Man each episode just continues to get better and better

This show is much better than I expected, then again, my expectations were somewhere below basement level. The first episodes were not very good, but there are moments that are genuinely hilarious and as the characters develop the show seems to find its pace. Episode 8 had me laughing so hard I actually cried.LeBlanc and Snyder have great chemistry and the kids are good. They aren't the problem, the problem is the writing. The idea that a man who starts taking more (that is,equally as much) responsibility for his family is somehow in for a shock because omg parenting is hard, is terribly outdated. LeBlanc does this in a heartwarming day; of course everyone wants to be the fun parent, and it's good that he realises that being a parent is more than being fun. It's like his character is on the right track, but the writers still throw really sexist scenarios at him. His character is in many ways too good to be a stupid man child, but still the writers don't seem to have understood this.Adam (LeBlanc) and Andi (Snyder) are clearly capable of being a grown up, lovable couple that tries really hard to navigate through parenting, but for some reason the writers just have to go there, that murky place with all that stereotyping: men are like this, women like that, etcetera. Adam and Andi are relatable in many ways, so that the writers feel forced to make them less relatable is beyond me.Sitcoms generally freak me out. If you can't make the comedy stand on its own, without a laugh track showing people when to laugh or not, you're not good at doing comedy. Plus it's just scary watching something together with invisible people with a bad sense of humour. If the producers of this show would just let go of some of those laughs and allow the characters to be a driving force instead of letting old, sexist and cliché ideas of family life take the wheel, this show could really go somewhere.There's something unique with this show, but that could disappear really quickly if the writers eff it up, and they actually seem to want to do that.

Another show with an overbearing abusive loud mouth wife pretending almighty. This throttles any comedy that might have happened. LeBlanc is good in small doses but not as a main character. Kevin Nealon is quite good and gets the 2 stars. The plot has promise but can be predictable, line then laugh, line then laugh pattern regardless of content.

Finally a good comedy show! Enough with the trying-to-be-funny shows with the silly and annoying characters! I haven't seen anything really that Matt LeBlanc did after Friends so i was hesitant at first because i thought he was going to copy the "Joey" character. But no, not at all! In this show he is a smart family man and he is totally pulling it off! I believe the show is one of the funniest I've seen for a long time and believe me I've seen a lot ! The casting is great(i love Liza), the acting and the scripts are good and that is all i want. It is great to see LeBlanc maturing and acting as a loving husband rather than a womanizer. I loved the show from the first episode, i think is great. Exactly what you need after a long stressful day to relax. Hope it's coming back for more seasons!! Keep up the good work !!