This was an awful show. It was about a kid who got divorced then decided she needed to go live with her parents. Instead of her being grateful for her parents allowing her to live with them she decides she has to lecture them on everything her parents do wrong. Horrible feeling of entitlement as the daughter, who moved back in, was trying to take control of the entire household in where she was a guest and not paying rent. If you do not like the way your parents act around your kid, move out. If you want to go out on a date, hire a babysitter and not expect to have your parents, who already raised small kids raise your kid while you try to go out and party. I was able to get through the pilot but I could not get through the second episode. I wanted to like the show as there is just pure garbage on TV today, but this show is right up there with other garbage shows.

Honestly, I'm not sure why everyone is downing the show! It's not Masterpiece Theatre, but it has it's moments. I think Sarah Chalke is charming, and her parents are amusing. Brad Garrett is a good comedian, and has just been dealt some not so popular shows. Her mom's Drug and alcohol usage makes her relatable, even though I know many folks out there wont admit that. I think there are too many reality shows out there, and this is far better, if not just a lesser evil. Many of my favorite shows are getting canceled, and I'm really picky when it comes to having television I actually follow. The acting isn't bad, the plots are interesting and believable. Give it a chance!

I'm more of a lurker than a reviewer, but I find that current reviews and ratings of this series (the pilot episode) deviate too much from its true worth. First the good: This series has higher than average (sitcom- wise) production values. It doesn't feel plastic, and it doesn't feel like everything is happening inside a studio (except the job scenes). Then the acting, especially that of the parents is really solid (and even the daughter's, and kid actors nailing a part is hard). The script doesn't exclusively rely on pun quantity (in other sitcoms actor's just sit there saying weird outlandish stuff one after the other in the hopes that one of them clicks...) and it does deliver some real laugh-out-loud moments (few though) and I haven't laughed with a sitcom in years. OK, maybe I chuckle with every fourth episode of Modern Family (it's getting better) but that's it. The bad: there are some cliché stuff and a little contrived sentimentality, there are some unfunny situations, and while weird characters are interesting, the divorced husband guy and the mother is more of a caricature (BTW parents are more or less ripped off from meet the Fockers I think, but funnier)

Holy mole, is this a stinker. This seems like one of those shows that gets on the air because of network execs hiring their friends. Or perhaps the people writing on it have some scandalous dirt on the network execs that gave it the green light. But it is truly shockingly bad. Are they trying to drive away the network TV audience forever? Perhaps there is a high stakes bet on which network can join the dinosaurs to extinction the fastest. All I know is that not one of these writers should ever work again. Please don't let these writers in to another writers room or on another sound stage. Wow, almightiest of turds, right here.