Season 1 – One Big Happy

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Mar 2015

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Uptight lesbian Lizzy and laid-back best friend Luke have been close since they supported each other through their parents' divorces as kids, so all grown-up and still single, it seemed like a natural decision to have a baby together. One night, after a failed attempt to conceive, they hit the bar, where they meet free-spirited Brit Prudence, whom Luke automatically likes and Lizzy doesn't. Soon Luke and Prudence are spending all their time together, and when Lizzy discovers that finally she's pregnant, it turns out they have news too -- they're married! Together they form a different kind of family.

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One Big Happy's cheesy gimmicks and attempts to imitate classic sitcoms are only sporadically funny, though its skilled cast do provide a few chuckles.

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Heather Hogan

Autostraddle

06/26/2018

One Big Happy aired what was probably its final episode on Tuesday night, and it was really, truly wonderful.

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Mekeisha Madden Toby

TheWrap

03/18/2015

Cuthbert, Zano and Brook make these predictable pratfalls work because they're in on the joke and along for the ride.

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Mary McNamara

Los Angeles Times

03/18/2015

Despite direction that seems to consist of "storm to other side of the room" and "make funny faces," Cuthbert and Zano manage to sell the lifelong friendship, but they aren't allowed to do much with it beyond a lot of adolescent bickering.

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Randy Dankievitch

TV Over Mind

03/12/2020

One Big Happy's flailing, half-hearted attempts at presenting its "magic" are stiff at best - and at its worst, resoundingly shrill and weightless.

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Tom Conroy

Media Life

03/18/2015

Although Ellen DeGeneres is an executive producer of the show, her influence is undetectable.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Jun 27

6 funny episodes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

03/18/2021

I remember getting a few minutes into this show and was excited cuz Ellen produced it. She hadn't been cancelled yet. But much to my dismay I turned it off just a few minutes into the first episode and never looked back after the pregnant character stated that she "better remember to take her folic accident cuz she doesn't want a stupid baby." I have a birth defect called Spina bifida. It occurs when the mother doesn't have enough folic acid in her system. I have a slight learning disability but I am in no means stupid. Not that anyone who has a ld is stupid. They lost the disability community that day. No wander it was cancelled after the first season.

06/09/2015

Funny and uplifting TV show. I enjoy watching it.

04/30/2015

What have they done to Elisha Cuthbert? She's a fine comedic actress and somehow they turned her into a giant ham. I hope when this show finally gets to pass away that we all forget she was ever in this and just remember her for 24 and Happy Endings as she continues her career. As for the other two seris regs, I have no idea who they are and don't even care enough about them to IMDB it and figure it out. Oh, NBC, how you flounder after 30 Rock!

04/30/2015

one big happy is a fantastic, extremely situational romantic comedy. the characters have great chemistry and the jokes are remarkably fresh. would give it 5/5 but that would be almost as pretentious as all the negative reviews found here.

04/30/2015

I wasn't sure about this show at first, but I just kept watching it, and now I look forward to it every week.

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Nick Zano

Luke

Elisha Cuthbert

Lizzy

Kelly Brook

Prudence

Brandon Smith

Marcus

Rebecca Corry

Leisha

Chris Williams

Roy

Episode 1

Aired Mar 17, 2015

Pilot

Luke and Lizzy, inseparable pals since childhood, decide to have a child together as friends; Lizzy finds out she is pregnant just as Luke announces his sudden marriage to Prudence, complicating their previously agreed upon arrangement.

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Episode 2

Aired Mar 24, 2015

Out of the Closet

Prudence moves into Luke and Lizzy's apartment -- along with a mess of belongings; Lizzy is forced to deal with repressed feelings; Luke has trouble sleeping with Prudence's marionettes around.

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Episode 3

Aired Mar 31, 2015

Crushing It

Luke and Prudence help Lizzy make a date with her secret crush; Prudence realizes Lizzy's pregnancy is making her feel left out.

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Episode 4

Aired Apr 14, 2015

Flight Risk

When Prudence tries to convince Luke and Lizzy to spice up their lives, Luke decides to try skydiving.

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Episode 5

Aired Apr 21, 2015

A Tale of Two Hubbies

Luke, Prudence and Lizzy learn Luke and Prudence's wedding is not legal, so Lizzy decides to plan a new wedding; the group gets a surprise about Prudence's past.

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Episode 6

Aired Apr 28, 2015

Wedlocked

Luke disappears after discovering a secret Prudence had been keeping, putting their future and her immigration status in jeopardy; Lizzy comes up with an idea that surprises everyone.

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Executive Producer: Liz Feldman, Ellen DeGeneres, Jeff Kleeman, Scott Ellis
Network: NBC
Rating: TV-14 (D|L)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date: Mar 17, 2015

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