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The Goldbergs - Season 1
Shocked by receiving an unexpected gift from his mother during his birthday, a young teenager boy named Adam Goldberg, who struggles against living with his wacky family, who always face many problems throughout their daily life, becomes angry, as his mother banned him from having a car.
4 January 1980, Rockville Centre, Long Island, New York, USA
21 July 1957, Tarzana, California, USA
25 May 1999, Saginaw, Texas, USA
12 January 1998, Tacoma, Washington, USA
11 November 1958, Havana, Cuba
17 October 1948, Chicago, Illinois, USA
28 May 1967, Passaic, New Jersey, USA
October 10, 2013
The Goldbergs has its heart in the right place, some laughs and more potential once it lowers the volume.
September 09, 2013
There are some enjoyable elements to The Goldbergs, but they are often lost among a pilot that is trying too hard.
October 11, 2013
The Goldbergs has found that delicate, sweet spot between slightly cheesy and highly effective.
September 24, 2013
It's not just that they're caricatures, or that even the most prominent piece of '80s music used in the pilot makes you wince. It's the way every move and sentence feels like the easiest path to predictable gags.
August 15, 2013
The Goldbergs, told through the lens of a video camera -toting pre-teen son, has the potential to be a hit -- if it doesn't give viewers headaches.
September 23, 2013
If it's remembered at all after its quick disappearance - which, no matter how abrupt, will not have come soon enough - The Goldbergs will likely be known as the show in which George Segal's career was officially pronounced dead.
September 09, 2013
Adam Goldberg isn't the first sitcom creator to try to capture something real but find his vision diluted by the great homogenizer that is the pilot process.
September 23, 2013
The Goldbergs is amusing in fits and spurts before ending on several sweet notes -- including REO Speedwagon's "Can't Fight This Feeling."