MovieHoliks Review of The Real O'Neals

The Real O'Neals (2016–2017)

Ground-breaking For Network Television...

[6/10 · 3 March 2016]

I just saw the two-episode premiere last night of this new ABC sitcom, and this has got to be somewhat of a ground-breaking thing for network television. In every way, this is your traditional family sitcom about your average Irish-Catholic American family, except for one little detail- the main character (the youngest son) is gay. Martha Plimpton (who just ended on another family sitcom, "Raising Hope" a couple years ago) and Jay R. Ferguson play the parents. It's funny seeing Jay R. play the dad, since I remember him as Burt Reynolds' son on that early '90s sitcom, "Evening Shade"! Well, so far so good on this show. It's nice to see for a change a gay character in a leading role on national television, especially a teenager who is coming of age and dealing with everything for the first time.