That's Life (1998 TV series) explained

Genre:Sitcom
Creator:Eric Gilliland
Brian Burns
Director:Michael Lembeck
Robin Bextor
Starring:Gerry Red Wilson
Kellie Overbey
Nadia Dajani
Ron Livingston
Pauley Perrette
Composer:Mark McAdam
Jonathan Wolff
Paul Buckley
Country:United States
Language:English
Num Seasons:1
Num Episodes:6
Executive Producer:Eric Gilliland
Sid Youngers
Producer:Lisa Albert
Company:Eric Gilliland Productions
20th Century Fox Television
Network:ABC

That's Life is an American television sitcom that premiered March 10, 1998, on ABC. The series is about a blue-collar family living in Queens. It was cancelled by ABC after only a little more than a month,[1] airing its final episode on April 7, 1998, leaving one episode unaired.

Summary

Mike is head of the meat department at the supermarket. He has been married to Patty for ten years, and the two live in their own duplex in Queens. Patty's sister Catherine and her son Kieran move into the apartment above Mike and Patty. Lisa is Patty's college-aged sister, and Mitch is Mike's best friend.

Cast

Reception

Rick Lyman of The New York Times called the series "an affable car wreck of a sitcom".[2] Ray Richmond of Variety said that it is "an uncomfortably crude" series that "looks to be a jarringly insular, Hollywood vision of how the gentiles must live".[3] Tom Shales of The Washington Post panned the show, describing it as a "pathetic attempt by ABC to do a blue-collar sitcom in the tradition of 'Roseanne'. . . . It's not imitated, of course, in ways that matter or in terms of quality and credibility."[4] In response to the Easter episode, which aired on April 7, 1998, the series was denounced by the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights as "the most anti-Catholic television show ever".[5]

Notes and References

  1. Flint. Joe. April 17, 1998. The latest news from the TV beat. Entertainment Weekly. 2021-04-01.
  2. News: Television Review; Erin Go Brawl: Feuds And Fussing in Queens. Lyman. Rick. March 10, 1998. The New York Times. 2009-04-23.
  3. Web site: Richmond. Ray. March 8, 1998. That's Life. Variety. 2021-04-01.
  4. News: Shales . Tom . March 10, 1998 . 'That's Life': ABC's Blue-Collar Crime . 2021-04-10 . The Washington Post.
  5. News: Carter. Bill. April 17, 1998. Catholic Lay Group Accuses ABC of Biased Programming. The New York Times. 2009-04-23.