The McCarthys

Arthur (Jack McGee) and Marjorie McCarthy (Laurie Metcalf) are the heads of a Boston Irish Catholic close-knit combative family. He coaches high school basketball. Gerard (Joey McIntyre) and Sean (Jimmy Dunn) are their twin sons ... fraternal twins. Their daughter Jackie (Kelen Coleman) gets pregnant from the old assistant coach who just passed away. Ronny (Tyler Ritter) is their gay son and the only one who doesn't get sports.

This is an old fashion family sitcom with a gay character. It's old in both good and bad ways. There are no risks in this show. There is no attempt at anything out of the box. This has been done for over 20 years. It might have been edgy back in the day to have a nice normal gay character. Television has moved on beyond that. The good is that it is safe. It's easy. The cast is terrific. I like everybody in the show. They all have an easy chemistry. It's a fair sitcom but is going to be forgotten soon after its cancellation.

I am from Mass. & love Laurie Metcalf so I gave it a shot. Not only is the writing cringe-worthy but every person in the cast is nasty and unpleasant. The gay community should question the seemingly patronizing addition of the gay son/neighbor/friend/colleague/etc. who lately, in a number of shows in this enlightened age, seems to still manage to make the gay lifestyle a subject of ridicule and embarrassment, under the guise of entertainment. Joey McIntyre over-acts to the point of agonizing to watch which contributes to this shows embarrassing content on all fronts. Laurie Metcalf's considerable and awarded talent is wasted here.

The comedic possibilities of a large Irish family would seem endless.

Guess what - they ended with this waste of 22 minutes.

Laurie Metcalf is a funny woman but not in this show. The husband / father is a weak, humorless twit.

The rest of the family is an unlikeable bunch and of course the focus of everything is centered on the one homosexual son. Like being gay is so funny. Like how many sitcoms don't already include a gay character in a desperate attempt to garner laughs.

Once upon a time, pilots of shows like this were run before trial audiences in major cities. The show would be played in a hotel meeting room on several monitors to an audience of 100 or so invited guests. Based on their spontaneous reactions, follow-up Q&A and written feedback, a show would make it to air or not - or it would be tweaked and retried or it would bite the dust right then and there.

If THE McCARTHYS ever went through such a trial focus group, I don't know how it ever got a green light to air.

Horrible show that was cancelled after just 11 episodes.

Love this Show it is Funny and Hilarious. I think people should watch it the cast is Great and CRAZY. The MOTHER runs the Family.

Finally, The McCarthys are back on television. How many reality shows are going to be on t.v.? This show reminds Of the shows I grew up with , Threes Company, Laverne & Shirley, The Cosby, etc. I was so sad to hear that it was cancelled without giving it a chance. I find this show to be very funny with an amazing cast starting with Laurie Metcalf. Then, to have John Ritters son as the main character who reminds me of his father, who was a comical genius, makes it an even funnier show. I hope cbs gives it a chance. Television needs more shows like the McCarthys. It's a family show, not like a those reality shows. Children should be. Watching funny family shows like this one.