Better Things (2016 - )

AVERAGE TOMATOMETER

97%
98%

Critic Consensus: No consensus yet.

AVERAGE AUDIENCE SCORE

84%

Series Info

A single mom struggles to raise three girls while trying to maintain her career as an actor.

Most Recent Episode

Aired Thu, Mar 14, 2019

Nesting
Better Things: Season 3, Nesting

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Thu, March 21, 2019

Monsters in the Moonlight
Better Things: Season 3, Monsters in the Moonlight

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Seasons

100%
Critics Consensus: Pamela Adlon fully asserts her authorial voice over Better Things in a triumphant third season that examines the exhaustion of motherhood with exhilarating artistry.

2019, FX, 9 episodes

96%
Critics Consensus: Better Things' second season plays even more adroitly to its strengths, weaving confidently between stinging humor, caustic observation, and poignant drama.

2017, FX, 10 episodes

95%
Critics Consensus: Pamela Adlon's Better Things abstains from traditional sitcom sendups and forges a path all its own - in this bawdy, often hilarious and bittersweet ode to the daily highs and lows of being a single mother.

2016, FX, 10 episodes

Cast

Pamela Adlon
as Sam Fox
Mikey Madison
as Max
Celia Imrie
as Phyllis
Olivia Edward
as Duke
Hannah Alligood
as Frankie
Sharon Stone
Matthew Broderick
Doug Jones
Glynn E. Turman
Judy Reyes
Cree Summer
Charlie Robinson
Janina Gavankar
Marsha Thomason
Diedrich Bader
Greg Cromer
Rebecca Metz
Kevin Pollak
Alysia Reiner
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Series Details

TV Network: FX
Premiere Date: Sep 8, 2016
Genre: Comedy
Executive Producers: Louis C.K., Pamela Adlon, Blair Breard, Dave Becky
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