I think it suck a fun show and deserved a 3rd season why cancelled it fox it better than great north which sucks.
138 Reviews
great show will miss it
warlordforever125 April 2021
Thought something was King of the Hillesque about it
geurtsdustin30 September 2019
Thought it was pretty funny. Something about it reminded me of Mike Judge writing. Then read it was confirmed to be loosely set in the KOTH universe. I hope it makes it just to see the mom and daughter run into Peggy one day. On its own though, it's funny enough to check out the next 3 episodes.
I chuckled only once.
acharrell7 October 2019
In two episodes I let out a very mild chuckle one time. This show isn't funny. I love everyone involved for the most part, but the writing is just not very funny. It's definitely not at the level of King of the Hill, which it is very obviously trying to emulate.
I do not understand the negative reviews
ennisennis30 September 2019
I am only reviewing this show to provide additional perspectives because most of the reviews here rated this show pretty harshly.
This show is probably a 7 or 8. However, a 3 point whatever rating is insanely low for a show with a pretty good start. It's funny, but so far it's not laugh out loud funny. It is entertaining for sure, and I am looking forward to the next episode.
I imagine that this show will build develop these characters as it already shows great potential for being funny and heartfelt. The voice work is outstanding. I could listen to Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph argue about Crystal Light all day!
If you grew up broke, there might be a lot of aspects of this show that are familiar to you. I liked that it was relatable in a lot of ways.
UPDATE: I've now seen 8 episodes and I can't get enough of this show! The voice work continues to put a smile on my face, but the biggest attraction for me is the family's love for each other.
I liked Wayne from the start (he's possibly my favorite character along with Louise), but watching the story of how this family supports each other through it all has made me rewatch these episodes more times than I can count.
This show gets funnier and funnier (especially anything involving Maya Rudolph's character Betty), and it is almost painfully relatable. The stories of utilities getting cut off (last time our water got disconnected when I was growing up was just days before Thanksgiving and we couldn't pay all of those fees for a while), and I know all too well the process of putting $2 on one card, and $3 on another.
I adore this family, love how much the show makes me laugh, and I'm super impressed by its rewatchability (is that even a word? Well, it is today!)
This show is probably a 7 or 8. However, a 3 point whatever rating is insanely low for a show with a pretty good start. It's funny, but so far it's not laugh out loud funny. It is entertaining for sure, and I am looking forward to the next episode.
I imagine that this show will build develop these characters as it already shows great potential for being funny and heartfelt. The voice work is outstanding. I could listen to Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph argue about Crystal Light all day!
If you grew up broke, there might be a lot of aspects of this show that are familiar to you. I liked that it was relatable in a lot of ways.
UPDATE: I've now seen 8 episodes and I can't get enough of this show! The voice work continues to put a smile on my face, but the biggest attraction for me is the family's love for each other.
I liked Wayne from the start (he's possibly my favorite character along with Louise), but watching the story of how this family supports each other through it all has made me rewatch these episodes more times than I can count.
This show gets funnier and funnier (especially anything involving Maya Rudolph's character Betty), and it is almost painfully relatable. The stories of utilities getting cut off (last time our water got disconnected when I was growing up was just days before Thanksgiving and we couldn't pay all of those fees for a while), and I know all too well the process of putting $2 on one card, and $3 on another.
I adore this family, love how much the show makes me laugh, and I'm super impressed by its rewatchability (is that even a word? Well, it is today!)
Where are the jokes?
mark_cortese30 September 2019
Amazing dark and dry humor
crazygrllv17 November 2020
Watch past the first episode. The show is endearing. IT touches on social issues nd economical issues. If you only watch the first episode or only the first 5 mins then yes you will think its some show making fun of southerners. But there are plenty of themes beneath the surface. The humor isn't straight in your face. You have to find the way people say things and certain scenarios funny to enjoy this show.
Honestly, if you haven't watched Adult Swim shows before then you wont like this. This show is like Daria meets Hank of the Hill.
Honestly, if you haven't watched Adult Swim shows before then you wont like this. This show is like Daria meets Hank of the Hill.
