The Mick

Mackenzie "Mickey" Murphy is a hard-living, foul-mouthed, cigarette-smoking woman who moves to affluent Greenwich, CT to raise the spoiled kids of her wealthy sister who fled the country to avoid a federal indictment. She quickly learns what the rest of us already know - other people's children are awful.

The Mick (2017-2018) is a US network sitcom created by Dave Chernin and John Chernin for FOX. Kaitlin Olson plays Mackenzie "Mickey" Murphy, a hard-living, cigarette-smoking aunt who leaves her unsteady life behind to move into affluent Greenwich, Connecticut, where she becomes guardian to the spoiled children of her wealthy sister, who has fled the country to avoid a federal indictment. Sofia Black-D'Elia and Thomas Barbusca play the Pemberton children, whose privileged habits collide with Mickey's blunt, unsentimental approach to child-rearing. Alongside them, Jack Stanton and Carla Jimenez fill out the household, which grows through the friction of mismatched values and class divides. Each twenty-three-minute episode is built around everyday domestic mishaps, petty rivalries and small-scale schemes, with the ongoing engine being Mickey's attempt to impose order on a household that resists her at every turn. The tone is brash, profane and irreverent, with a warmer undercurrent of family loyalty beneath the crude jokes. Across two seasons and thirty-seven episodes, the show offers a broad, fast-paced comedy in the spirit of Roseanne and Dharma & Greg, with a rougher edge than most family sitcoms.

Audiences rate The Mick positively, praising its raunchy, irreverent humor and Kaitlin Olson's lead performance as a warm, funny take on the unruly aunt-raises-kids comedy.

• Dharma & Gregraunchy irreverent family sitcom with a brash adult guardian, mocking wealthy suburban life
• Roseannecrude female lead in a family sitcom, sardonic adult humor, unfit guardian dynamic
• Malcolm in the Middleabrasive adult protagonist clashing with children and affluent surroundings, cringe-prone broad comedy

Created by

Dave Chernin, John Chernin

Release Date

2017-01-01

Episode runtime

23 min

Rating

7.8 / 10 (280)

What is The Mick about?

A hard-living, foul-mouthed aunt moves to affluent Greenwich to raise her wealthy sister's spoiled kids.

What is The Mick like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Mick as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as simple.

Is The Mick violent?

No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in The Mick.

What did critics think of The Mick?

Audiences rate The Mick positively, praising its raunchy, irreverent humor and Kaitlin Olson's lead performance as a warm, funny take on the unruly aunt-raises-kids comedy.

Which shows are like The Mick?

Shows with a similar feel include Dharma & Greg, Roseanne, and Malcolm in the Middle.

How long is The Mick?

The Mick: 2 seasons, 37 episodes.

Is The Mick still running?

No, The Mick was canceled.

Where can I watch The Mick?

In United States, The Mick streams on Hulu.