• Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 7, 2006
Season #: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
5.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 53 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 53
  2. Negative: 18 out of 53
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User Reviews

  1. amym
    Oct 2, 2006
    10
    I've seen three episodes of this show now (two last night on Sunday) and find it VERY funny!!
  2. TracyM
    Oct 6, 2006
    10
    My husband and I love it. One of the only shows out there that makes us both laugh.
  3. SaidB
    Jan 18, 2007
    10
    Give it a chance if it does not work out cancell it
  4. Nichole
    Oct 16, 2006
    10
    I love this show. It was hilarious.
  5. MaryR
    Sep 23, 2006
    10
    I like this show! Why is everyone so down on it? It has only aired 3 episodes, give them time to set the scene and tell the story. My god you people are so impatient. If you dont like it turn the channel!!!
  6. AllisonJ
    Jan 9, 2007
    10
    Love this show!!! It is the only show other than "24" that I make sure not to miss.
  7. BrianJ
    Jan 9, 2007
    10
    Terrific show! Hoping the popularity of this show will get 'The War at Home' (trash) cancelled!
  8. NikeH
    May 2, 2007
    10
    It's pretty damn funny at times... it's a "situational comedy" and brings up some hilarious points that people can relate to in married suburbia life.
  9. SandyL
    Jan 17, 2007
    10
    I love this show!!!I I started loving Garrett near the last season of Raymond, so to see him act again is great. He is hilarious and so is Joely. Keep it coming!!
  10. Sep 4, 2010
    10
    I loved Til Death until they took the Woodcocks(Steph and Jeff)off the show. They were the laughing stock of it. I stopped watching it after they were taken off the show.
  11. BobbieD
    Oct 5, 2006
    9
    This show makes me laugh out loud! I really think Garrett has a real talent for humor and the situations are very much like real life.
  12. ChrisL.
    Oct 4, 2007
    9
    Always makes me laugh.
  13. DavidH
    Dec 2, 2006
    9
    I think this show is funny and deserves a chance to develop. I hope they don't "develop" it like they did "Arrested Development" into every possible timeslot every time I turn it on.
  14. ChrisL
    Sep 26, 2006
    9
    I like this show my husband and I laugh throughout.
  15. Kate
    Sep 8, 2006
    8
    I thought this show was hilarious. I love Brad Garrett's facial expressions.
  16. suek
    Sep 8, 2006
    8
    loved it! laughed myself silly! I've only been married for 9 but most couples no matter how they've been married, can relate! Can't wait to watch again next week.
  17. RayS
    Oct 12, 2006
    8
    If you've been married for a while, say 10+ years, you can definitely relate to it, as we did. The fix-a-leak, change-the-furniture, spouse-invites-friends-over, etc. scenarios were quite classic. Some of the lines are pretty stale, though, and the younger couple isn't all that funny.
  18. anne
    Sep 18, 2006
    8
    It is really cute. If you've been married for more than 5 minutes you can see a little of yourselves in these two characters.
  19. LesleyJ
    Sep 13, 2006
    7
    I love Brad Garrett and think he is worth watching. It is not the best show ever, but might improve in future episodes.
  20. robertk
    Sep 24, 2006
    6
    Till they put something better on -- this is a time slot that can take a mediocre show to win the time slot = but it isn't til death!
  21. RavG
    Sep 17, 2006
    6
    Brad Garrett has a dry wit, something not everyone appreciate.The chemistry between the two(Garrett,Fisher) needs some syncing, but this can only happen with time and familiarity.The writing seems to be a wandering brook looking for that surge that will enable a nice flow.All in all,I watched the few shows only because of Garrett and would have ranked it lower if not for him!
  22. ScottG
    Feb 14, 2007
    6
    The concept is fine, the casting is right (I'd watch Joely Fisher in anything), but the scripting is weak; there's a lack of crispness that translates into a lack of laughs. The episode where Mrs. Woodcock has a sex dream about Brad Garrett's "Eddie" was ripped off from "Home Improvement". This does not bode well for the future.
  23. NatalieS
    Sep 10, 2006
    5
    I would've given lower, but I guess my 'loyalty' to Brad Garrett is keeping me from doing so. That being said, I'm incredibly disappointed in this show. I always do expect alot out of majorly hyped up shows, but this one could not have turned out worse. Brad and Joely are lovely actors to watch and have perfect comic timing but in this sitcom, they are merely I would've given lower, but I guess my 'loyalty' to Brad Garrett is keeping me from doing so. That being said, I'm incredibly disappointed in this show. I always do expect alot out of majorly hyped up shows, but this one could not have turned out worse. Brad and Joely are lovely actors to watch and have perfect comic timing but in this sitcom, they are merely laughable, (and not in a good way whatsoever) no thanks to a corny script. These fine actors deserve MUCH better than this. Expand
  24. FredS
    Sep 8, 2006
    4
    Brad is good actor but he is connected to bad scrpit writers. The show went to fast into sexual overtones and overplayed his part. There was't much of the plot building up to a theme that that could make an impression. I doubt the show will last the season. Brade needs Raymond's help!
  25. FrankK
    Sep 17, 2006
    4
    Basically a one-joke show. I can't see how a series can grow from a show that seems to have only four characters. And most of all, every time I see Eddie Kaye Thomas, I think of him as Finch from American Pie. I'd pick this show over the War at Home, but otherwise it's at the bottom of Fox's comedy barrel.
  26. Mar 1, 2014
    4
    I saw one episode of the show, and it was an incredibly weird experience. The jokes, the relationship between the main couple, the characterization--it's like watching familiar actors parodying Debra and Raymond on Everybody Loves Raymond!
  27. jane
    Sep 15, 2006
    3
    In a word "boring"
  28. Sean
    Sep 8, 2006
    3
    In highschool, I had a French teacher named "Woodcock". If an entire highschool of kids can go for years without having to pander to the obvious and lampoon the teacher in so many other better ways, I think that pretty much says it all about the calibre of in the laughs to be had here. I didn't laugh.
  29. MariaE
    Oct 27, 2006
    2
    Hate it...I bet (Garrett is kickin his own ass right now for NOT doing the "Raymond" spin-off...i laughed once during the Pilot...it wasnt even a laugh...it was like a chuckle...it was the only funny part not on the promos nvr watched it again...
  30. Joy
    Apr 13, 2007
    2
    This show looked lame when I saw the previews for it but I gave it a chance since Brad Garrett is one of the stars. Boy, did it stink! We've heard these jokes before on unfunnier shows. I give the show 2 months before it gets pulled off the air.
Metascore
37

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 22
  2. Negative: 9 out of 22
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Gillian Flynn
    58
    Sometimes what should be dark comedy is just plain depressing. [8 Sep 2006, p.156]
  2. Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    30
    Put it this way: Any comedy that milks multiple jokes from a character being named "Woodcock" is pretty much running on fumes.
  3. The pilot plot... follows a well-worn path of sitcoms traceable back to when cavemen acted them out with large dinosaur bones as props.