Funny Show
WhatcanyaDo25 May 2021
This show is absolutely terrible.
eddyteddy334 November 2019
Good redneck style humor
petguy-031081 October 2019
Okay so I watched this with the intention of enjoying it very well and that's what wound up happening there were laughs and enjoyment the people that give the bad reviews must not have any southern humor about them there's plenty to laugh at here well I saw plenty anyway it's southern humor like I said so I as a southern get it
Just that bad
ncfrogz14 October 2019
Created an account just to say how bad this is. It uses the word "y'all" wrong which is just like nails on a chalkboard and inexcusable for a writer that based it on her "small town in North Carolina" (a town that has a population of 112,000). Y'all is not a singular, it's plural and nobody screws that up. It's just bad and really reinforces terrible and inaccurate southern stereotypes. Where King of the Hill was entertaining, southern, accurate and funny, Bless the Hart's is...uhh...star studded? That's about it. (And I should note I'm saying this as a true blue liberal born and raised southerner who now lives in the county where it takes place.)
Funny with great potential
thebethmcg3 November 2020
I absolutely loved the Christmas episode with all the bread and milk jokes. This show is really relatable to me as someone as North Carolina. It's nice to see my state get more recognition on tv. Really looking forward to what comes next!
Not actually that bad?
trinityseiler7 October 2019
I don't understand all the hate this show has gotten right off the bat. I don't think the writing's laugh out loud funny, but it's pretty entertaining. It's very slice of life-y so far. I think it has the potential to be a lot funnier once we get to know the characters better. I mean, hey. I'd pick this any day over a recent Family Guy episode.
It's especially relatable if you grew up poor or have been poor at any point in your life. A lot of shows on TV are really out of touch with how much of a struggle it can be for the lower class, so it's honestly kinda nice to watch something in a more realistic setting. You'll have characters in a lot of shows complaining about how broke they are when they live in basically a small mansion and can literally do whatever they want on a whim, and it's a lot different with this show. I'm curious to see where it goes, and I hope y'all give it more of a chance.
Total crap!
c-lawrence-brown21 October 2019
This SHOULD Work...But It Doesn't.
Darwinskid31 October 2019
I mean, let's take into consideration all the things it has going for it...
...And yet nothing about it works.
First of all the animation is not very good, the movement of the characters is always a bit off. The character designs are not particularly consistent when they should be.
The tone of the humor is all over the place, sometimes its trying to be grounded other times its trying to be pretty outlandish.
The storylines are pretty 'been there, done that' and don't hold enough interest for a half hour.
The characters are not really interesting, they're essentially cardboard cutouts of cardboard cutouts of other better characters that we have seen over and over again, the cast tries to make them fresh but the writing only allows them so far.
As I said before, this should work and be Grade A entertainment, but unfortunately it is a misfire.
- It is created by Emily Spivey, who has written for MadTV, Saturday Night Live, Parks & Rec., Up All Night, Modern Family, The Last Man on Earth, AND King of the Hill(Where she served as a story editor from 2001-2003).
- It is produced by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, a dynamic duo in both animation and comedy from the underrated MTV gem Clone High, the 21 Jump Street film series, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The LEGO Movie, The Last Man on Earth, and last year's Academy-Award Winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse.
- It stars Kristen Wiig(Who also serves as producer), Maya Rudolph, Ike Barinholtz, and Jillian Bell. All are extremely talented performers(in front of the camera and with voice) with serious range(Especially Wiig who may take on a serious career turn after being Cheetah in Wonder Woman 84 next year). Its guest stars include even Holly Hunter for goodness sake.
- It is set in the same universe as King of the Hill apparently(Mega-Lo Mart), even if its so minor a detail that is a huge attention draw in my book.
...And yet nothing about it works.
First of all the animation is not very good, the movement of the characters is always a bit off. The character designs are not particularly consistent when they should be.
The tone of the humor is all over the place, sometimes its trying to be grounded other times its trying to be pretty outlandish.
The storylines are pretty 'been there, done that' and don't hold enough interest for a half hour.
