Welcome to the Family
NBC | Release Date: October 3, 2013
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
46
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
11
Negative:
7
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Miami HeraldGlenn GarvinOct 3, 2013
Season 1 Review: What makes Welcome to the Family interesting, and rather sweet, is that it confounds expectations. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandOct 1, 2013
Season 1 Review: Welcome to the Family may have the most potential of the new Thursday comedies, for the simple reason that it depends largely on careful character development as the grounding for its humor. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraOct 3, 2013
Season 1 Review: Everyone does their bit, performance-wise, but O'Malley, who came to everyone's attention as Kurt's father in "Glee," is the key player here. He and McCormack instantly create a dryly endearing couple, while he and Chavira may turn out to have the most fruitful antagonism since Maude met Archie Bunker. Read full review
70
The New York TimesAlessandra StanleyOct 2, 2013
Season 1 Review: Welcome to the Family is not as bad as it sounds, mostly because some of the writing is clever, and all the actors are good. But Ms. McCormack in particular brings a likably tough, funny texture to the often thankless job of mother of the pregnant bride. Read full review
63
USA TodayRobert BiancoOct 2, 2013
Season 1 Review: There are no awful characters and no bad actors; this is a cute little show that exceeds expectations. What it's yet to provide, though, is a compelling reason to watch. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushOct 3, 2013
Season 1 Review: The sharp performances of the combative in-laws-to-be help sell the overdone situation. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyOct 2, 2013
Season 1 Review: While Family has predictable moments, it has the potential to provide some pleasant surprises. Read full review
58
Uncle BarkyEd BarkOct 3, 2013
Season 1 Review: Welcome to the Family is a passable half-hour that fends for itself without a laugh track and manages to deliver a few un-goosed grins. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubErik AdamsOct 2, 2013
Season 1 Review: There are moments in the pilot where a smarter, more closely observed Welcome To The Family peeks through.... The most unfortunate victim of Welcome To The Family’s pacing is the pilot’s sense of humor. Read full review
50
People WeeklyTom GliattoOct 24, 2013
Season 1 Review: Welcome to the family is nicely cast.... [But it] needs to punch up the writing. [28 Oct 2013, p.47]
50
Entertainment WeeklyKeith StaskiewiczOct 18, 2013
Season 1 Review: There are a few chuckleworthy lines, but overall the show is aiming straight down the middle, and that's exactly where it ends up. [25 Oct/1 Nov 2013, p.94] Read full review
50
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardOct 3, 2013
Season 1 Review: The men are neanderthals, the women are the sitcom cliche peacemakers. Read full review
50
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen GrayOct 3, 2013
Season 1 Review: There's nothing terrible about the pilot of NBC's Welcome to the Family, but nothing that explains how it attracted Mike O'Malley, Mary McCormack , Ricardo A. Chavira and Justina Machado. Read full review
50
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenOct 2, 2013
Season 1 Review: Not great, not terrible, Welcome to the Family is another occasionally amusing but not really funny family comedy. Read full review
40
HollywoodChicago.comBrian TallericoOct 3, 2013
Season 1 Review: This is the kind of exaggerated, cliched humor more common to CBS, laugh-track sitcoms despite the best efforts of a talented cast. They’re just wasted here like so many drivers of the star vehicles this season. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterTim GoodmanOct 1, 2013
Season 1 Review: O’Malley and Chavira and McCormack elevated the material they were given. And they were good. At the same time, there wasn’t enough else in Welcome to the Family to make me want to watch any more of it. Read full review
30
New York Magazine (Vulture)Matt Zoller SeitzOct 3, 2013
Season 1 Review: Welcome to the Family has no edge at all, not even a pretend edge. Read full review
30
Under The RadarLily MoayeriOct 3, 2013
Season 1 Review: Welcome to the Family's storyline is so predictable, it doesn't warrant watching. Read full review
30
VarietyBrian LowrySep 27, 2013
Season 1 Review: The performers do deserve some credit for giving the exercise the old college try, even if Junior and Molly probably won’t get the chance. Even so, Welcome to the Family offers precious little reason to roll out the welcome mat. Read full review
25
NewsdayDiane WertsOct 2, 2013
Season 1 Review: This feels like "funny" by focus group, one composed of cloistered network executives. Read full review
20
Philadelphia InquirerDavid HiltbrandOct 3, 2013
Season 1 Review: A parade of stale stereotypes. Read full review
10
The Huffington PostMaureen RyanSep 19, 2013
Season 1 Review: The bigger problem is, this show clearly has designs on being the next "Modern Family" and yet it isn't charming in the slightest. To hook viewers, the pilot needs to make them care about at least one person in this ensemble, and it can't manage that. Read full review
0
Washington PostHank StueverSep 15, 2013
Season 1 Review: My nominee for quickest and most punitive cancellation ... What a limp and unfunny show. Read full review
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