseball. You would think this would have been in the canceled pile like pretty much half of Fox's creations. The kid wears a dress and the dad is a homophobe. He doesnt like his daughter dating thug mansion. Whew!! what creativity Rapaport has pulsing through him.… Expand
  21. [Anonymous]
    Oct 5, 2005
    9
    A little slow at times, but still funny. Stupid critics.
  22. JohnnyW
    Oct 7, 2005
    0
    Confuses making the audience uncomfortable with being an edgy sitcom. Abounds with ridiculous sexist, racist homophobic "humor," which would be overlooked if the show was actually funny. The ultimate waste of a good time slot, which could be given to the far superior "Arrested Development." Had the worst laugh track I've ever heard. Why'd they have to put this between The Confuses making the audience uncomfortable with being an edgy sitcom. Abounds with ridiculous sexist, racist homophobic "humor," which would be overlooked if the show was actually funny. The ultimate waste of a good time slot, which could be given to the far superior "Arrested Development." Had the worst laugh track I've ever heard. Why'd they have to put this between The Simpsons and Family Guy? Avoid this like the plague.… Expand
  23. DanielN
    Dec 2, 2006
    9
    This show has characters that the average american can relate to. Its the same kind of show and uses the same humor as Family Guy, The Simpsons, and American Dad! The only thing different is that its not animated. Everyone says this show is bad but its one of two live action shows overall on FOX to be renewed for the 2006-2007 season.
  24. AmandaK
    Mar 12, 2006
    10
    The reason critics don't like it, is because they can't face the truth of American life. The War at Home is a wonderful show. This family seems very real; it's very much like a real, American family. It has my friends, my family and I laughing. Stupendous show, I would reccomend it to anyone who can take a joke.
  25. SarahL
    Mar 12, 2006
    10
    Love this show!
  26. DeeDee
    Apr 29, 2006
    10
    how can i not watch it? it's one of the most important moments watching it with my parents. i love the characters. and most of the jokes. and the confessions. the best thing is that my parents don'y have to tell me 'see, now you know why you shouldn't do that' because i already learn from the show. and they know it.
  27. Derek
    Apr 30, 2006
    0
    Total crap. No wonder the rest of the world hates Americans. The fact that there are actually people who like this speaks volumes. Countdown to cancellation starts... now.
  28. RyD
    Jul 26, 2006
    0
    unbelievable....picked up for another season. such garbage is hated by critics and most of america. the only reason its still on is because its in such a clutch time slot. that and there are enough idiots to keep watching it.
  29. dennyk
    Sep 10, 2006
    0
    total garbage made for morons.
  30. TylerC
    Sep 17, 2006
    0
    Shows like this make me want to burn my TV.
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#69 Best TV Season of 2005
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Metascore
28

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 21
  3. Negative: 14 out of 21
  1. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    10
    Has absolutely nothing going for it.
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  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Ray Richmond
    10
    What this show does prove is that you can be racy and still somehow tediously tame.
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  3. Kansas City Star
    Reviewed by: Aaron Barnhart
    60
    There’s nothing especially novel on “The War at Home,” except the way the familiar elements -- punch lines, fantasy sequences, sassy kids, talk-to-the-camera confessionals, bleeped profanity -- come together.
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