The McCarthys

I watched every episode, it was hit and miss for the first couple episode, but they found their niche.

They recently had an episode with Jane Kaczmarek, that was a GREAT episode. She plays the sister of Laurie Metcalf, the two of them have funny chemistry together.

The lead character is Tyler Ritter, he is good enough to carry the show. The rest of the characters are getting better. The show is has old fashion sitcom feel to it. Some of the jokes fall flat but its happening less and less.

Watch that episode instead, don't bother with the pilot episode.

The show is great. Clever writing and the cast is awesome. Laurie Met calf is always a favorite. Ritter is cute and clever. The pregnant daughter storyline..eh...but now that the show has more episodes, it's getting funny. The show is great. They should cancel the lame, Two Broke Girls, and put it in to episodes outside of the home. The Dad is a natural talent. The rest of the cast is a refreshing pleasure from seeing the usual sitcom stars show up again and again. Too soon for us to forget the last sitcom. I hope the show stays on the air for a long time. The writing is fresh. Right now I'm binge watching this season. Still funny. Which made me feel compelled to give a review. Give the show a chance. Even Seinfeld took two seasons to catch on.

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.

I had to write this after seeing the only other review describing it as 'Homophobic', something it certainly is not.

The McCarthys are a close knit Boston family who love sports, except for Mother and one of the three sons (there is also a daughter). the son in question is gay, but it is never presented as a bad thing. His family are in fact very supportive, even if their support is at times naive.

This is pretty much a standard family based comedy with plenty of laughs and good performances. The family are lovable dopes in the main, and the whole thing is harmless and often laugh out loud funny.

It may well be canceled (you never know these days) but it certainly won't be because some ignorant people think it's homophobic, thankfully.

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.