Great news for sitcom fans. A fan-favorite series with six seasons has finally found a new home on Netflix.
over a decade after its last episode aired. The show originally aired back in 2010, running until 2016 when it was cancelled—much to the cast’s dismay, as most of them took to social media to lament the abrupt ending over a month before the president of CBS could drop the news in an official capacity.
) as the eponymous couple, one of whom was a teacher and the other a cop. The story centered on their meeting at an Overeaters Anonymous meeting, where they eventually fell in love as they supported one another through their personal challenges with food, and on Molly’s decision to quit teaching to pursue a career as a writer.It likely comes as no surprise that the series was relatively heavy-handed in treating its two main characters’ weight as the narrative’s centerpiece . And that may be why it was never particularly popular with critics, who had little more than middling critiques of the show, though some found that the chemistry between McCarthy and Gardell was enough to save the series from being a total bomb, withOverall, Mike and Molly wasn’t particularly groundbreaking, aside from its choice to center its narrative on two people who didn’t fit the typical mold of sitcom stars. Which, while a brave choice for the time, wasn’t enough to truly set it apart from other series of the time, as it still chose to center more on its characters’ unhappiness than their joy, using their weight as the punchline for most of the jokes—a choice that turned a lot of fans off. “This show is just a terrible cliche full of fat jokes and miserable parents. It broadens absolutely nothing for the sitcom genre,” said one casual viewer. Though some found the series relatable to their own struggles and, again, felt that Mike and Molly themselves made it worth sticking with.now that it’s streaming on Netflix? Let us know your favorite moment from the series in the comments. And don’t forget to check out thePrime’s New Series About James Bond Earns an Almost Perfect Rotten Tomatoes Score 7 Cancelled Adult Animated Shows From the ’90s That Need a Reboot Now, RankedForget Darth Vader & Kylo Ren, Star Wars’ Best Villain Redemption Arc Is Hidden In Disney’s TV Show With 98% on RT30 Years Ago Today, Friends Wrote Out 1 of Its Best Supporting Characters
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