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Welcome To Flatch: The Making Of Flatch

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Welcome to Flatch

Series Details & Credits

FOX | Release Date: March 17, 2022

Summary: Cousins Kelly Mallet (Chelsea Holmes) and Lloyd "Shrub" Mallett (Sam Straley) are some of the residents of a midwestern town being filmed by a documentry crew in this comedy series from Jenny Bicks and Paul Feig that was based on British mockumentary This Country.

Genre(s): Comedy

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S2:E13. Flatch: Churn Here
Air Date: February 2, 2023
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S2:E12. What Are You, Chicken?
Air Date: January 26, 2023
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S2:E11. Flatch-elor Party
Air Date: January 12, 2023

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Critic Reviews

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Decider

Joel Keller

Mar 17, 2022

Season 1 Review: Welcome To Flatch gets out of the gate almost fully-formed, with a world we want to watch and characters that are funny and have the potential for a lot of room to develop. Read full review

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The Hollywood Reporter

Angie Han

Mar 15, 2022

Season 1 Review: Confident world-building, likable cast chemistry and just the teeniest touch of sweetness soon make Flatch feel like home, as familiar and welcoming as your own neighborhood. Read full review

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TV Guide

Kaitlin Thomas

Mar 14, 2022

Season 1 Review: While Welcome to Flatch isn't doing anything novel, its dedication to portraying a more authentic version of small-town life in the Midwest makes it a fine addition to a growing slate of shows that have reinvigorated the broadcast comedy. Read full review

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The A.V. Club

Saloni Gajjar

Mar 15, 2022

Season 1 Review: The show is determined to be all heart to a degree that comes off as a little forced. Welcome To Flatch roughly clicks around episode six (“RIP Cynthia”), though, by honing in on the whole ensemble during an absurd funeral plot. It’s here that the show finally finds something of a comedic groove. Read full review

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Sioux City Journal

Bruce Miller

Mar 21, 2022

Season 1 Review: Straley, Holmes and Scott bear watching. But Feig and Bicks might want to make some changes before rolling out the welcome mat. In “Welcome to Flatch,” it’s often difficult to focus. Read full review

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Variety

Caroline Framke

Mar 15, 2022

Season 1 Review: There’s plenty of comic potential here, but the writing struggles to home in on it, instead relying on its actors to elevate the material. Read full review

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Wall Street Journal

John Anderson

Mar 15, 2022

Season 1 Review: If “Flatch” were genuinely smart or funny it might be forgiven its offenses. ... Why make these two [Kelly and Shrub] the focus of the show? It’s a bit baffling given the mindlessness of their adventures, but they do fit the agenda, if the agenda is making rural Americans look shiftless, ignorant and incurious. Read full review

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TVJerry

Mar 20, 2022

Yet another mockumentary. This time the crew goes to a small Midwest town, where they follow several of the more unusual residents, esp. Kelly (Holmes) & Shrub (Sam Straley). A show like this depends on quirky characters to make it work and this duo anchors the cast effectively. His comicYet another mockumentary. This time the crew goes to a small Midwest town, where they follow several of the more unusual residents, esp. Kelly (Holmes) & Shrub (Sam Straley). A show like this depends on quirky characters to make it work and this duo anchors the cast effectively. His comic timing is sly, while she goes over the top. Add in stalwarts like Seann William Scott (best known as Stifler in American Pie) and Aya Cash (the girlfriend in You're The Worst) who bring additional comic fun. Some moments are hilarious, while others try too hard. Either way, there's sufficient absurdity in the writing and performances to make it an appealing little romp. (Review based on the first 5 of seven 30-minute episodes)… Expand

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UncleWillard

Mar 24, 2022

It took me a while, but I'm into it now. Good actors in it and I like the small town vibe. Kinda reminds me of a white trash Reservation Dawgs though.

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megaviewer

Sep 30, 2022

Wow. I've never seen a show try so hard to be funny and quirky and smart, and fail so completely.

It tries to be 'Parks and Rec', 'Schitts Creek', and 'The Office', but fails so totally and completely at all three, all the time. The characters are boring, uninventive, and uninteresting.Wow. I've never seen a show try so hard to be funny and quirky and smart, and fail so completely.

It tries to be 'Parks and Rec', 'Schitts Creek', and 'The Office', but fails so totally and completely at all three, all the time.

The characters are boring, uninventive, and uninteresting. The interaction between them is boring, uninventive, and uninteresting. The stories are boring, uninventive, and uninteresting.

If this is supposed to be a glimpse into small town life... HARD PASS.

There isn't a single genuine laugh, a single enjoyable moment, or a single thing to care about - AT ALL - in the entire series. Not one.

I've watched every episode hoping it'll get better... and it never does. It's just a continuing loop of unfunny people, unfunny plots, and unfunny stories.

Don't invest even a minute of your time with this boring bore of boredom.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: September 29, 2022
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  S2:E13. Flatch: Churn Here
  Air Date: February 2, 2023
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  S2:E12. What Are You, Chicken?
  Air Date: January 26, 2023
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  S2:E11. Flatch-elor Party
  Air Date: January 12, 2023
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  S2:E10. Flatch or (Butter) Bust
  Air Date: January 5, 2023
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  S2:E9. O Come, All Ye Flatchful
  Air Date: December 8, 2022
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  S2:E8. Flatchural Disaster
  Air Date: November 27, 2022
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  S2:E7. The Tri-State Real Estate Conference
  Air Date: November 17, 2022
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  S2:E6. Glowing up Is Hard to Do
  Air Date: November 10, 2022
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  S2:E5. The Headless Horseman
  Air Date: October 27, 2022
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  S2:E4. Open House
  Air Date: October 20, 2022
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  S2:E3. Maniflatch Destiny
  Air Date: October 13, 2022
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: March 17, 2022