My Family is a high rated sitcom based on a middle class family. This is a popular series as it is easily related to by the audience. It was first broadcasted in 2000, and finsihed in 2011. The main character is Ben Harper, who is a dentist with a cynical outlook on life. Ben's wife is Susan, who is a control freak and cant cook! Ben and Susan have three children: Nick, who is dosy and quite stupid. Janey, who is shallow and Micheal who is really clever. Each character in My Family has their own character in which the audience can relate themselves to.
Our Review: My Family is without a doubt the most successful British sitcom that launched in the 2000s - that is if the judgement is based soley on audience figures. Whilst the last series was a little down on the previous average, almost every week My Family crushes all others in the ratings - millions tune in to see the family's latest adventures.My Family certainly has all the right ingredients to be an audience-grabber: strong stereotypical characters that are easy to identify with placed in embarrassing and comical (yet believable and familiar) situations.
This show is regularly criticised by many for being rather 'generic', utilising an unsophisticated strategy to make the audience laugh (simple one-liners are key in this sitcom, rather than cleverly built-up jokes). Even the cast have said the scripts are sometimes "dross". This doesn't seem to bother a large percentage of the population though - after all, My Family was carefully designed by creator Fred Barron to appeal to the masses.
Whilst comedy snobs and critics continue to look down on the comedy, it has bulldozed on to notch up over 100 episodes. However, the end is now in sight - Series 11 has been confirmed as the last.
This show is regularly criticised by many for being rather 'generic', utilising an unsophisticated strategy to make the audience laugh (simple one-liners are key in this sitcom, rather than cleverly built-up jokes). Even the cast have said the scripts are sometimes "dross". This doesn't seem to bother a large percentage of the population though - after all, My Family was carefully designed by creator Fred Barron to appeal to the masses.
Whilst comedy snobs and critics continue to look down on the comedy, it has bulldozed on to notch up over 100 episodes. However, the end is now in sight - Series 11 has been confirmed as the last.
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