Do not expect much from this sitcom. I've watched the two episodes currently up and it is pretty much a copy of King of Queens (They are literally using the same set from King of Queens) but with the addition of children. I gave it 5 stars because Will Sasso is unquestionably funny and even though this sitcom is fairly vanilla, he can still get an occasional chuckle out of me. However, like other people have pointed out, the massive overuse of canned laughter is completely unbearable. I would be surprised if this sitcom lasted for more than two - three seasons since it is just reusing the same tired formula used by other sitcoms. Not completely terrible but definitely not anything new or original. It is something you leave on to entertain the kids while you make dinner.
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orsonwelles42018 July 2020
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mikemean22 July 2020This show tries to hard and the laugh track is quite annoying. Every joke doesn't need a laugh. Tone it down, slow it down.
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myronlearn25 July 2020Who would ever have thought that any television show with the great Jane Curtin could be this bad? What a waste of talent! Even she can't rescue this below par monstrosity. Another series with two precocious kids? How original. I gave it five stars, only because of Miss Curtin.
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queendrae19 July 2020You have to be a parent of multiple children to get it. When there's 2 or more kids in a family you're going to hear some yelling. I think the casting is perfect & this show deserves to be watched... by people who have sense of humor.
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lisacglidden23 July 2020I absolutely love this show. It's relatable, funny and entertaining! This show could not have come at a better time. We all need a little more feel good fun and laughter!
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chrisdye-1749313 August 2020Okay this show is new but it has a soul of the good old days when parents and children could watch tv as a family and all be entertained its smart funny and sweet however just like the shows i was bragging about its also got something very annoying a laugh trick and boy is it over used it actually kinda makes me feel like i dont know whem to laugh its used so much
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randan500017 July 2020As a fan of Will Sasso I really wanted to like this show but it has several problems. First the hugely annoying laugh track. Every comment they make has the laugh track going. It's way too much and distracting. If you can't write funny material the laugh track isn't going to save it. Second, the ridiculous yelling and the need to have a prolapsed rectum as a gag? Just terrible. Finally, there isn't much chemistry between the husband and wife. It's a shame because Will Sasso is a pretty funny actor; the writers failed him. I don't see this show lasting long.
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Dylan1226-123 July 2020Stumbled on to this on Hulu. I've always liked Will Sasso and between that and Jane Curtin, I watched it...
Cute show... I laughed out loud a few times... I'm not going to claim it's the next great family comedy, but I liked it and my kids liked it... -
joshuarob-3314116 July 2020Watched the pilot and second episode last night and although it's nice to just have some light viewing with subject matter we can all understand... I just don't see the need for a laugh track we don't need prompts when something is funny, it is either funny or it's not.
Other than that the show is pretty much light viewing for a working class audience and I'm glad to see tv cater to that audience again but not at the cost of a laugh track. -
jlogan-1702221 July 2020I just do not understand studios that continue to try cranking out the same, sorry, tired format. I I will never understand capable actors such as Will Sasso or Jane Curtin attaching their names to such a travesty. Sasso is better than this, funnier than the cheap 80's laugh-track will ever let you know. To think that Julius Sharpe would accept credit as a co-creator, rather than slinking away in embarrassment, is astounding to me.
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kluck-2254916 July 2020This show is very relatable to life with kids which makes it so funny. I can see my kids doing the same things on the show. It's real life and real life is funny. The only thing I would change is the laugh track.
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SnoopyStyle9 November 2020In Denver, sacarstic couple Bill (Will Sasso) and Jo (Christina Vidal) have two adorably strange daughters. Bill's mom (Jane Curtin) moved in two years earlier due to sickness and has never left. Chuy (Guillermo Díaz) is Jo's overly helpful brother. Neither approve of the couple's parenting style.
In general, I like the actors more than the characters or its standard sitcom construction. Will Sasso is a good comedic lead of a sitcom. There are some fun moments. I like the family although Jane Curtin gets annoying sometimes. A half season is all it gets and it never got a big enough audience. -
aeasmmikey30 July 2020...and I have. And do. Trust me.
