Premieres
-- Almost Family
- Was originally titled, "Not Just Me". It's based on a Australian series called "Sisters".
- A woman discovers her dad, a fertility doctor, used his sperm on patients, so she has siblings.
- One critic said, "The pilot has a lot of hidden stupidness underneath the decent acting and relatively funny dialogue." Most favorable reviewer said it's, "easily the most promising series of the fall broadcast season: funny, poignant, and drenched in the chemistry between three charismatic actresses"
- Harsh critic said it's a "snooze" and "flat-out creepy." Another said the show wants to ignore the felony and focus on stories about community and family. Another characterized it as 'This is Us" with medical rape.
- One of the mothers is named Genevieve.
- I'm not creeped out by the premise -- the children, who are adults, are innocent -- so we're just following their lives. I'm just not sure if their lives are interesting enough to follow.
- I'll probably continue to watch if the series manages to stay on.
- I'm assuming they produced this show because it was successful in Australia, however, I don't know what changes they made in this version.
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