(ABC / Tony Rivetti)
Cue The Who. ABC has ordered The Kids Are Alright TV show to series. In a day overwhelmed by cancellations and renewals, there were also a few new programs greenlit today. This one hails from ABC Studios. Writer Tim Doyle is executive producing, and the sitcom is inspired by his childhood.
A 1970s comedy, The Kids Are Alright centers on the Irish-Catholic Cleary family. The Walking Dead‘s Michael Cudlitz and The West Wing‘s Mary McCormack star as Mike and Peggy Cleary. These parents of eight sons are just trying to get through the day in a working-class neighborhood near Los Angeles.
The ABC cast also includes Sam Straley as Lawrence, Caleb Martin Foote as Eddie, Sawyer Barth as Frank, Christopher Paul Richards as Joey, Jack Gore as Timmy, Andy Walken as William, and Santino Barnard as Pat. Yes, that’s only seven, but we didn’t write up the ABC website copy. Kennedy Lea Slocum is also listed in the main cast, but no word is yet available on which character she’ll play.
Here’s more from the ABC press release.
THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT
Set in the 1970s, this ensemble comedy follows a traditional Irish-Catholic family, The Clearys, as they navigate changes big and small during one of America’s most turbulent decades. In a working-class neighborhood outside Los Angeles, Mike (strong, silent dad played by Michael Cudlitz) and Peggy (overbearing mom played by Mary McCormack) raise eight boisterous boys who live out their days with little supervision. The household is turned upside down when oldest son, Lawrence, returns home and announces he’s quitting the seminary to go off and “save the world.” Times are changing and this family will never be the same. Ten people, three bedrooms, one bathroom, and everyone in it for themselves. Inspired by the childhood of writer/executive producer Tim Doyle.
Cast & Credits
Cast
Michael Cudlitz
Mary McCormack
Sam Straley
Caleb Martin Foote
Sawyer Barth
Christopher Paul Richards
Jack Gore
Andy Walken
Santino Barnard
Kennedy Lea SlocumWriter/Executive Producer
Tim DoyleProduction Company
ABC STUDIOS
What do you think? How do you like the sound of The Kids Are Alright TV series? Do you plan to check out the first season when it premieres on ABC?
I have laughed and enjoyed this show’s first two episodes. However, please note that a sewing machine is NEVER on table in front of person sewing with its back to the person. Nice vintage sewing machine too.
Looks like it could be a good show. My growing up years!
Looking forward to this show. Enjoy Mary McCormack in whatever she does!
I can’t wait for this show to air. Explains and d
Shows what my childhood was like. Funny from the outside but very serious to my parents.
tom doyle used to write and produce Roseanne and Last Man Standing so it looks like ABC is think the kids are alright might be the show to follow Roseanne… because blackish, AH and SUT are not working for the new roseanne audience… we’ll soon see
Will this be screened in the uk
They passed on some quality shows for this?
could care less and glad I don’t because it’ll just get cancelled anyway