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A story that recounts a series of comedic and thrilling events about A traditional Irish Catholic family is moving around in a seemingly complex period. In a working-class neighborhood outside Los Angeles, Mike and Biggie gathered eight young boys in their three bedrooms and one bathroom, but the house might look different when his older son, Lawrence.
14 June 1968, Ft. Benning, Georgia, USA
20 May 1949, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
10 September 1959, Los Angeles, California, USA
6 August 1976, Long Beach, California, USA
4 June 1978, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
20 October 1990, Kentucky, USA
2 September 1938, Denver, Colorado, USA
October 16, 2018
What The Kids Are Alright has going for it most of all is McCormack, who makes the most of a role cut to her talents.
October 17, 2018
Yes, this show could get better. But there are so many characters to service it feels like none of them will be more than one-note.
October 16, 2018
The casting works, and the writing underscores the bonds among these characters in a way that makes them feel like a real family.
October 16, 2018
The best of the fall season's new comedies from a network that's become well-practiced in turning back the clock and making shows like these tick.
October 16, 2018
The ABC family-sitcom brand may have another winner in Tim Doyle's (Last Man Standing) affectionate if derivative memoir about growing up in a rambunctious Irish-Catholic family of eight boys in the 1970s.
October 16, 2018
The Kids Are Alright is a terribly generic name for a surprisingly distinctive and personal sitcom, plucked from the memories of series creator Tim Doyle,
October 16, 2018
All told there's much to like in The Kids Are Alright, partly owing to the era being ripe with possibilities and partly because Doyle's sense of humor about his childhood rings mostly true as it reflects and finds well-earned comedy in nostalgia.
October 16, 2018
The first episode is very funny and flies by... What's distinct, though, is the attempt to connect the 1970s setting to contemporary America.
October 15, 2018
The tumult, chaos and divergent interests of these many brothers feels authentic, and so do the besieged parents who are trying to hold it all together with a modest paycheck and as much love as they can divide among eight boys.
October 16, 2018
A sweet little sitcom.