This is what I would call "unwatchable" which is something I rarely say. Even the cheesiest television has some merit on some level I have found.
Obviously this will not last. Part of me thinks it wasn't meant to. But I am privy to a bit of the process of what it takes to get something on the air, and how many shows are shot that don't make it on air -- so I know a lot of time and money and resources went into this.
Yet no one in this whole process spoke up and said, "this is not good."
And they should have.
The kid actors alone make it unbearable. Their precocious air, their delivery.. all bad. Jane curtain's character...oof.
Will Sasso tries to save this mess and can't. Go back to Mom, please; hopefully they will expand your role there. -
smarioperera20 July 2020The acting is horrible. The script is so weak. Not funny at all. Jane curtain looks freakishly creepy.
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ericjfleming17 July 2020Will Sasso and Christina Vidal are great as a modern couple with young kids. Throw in Jane Curtain and it works for me! I really did LoL and more than a couple times. The night I watched the pilot and first episode sealed it for me. Great lines and professional delivery by all. It's a sitcom don't over think it!
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justshop16 July 2020Horrible writing, too much laugh track, overacting, bad acting (Jane Curtin), lots of yelling, and, of course, the precocious child. I watched the pilot and one episode and I'm done.
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If you enjoy Will Sasso you will almost certainly enjoy this show. For a pilot, they did a pretty good job. Most other pilots don't have much good material. This was a pleasant surprise. And it was great to see Jane Curtin again playing Will's mother. She'll be a really asset to the show in future episodes. In much the same way John Mahoney did in Frasier. Even the kids are fun and interesting on this one.
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jillianwgomez30 August 2020I wasted 30 minutes of my life watching this garbage and it was too long. It's not funny at all and the acting is terrible. A show about parents who hate their family and life is not good family television. Two thumbs down.
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douglaswsmith16 July 2020Great! Awesome and refreshing amid the garbage that's on cable right now! The only thing that could make it better would be to get rid of Jane Curtin's character!!
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fleck05IMDB20 July 2020I love Will Sasso and was looking forward to this show, but this is really bad. Horrible writing, warmed over story lines, and the laugh track is overbearing. I really wanted to like this...
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foofyanne4 October 2020This show is just plain STUPID!! I FORCED my self to watch the PILOT & VOWED then & there NEVER NEVER AGAIN!!! CANCEL this Garbage!!!!
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williamsymingtonv16 July 2020This show does use the old school laugh-track, joke every other line, formula. That doesn't make it bad- not when the actors are talented and have good comic timing and performance chops. These are all talented people delivering well-written lines with snap. The exploration of family dynamics, raising kids in the modern, frenetic world, and marriage may be tried and true, but this show does it with a fresh tone. Boasting SNL alumnus Jane Curtin as the live-in mother in law and Mad TV's Will Sasso, among other talented cast members, including 2 funny child actors, United We Fall is a refreshing, light, break from the onslaught of overly serious, self-aware, under-lit dark dramas and pseudo-cerebral comedies that too often lack any real warmth or relief- and that's the thing: a show like this hearkens back to a time when there was no shame in escapist television. That is not to say it is old-fashioned in style, on the contrary, it touches on the modern life challenges of raising a family. United We Fall is a fun show, full of laughs, that is a perfect respite.
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alexisharpermoore22 July 2020I live Will Sasso and Jane Curtin and I was sure it would be good. WRONG! The laugh track is awful and the jokes are lame. Sasso and Vidal have no comedic chemistry and are flat out annoying.
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chris-4856511 August 2020Ok so personally I find the show sweet laugh out loud funny and a family gem on the other hand the laugh trick makes me feel stupid like I don't know when to laugh I have to be cued well that's not so this is something I will keep watching but why not make it like blackish or at least the middle where ya don't got a laugh trick telling you to laugh I'm enough old school to put up with it but enough new school to find it annoying
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cloudofsmoke-4259717 July 2020Standard scenario comedy. Shame, good cast but wasted by lazy and unimaginative writers.....