The Kids Are Alright (TV series)

The Kids Are Alright
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Tim Doyle
Starring	Mary McCormack Jack Gore Sam Straley Caleb Foote Sawyer Barth Christopher Paul Richards Andy Walken Santino Barnard Tim Doyle Michael Cudlitz Sawyer Laucius Jax Laucius
Narrated by	Tim Doyle
Composer	Siddhartha Khosla
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	23
Production
Executive producers	Tim Doyle Randall Einhorn
Producer	Kris Eber
Cinematography	Craig Kief
Editor	Casey Brown
Camera setup	Single-camera
Production companies	Mr. Bigshot Fancy-Pants Productions Inc. ABC Studios
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	October 16, 2018 (2018-10-16) – May 21, 2019 (2019-05-21)
Infobox instructions (only shown in preview)

The Kids Are Alright is an American television sitcom created by Tim Doyle for ABC, inspired by Doyle's own childhood. The series is a single-camera comedy about an Irish Catholic family raising eight sons in suburban Los Angeles circa 1972, navigating the trials and tribulations of the era.

The series stars Michael Cudlitz and Mary McCormack as parents Mike and Peggy Cleary, with Jack Gore, Sam Straley, Caleb Foote, Sawyer Barth, Christopher Paul Richards, Andy Walken, and Santino Barnard starring as their first seven sons. The series received a put pilot commitment at ABC in September 2017, with a pilot ordered in January 2018. The Kids Are Alright was ordered to series by ABC in May 2018, and it was picked up for a full season of 22 episodes in November 2018. ABC ordered an additional episode in December 2018, bringing the order to 23 episodes. Filming for the series took place primarily in the Van Nuys area of Los Angeles.

The series premiered on October 16, 2018, and received generally positive reviews, a 2019 Best Comedy Episode nomination from the Writers Guild of America for its pilot script, and a 97% on Rotten Tomatoes. Despite these accolades, on May 10, 2019, ABC canceled the series after one season.^[1]