

Comedy about one big happy family and their sometimes awkward, often hilarious and ultimately beautiful milestone moments as told by its various members. Of the three siblings, middle child Matt may have just found his true love, his co-worker, Colleen; his coddled youngest brother, Greg, and his wife, Jen, are overwhelmed by the birth of their first child; and the eldest, Heather, and her husband, Tim, are dreading their impending empty nest so much, they're considering having another baby. Their parents are Joan the family's adoring matriarch who would do anything for her kids - as long as she agrees with it - and John, the gregarious patriarch who's searching for ways to soften the blow of turning 70. As the family's lives unfold in four short stories each week, they try to savor these little pieces of time that flash by but stay with you forever, because these moments add up to what life's all about.
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Contemporary, spare, comic and effortless.
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
- warmbleak
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Cast
- Thomas SadoskiMatt Short
- Dianne WiestJoan Short
- James BrolinJohn Short
- Zoe Lister-JonesJen
- Colin HanksGreg Short
- Betsy BrandtHeather Short
- Dan BakkedahlTim Hughes
- Angelique CabralColleen
- Niall CunninghamTyler Hughes
- Holly J. BarrettSamantha Hughes
Crew
- Justin AdlerCreator
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Seasons
- Season 122 eps · 2015
- Season 222 eps · 2016
- Season 322 eps · 2017
- Season 413 eps · 2019
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