Comments on: The Goode Family and Surviving Suburbia: ABC Prez Says Sitcoms Cancelled

By: DD

DD — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:57:23 +0000

ABC is just not a good channel for an animated show. Judge needs to either go back to Fox, or work up a deal to do something on Comedy Central or Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim.

By: Nikenna

Nikenna — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:21:55 +0000

Awww Man! I really liked watching The Goode Family. Please bring it back!!!!!

By: sarah

sarah — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:58:25 +0000

That sucks, surviving suburbia was hilarious! Seinfeld didn’t do so hot in the ratings its first year, and it came back to be one of the most popular tv shows on tv. I was hoping the same thing would happen with surviving suburbia.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:06:09 +0000

I loved THE GOODE FAMILY. I want more!!!!!!! Please dont give up, it is an amazing animated show. Be back, I expect to see more funny stories of eco-crazed family! Sometimes I see myself in them when I go to my eco-store, haha..

By: webdiva

webdiva — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:57:31 +0000

Thank heaves: they stank.

By: bozo bonzo kharthoum

bozo bonzo kharthoum — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:44:55 +0000

I’m going to miss the Goode Family. I watched every episode and there are zero other shows I watch on television religiously. I used to watch Jay Leno once every now and then, and I stopped when Conan O’Brien took over. Talentless fop.

Bliss Goode was the closest portrayal of today’s teenager I have ever seen on television. She’s constantly texting and ignoring everyone else. So typical. Mike Judge is an excellent observer of current trends and events.

Take it to Fox, Mike! Don’t let this one die!

By: Mike W

Mike W — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:17:00 +0000

I was really disappointed with the Goode family. It was just an insipid show to me. I really liked the premise – but they just couldn’t pull it off. I especially didn’t like any of the characters except for maybe the Daughter. I thought they were pretty 1 dimensional.

By: Anna

Anna — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:45:53 +0000

Well, that’s really disappointing. I rarely ever watch any network TV anymore, but I did watch The Goode Family every time it was on. The more recent episodes were really funny, and I even got my non-TV-watching husband to watch a couple of episodes.

I guess it’s back to cable for us.

By: Nadine

Nadine — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:43:34 +0000

I really liked The Goode Family. I thought it was funny and poked fun at a lot of current issues. Surviving Suburbia was funny, though I’m a much bigger Cynthia Stevenson fan than one of Bob Saget. She was so great as George’s mom in Dead Like Me, and the character she played on Men In Trees. I first saw her on According To Jim as the cuter half of the pesky Devlin couple.

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Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:24:45 +0000

[...] ABC announced it was cancelling the new Mike Judge series “The Goode Family”. [...]

By: kim hinton

kim hinton — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:37:10 +0000

Surviving Suburbia actually made me laugh,one of the few sitcoms to do this.I recently read an article that tv might be on it’s way out.That advertisers may not want to sink money into shows with no quality.This one to me had some qualities I looked for but the problem is the executives never give shows the time they need to grow.Everything is so fast paced what does everyone have ADHD when it comes to tv shows?At the rate that executives cut shows who wants to invest any time into any show,why?Just so they can pull the plug tomorrow.No wonder people are turning elsewhere,contrary to belief there are some people who like to have stability in their lives!Maybe executives need to come up with better ways of keeping their advertisers happy and not pi- -ing off their viewers before they see themselves without a job!

By: Eddie W

Eddie W — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:49:17 +0000

I’m a HUGE fan of Mike Judge, but the Goode Family was just plain trying too hard to be funy. King of the Hill was great b/c it placed normal people in abnormal situations and we empathized with Hank trying to keep things together. Plus, I loved the show b/c it was like a free half-hour trip to Texas every week.
The Goode Family is a bunch of abnormal people put in to even more bizarre situations. Sometimes I laughed in shock, but I never connected with the characters because none of them seemed genuine. I’ll miss King of the Hill, but not the Goode’s.

By: Skysoldier173

Skysoldier173 — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:11:25 +0000

All I can say for both of these pieces of crap is “Goode”riddance.George Goode was more of a pain in the ass than Peggy Hill and a bigger ****** than Barrack Obama and as far as Surviving Suburbia the only thing we saw out of this crappy show was Bob Saget being more of a DORK here than he was on Full House.Thank god these two shows will be joining KOTH in hell good bye and F-you to these shows.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:21:26 +0000

I loved both of these shows. The Goode family really was a breathe of fresh air. It sucks that the only shows that get big numbers are the mind numbing reality shows.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:21:28 +0000

That sucks The Goode Family was pretty good

By: chelle

chelle — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:41:52 +0000

The goode family was a new and refreshing show that actually had an original plot. Im immensely dissapointed but not suprised, the only thing networks care about anymore is pathetic reality tv. ABC made a mistake by not giving this show the timeslot or promotion it deserves.

By: rhino

rhino — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:38:08 +0000

Why would you cancel both shows. they had so much potentila
**** you abc

By: billb.

billb. — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:12:02 +0000

Good. they take a great show, King of the Hill off, and try to put some p.c., lefty show on. The fools in Hollywood don’t get it. Left wing loons are NOT funny, just clueless and angry. Good riddence.

By: keller1212

keller1212 — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:24:26 +0000

We are verrrrrrrrrrrrrrry disappointed with both The Goode Family and Surviving Suburbia being cancelled! What is wrong with you?!?!? There aren’t enough sitcoms on TV nowadays and if you keep cancelling shows and not giving it a chance then you might as well live in the neanderthal days with no technology! Worst decision ever!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 17:00:32 +0000

Since it is the summer, i’m not surprised the series wasnt pulled, the networks, especially ABC has made this summer the ultimate burnoff season. Theyve burned off almost all of there cancelled series including Pushing Daisies, Eli Stone, Dirty Sexy Money, Samantha Who?, In the Motherhood, and even Better off Ted (which isnt even cancelled yet). The Goode Family and Surviving Suburbia wasn’t officially cancelled but the summer burnoff and move to fridays was basically a kiss of death. I’m surprised it was announced this quickly though but with ratings that low, both series seemed cancelled all along.

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:15:52 +0000

I am very disappointed that the Goode Family is not coming back. What a great show that showed the foolishness/naivete of the Whole Foods crowd with some biting caricatures of Wal-Mart crowd. Che, the meat deprived vegan dog, was one of the funniest characters and story lines in recent years. I wouldn’t expect the network execs to not “get” the show, or they were offended by the Liberal commentary that Mike Judge brought to the public. When they put it on Friday night, I know that it was doomed.