(ABC / Richard Cartwright)
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?
This is so disappointing to hear. This is the one show my husband and I have to watch right away each week. It’s our favorite! Please some other network pick this one up! Don’t let it die!
My husband and I just love it; it is literally LOL funny! I grew up next door to and Irish Catholic family with 7 kids and some of the situations really ring true.
Please keep this one going another season!!!!
Funny and nostalgic. Why pull it? Give the show a chance for those of us who are sick of fake reality shows—we’d rather have some levity than rigged sex and money gribbing. In fact, this show is more real than many being aired.
Please bring it back! The characters are all funny and unique. Love it!
Please uncancel it! It’s a great show with a lot of heart and humor.
The Best Show In Years !!
Cancelled ?? Why? All the reality show are Terrible.Yet they are around for YEARS!! (The Bachelor, Bachelorette,)..
No More Good show and One comes along (The Kids are Alright)) and Bam Cancelled,
And yet they keep shows that have run their course (Blackish, Fresh of the boat, The Goldbergs)..
I am No longer watch ABC Shows. If CBS, Nbc, Fox or even Netflix or Hula Picks up.. I will be watching those stations.
PLEASE Another Network Needs to Pick it up!!!
Please do not cancel, very refreshing series, great cast
I love this show. Very familiar to The Goldbergs, but a different era. I hope they change their minds or another channel picks it up. It’s too bad the network can’t keep the good shows going. It’s no wonder people have stopped watching regular tv and only watch streaming tv when good shows keep getting cancelled.
this was amazing show. so sorry to see it get cancelled.
Love this show – I laugh every time it’s on. I am so sad it is being cancelled.
Why cancel this show, it had better ratings than many shows ABC renewed? Not to mention is was an excellent show.
Please get someone to pick this up. It makes the 70’s feel real again it was a fun time. We were still safe in our world. This was my laugh out loud show. I cant wait for this each week– this barely got a year. So many other shows are still on that are more of the same old boring stuff, Ugh This is such a great show. I am so sick of reality shows we know they are all scripted.
OMG!!!! This is a hysterical sitcom. The cast is perfect. When both my husband and I enjoy a show then the show is just hexed apparently. Move it but don’t kill it. It’s just too good. Dammit
The mom in this show is pure gold, with the daughter in law “to be”, running a close second . May easily be the best new show on TV. Love that it’s filmed in the 70’s, a great time to be a teenager. Please reconsider your plans to cancel this show .
Very disappointed that the “the kids are alright” is being cancelled ! I love this show ! I love that it’s based in the 70’s “A great time to be a teenager “. The mom in this show, is pure gold, with the daughter in law “to be”, running a close second. I’m hoping another network picks it up .