The characters are not really interesting, they're essentially cardboard cutouts of cardboard cutouts of other better characters that we have seen over and over again, the cast tries to make them fresh but the writing only allows them so far.
As I said before, this should work and be Grade A entertainment, but unfortunately it is a misfire.
Ummm??
titanslife_630 September 2019
Another cartoon I like that most people hate
BoxwoodExpress30 September 2019
Warning: Spoilers
At least this has a high RT score of 80%, but the rating on this site is far too low in my eyes. Once you get pass the visuals, the show is a fun treat.
I understand that the character designs are ugly, but you should never judge a book by its cover. You can still tell a good story with mediocre visuals. For example, Bojack Horseman has ugly animation, and yet it's one of the best cartoons of the 2010s, and one of the most acclaimed and successful at that. Even ignoring the designs, the animation itself is pretty fluid.
Speaking of the character designs, let's talk about the characters themselves. They're stereotypical, but they have a lot of charm to them (much like the characters in "The Loud House"). Wayne is probably one of the best ones - he knows he can't live up to his girlfriend's former husband, and yet still tries his best to be a good father figure to Violet. Everyone can have a character to relate to.
The voice acting is spectacular and provides a lot of energy to the show, especially Maya Rudolph as Betty. The plot in the pilot episode that aired on September 29, 2019 wasn't the strongest, but it wasn't anything too terrible. It was heartwarming though, and had some pretty funny gags.
The most infamous part of the show though, aside from the character designs, has to be its depictions of many things, such as the south and Jesus. Jesus Christ is shown to like drinking beer, but come on reviewers, Christianity has been lampooned in adult cartoons forever, this isn't anything new. Also, Jesus is shown to give good advice to Jenny, so he also has some positive traits. Speaking as someone who lives in the south (North Carolina to be exact, which is the most 'Northern' of the southern states and is where the show takes place), I'm not offended at all. The same people who get overly offended by the show's depiction of the south are the exact same people who complain that 'lEfTiStS gEt oFfEnDeD bY eVeRyThInG'. Everyone gets offended by something, stop acting like you have a tough skin when you don't, review section.
Bless The Harts is looking to be a fun, heartwarming sitcom and, if FOX gives it a chance, the next big hit since The Simpsons, Family Guy, and Bob's Burgers. Please support the show. We need it to be a hit like those 3 shows I mentioned, and for it to still be around by February 2020.
I understand that the character designs are ugly, but you should never judge a book by its cover. You can still tell a good story with mediocre visuals. For example, Bojack Horseman has ugly animation, and yet it's one of the best cartoons of the 2010s, and one of the most acclaimed and successful at that. Even ignoring the designs, the animation itself is pretty fluid.
Speaking of the character designs, let's talk about the characters themselves. They're stereotypical, but they have a lot of charm to them (much like the characters in "The Loud House"). Wayne is probably one of the best ones - he knows he can't live up to his girlfriend's former husband, and yet still tries his best to be a good father figure to Violet. Everyone can have a character to relate to.
The voice acting is spectacular and provides a lot of energy to the show, especially Maya Rudolph as Betty. The plot in the pilot episode that aired on September 29, 2019 wasn't the strongest, but it wasn't anything too terrible. It was heartwarming though, and had some pretty funny gags.
The most infamous part of the show though, aside from the character designs, has to be its depictions of many things, such as the south and Jesus. Jesus Christ is shown to like drinking beer, but come on reviewers, Christianity has been lampooned in adult cartoons forever, this isn't anything new. Also, Jesus is shown to give good advice to Jenny, so he also has some positive traits. Speaking as someone who lives in the south (North Carolina to be exact, which is the most 'Northern' of the southern states and is where the show takes place), I'm not offended at all. The same people who get overly offended by the show's depiction of the south are the exact same people who complain that 'lEfTiStS gEt oFfEnDeD bY eVeRyThInG'. Everyone gets offended by something, stop acting like you have a tough skin when you don't, review section.
