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The Real O'Neals

2016–2017 · 2 seasons

A warm, brisk family sitcom that finds gentle humour in messy honesty and growing pains, easy to watch and quietly affirming.

Created by: Joshua Sternin, Jennifer Ventimilia
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Martha Plimpton, Jay R. Ferguson, Noah Galvin

Overview: A contemporary take on a seemingly perfect Catholic family, whose lives take an unexpected turn when surprising truths are revealed. Instead of ruining their family, the honesty triggers a new, messier chapter where everyone stops pretending to be perfect and actually starts being real.

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Created by: Joshua Sternin, Jennifer Ventimilia
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Martha Plimpton, Jay R. Ferguson, Noah Galvin

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
identity
faith
coming-of-age
love
Places: big city
home
school
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	7
Realism	7
Romance	3
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: comedy
Created by: Joshua Sternin, Jennifer Ventimilia
Written by: Casey Johnson, Robert Sudduth, Billy Finnegan, Cheryl Holliday
Starring: Martha Plimpton, Jay R. Ferguson, Noah Galvin, Matt Shively, Bebe Wood, Mary Hollis Inboden, Jane Lynch, RuPaul
Length: 2 seasons, 29 episodes, 23 min each
Network: ABC
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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