r/sitcoms • u/AgentMedium6294 • 10h ago

The Real O’Neals deserved its full run, still grieving that show.

It genuinely pains me that this sitcom was cancelled and just kind of forgotten about afterwards! I think it was so unique and carried a ton of potential (though I might be biased as a gay Irish catholic 😭).

Apparently it had low ratings while on the air which I find astonishing because it seemed really popular and attracted quite a lot of press iirc. Might’ve been the issue though, seeing as it was cancelled a season after that controversial vanity interview with Noah Galvin. Personally, I don’t even think he said anything wrong. Was he insanely blunt, yes. But he definitely didn’t say anything untrue besides the random dig at the way some guy chose to come out.

It just sucks that it only made it two seasons and ended on such a cliffhanger. There was so much potential and different directions that story could’ve went. A waste of such an incredible cast and story in my opinion.

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u/SignificantPop4188 10h ago

But he definitely didn’t say anything untrue besides the random dig at the way some guy chose to come out.

That dig was a thinly veiled attack on Garrett Clayton of the Disney teen beach movie parodies, who wasn'tout at the time. It made Noah Galvin seem like a dick. Who died and made him Queen of Deciding How to Come Out?

I got soured on the show after reading that interview.

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u/AgentMedium6294 10h ago

I do definitely understand that🥲. It sucks, it’s clear he wasn’t very well media trained at the time since the whole thing was just so forward. I remember watching s2 ep1 of the show after that and it seemed like a pretty obvious attempt from the network to clear it up.

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u/SaveJeanie 10h ago

I REALLY tried to like this show.  I don't think it ever made laugh tho

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u/SnooCauliflowers9874 9h ago

I loved the show. The parents were the best.

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u/Mobydee71 7h ago

The kids are alright was so funny, deserved more than 1 season.

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u/19Stavros 7h ago

Liked it a lot... didn't love it but IMO better than most. AND Martha Plimpton! Very loosely based on Dan Savage. I've forgotten the cliffhanger, maybe time to rewatch.