Bless The Harts is looking to be a fun, heartwarming sitcom and, if FOX gives it a chance, the next big hit since The Simpsons, Family Guy, and Bob's Burgers. Please support the show. We need it to be a hit like those 3 shows I mentioned, and for it to still be around by February 2020.
The half baked accents are offensive, the whole thing reeks of mean stereotypes.
watsongrand8 October 2019
I'm not even southern and I could tell the voice actors didn't bother to put any effort into giving the characters actual accents.
The writing is terrible, every episode's plot turns on mocking the stupidity of one of the characters. Who in 2019 thought we needed a show where single note characters play one trope and that's it. No heart here at all.
To compare this with King of the Hill which had well rounded, real, dynamic, complex characters is like comparing lobster to worms.
The writing is terrible, every episode's plot turns on mocking the stupidity of one of the characters. Who in 2019 thought we needed a show where single note characters play one trope and that's it. No heart here at all.
To compare this with King of the Hill which had well rounded, real, dynamic, complex characters is like comparing lobster to worms.
Fantastic show. Dont get the negative reviews.
tallebrandi327 January 2020
I love this show. From episode one it's been a riot to watch. Dont try to compare it to anything, let alone king of the hill, and you'll love it. Read a review that has you biased already, then dont watch because you've already made up your mind by letting others dictate what you watch.
The characters are stupidly whitty, and from living in the south I get all the references and jokes.
The characters are stupidly whitty, and from living in the south I get all the references and jokes.
It has potential
ben-619446 October 2019
Nearly unwatchable
mrnerdymcgee2 October 2019
Despite my adoration for Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph, I have to agree with the majority of the other reviewers in hoping for the swift cancellation of this abomination. What is supposed to pass for humor seems to be based solely on tired stereotypes and unidimensional caricatures of southerners. Possibly more egregious than the terrible writing is the insufferable voice acting. Why does everyone in this town, even everyone within the same family, speak with a strikingly different accent from everyone else? The whole show is simply a frustrating waste of time with nothing interesting or original to say.
Helps to actually be Southern
marlene-traywick29 September 2020
It's not like I'd rate this program a 7 or 8 or anythang ya'll, but there's some pretty funny stuff in there? I'm NC born & raised and I can relate to some of the plots and lines, fo sho. Like I say, it helps to actually be southern when it comes to appreciatin' a southern-flavored showgram? Have a good one, ya hear?
Please feed this family lots of cholesterol.
Nominalis25 November 2019
A well written comedy, whether live action or animation, can get a laugh with very few lines or a simple sight gag. But the characters in Bless the Harts recite line after line after line in monologues that go absolutely nowhere, they're just descriptions of aspects of everyday life that I suppose the audience is supposed to relate to. But the monologues don't lead to any laughter, they just give the other characters reason to say, "Oh Mom!" or some other banality.
One would think that the writers sit around talking about everything that bugs them and suddenly the day is coming to an end so they scribble down their various pet peeves and call it a day. Some people do thinks it's funny to pick apart the world and have a "life's like that" irony fix but that has nothing to do with comedy and neither does Bless the Harts.
Its curious that my main problem with King of the Hill was that Peggy Hills character was far too real and although hysterical she'd bring back cringeworthy memories of my younger years. But nobody in Bless the Harts seems at all genuine to me, they seem like composite characters created solely so that the audience can look down upon them and go "Ha Ha!" in our best Nelson impression.
I only give Bless the Harts 2 stars because I have seen worse.
One would think that the writers sit around talking about everything that bugs them and suddenly the day is coming to an end so they scribble down their various pet peeves and call it a day. Some people do thinks it's funny to pick apart the world and have a "life's like that" irony fix but that has nothing to do with comedy and neither does Bless the Harts.
Its curious that my main problem with King of the Hill was that Peggy Hills character was far too real and although hysterical she'd bring back cringeworthy memories of my younger years. But nobody in Bless the Harts seems at all genuine to me, they seem like composite characters created solely so that the audience can look down upon them and go "Ha Ha!" in our best Nelson impression.
I only give Bless the Harts 2 stars because I have seen worse.
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