Network: ABC.
Episodes: 23 (half-hour).
Seasons: One.
TV show dates: October 16, 2018 — May 21, 2019.
Series status: Cancelled.
Performers include: Michael Cudlitz, Mary McCormack, Sam Straley, Caleb Foote, Sawyer Barth, Christopher Paul Richards, Jack Gore, Andy Walken, and Santino Barnard.
TV show description:
From creator Tim Doyle, The Kids Are Alright TV show is an ensemble sitcom, set in the 1970s. The series follows the Cleary family, a traditional Irish-Catholic clan, as they live out their lives amidst the upheaval of the 1970s.
The story unfolds in a great Los Angeles working-class neighborhood. The family is headed up by married couple Peggy (McCormack) and Mike Cleary (Cudlitz), who are raising eight rowdy and energetic sons. Because this is the 70s, the boys live most of their lives outside, and they do so with a lack of supervision that might cause modern helicopter parents to faint.
Their lives are chugging along more as less as expected, until the Clearys’ eldest son, Lawrence (Straley) comes home to announce he’s quitting the seminary. Instead of pursuing the priesthood, he wants to embark on a mission to “save the world.” Mike and Peggy never expected to be raising their brood in such turbulence, but as the song goes, the times they are a-changing.
Series Finale:
Episode #23 — Irish Goodbye
Peggy struggles with Lawrence’s decision to move out of the house, especially after she discovers that he is secretly moving in with a girlfriend she’s never met. Lawrence’s determination to keep Peggy out of his personal life only causes her to investigate further, while Mike welcomes his departure. Meanwhile, Timmy can’t find his ventriloquist dummy, Knuckles, and learns that Joey took him without asking.
First aired: May 21, 2019.
What do you think? Do you like The Kids Are Alright TV series? Should this ABC TV show have been cancelled or renewed for season two?
Bring it back.This show is hilarious
I loved this show !The humor was on point and clever!They should bring back series!
A series my wife and I could totally relate to being Gen X’ers. It was a fresh approach to sit coms not full of one liners but actual characters and the trials and tribulations of growing up in a much easier time. This SUCKS but hopefully it makes a mid season return! Another great show Life in Pieces cancelled on CBS first and then TKAA on ABC…
Everyone we know loved this show. It was, in my opinion, the best sitcom on TV. We are all disappointed it was canceled. The show was about the characters and the story; not a bunch of one-liners, which sadly, is what most sitcoms are now-days.
I can’t believe this show has been cancelled. What??? Please bring it back!
Love this show!! Bring it back!
Bring the show back please!!!!!!
This was one of the best shows and funniest that I have ever watched on TV. This was one of the few shows my husband and I agreed on. Really too bad that it wasn’t given a real chance.
Canceling a Family show PROVES Disney is NOT a Family Friendly Business
Both the kids are all right and the enemy within or two of the best shows on television. Not all about sex violence all that stuff but still psychologically interesting. I look forward to them and take them every week so that my husband could watch them with me. I figured they’d be canceled. They weren’t glamorous enough
Another great show cancelled. It is getting to the point where I mainly watch Netflix anymore. Thanks again networks!
Best of new show of 2018, Please bring it back
I looked forward to Tuesday evenings to watch this show. It was so funny and refreshing.
I loved it. Why did it cancel? Please tell whoever can do anything about it to…bring it back!!!
I love The Kids are Alright!! It was a great show for the whole family! Please bring it back!!!
This series was HYSTERICAL!! PLEASE PLEASE bring it back!!