I have to say that I watched some episodes of this show. I grew to like it. I didn't at the beginning. The family seem pretty ordinary and a bit dysfunctional but what family isn't. It is interesting that the parents have an interfaith marriage but religion does not seem utilized unless they have a special episode. The child actors on this show are satisfactory. The writing could be better but it's not so bad. You have to take what you get with situation comedies especially with family centered-comedies because there are little or none out there. Most sitcoms today are centered around the workplace environment. I rather watch the sitcom than the world series but I think that I am in the minority on that one.