''The Mick'' is an American television

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broadcast on

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. Created by Dave Chernin and John Chernin, the series stars

Kaitlin Olson Kaitlin Willow Olson (born August 18, 1975) is an American actress. She began her career in The Sunday Company at the Groundlings, an improvisational theatre and school in Los Angeles, California. She had minor roles in several television series ...

, who is also an executive producer. The series premiered on January 1, 2017, and resumed in its regular Tuesday night slot on January 3, 2017. On January 11, 2017, Fox picked up the series for a full season of 17 episodes. On February 21, 2017, Fox renewed the series for a 13-episode second season, which premiered on September 26, 2017, preceded by reruns of the first season on sister network

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. On November 7, 2017, Fox ordered seven additional episodes, bringing the second season total to 20. On May 10, 2018, Fox cancelled the series after two seasons.

Plot

Mackenzie "Mickey" Molng (née Murphy), a tough, foul-mouthed woman, finds herself living in affluent Greenwich, Conn., to raise the pampered, and very sheltered children of her wealthy older sister, who has fled the country to avoid a federal indictment.

Cast and characters

Main

as Mackenzie "Mickey" Murphy *

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as Sabrina Pemberton * Thomas Barbusca as Chip Pemberton * Jack Stanton as Ben "Benito" Pemberton *

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as Alba Maldonado *

Scott MacArthur Scott MacArthur (born August 6, 1979) is an American actor and writer. He is best known for playing Jimmy Shepherd, a main character on the Fox comedy series '' The Mick''. Early life MacArthur was born in Chicago. He is an alumnus of The Second ...

as James "Jimmy" Shepherd

Recurring

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as Pamela "Poodle" Pemberton (née Murphy) *

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as Christopher Pemberton * E. J. Callahan as Colonel Pemberton *

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as Principal Gibbons * Arnell Powell as Fred the Fed (season 1)

Guest

* Asif Ali as Security Guard *

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as Teddy * Bert Belasco as Dante *

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as Jerry Berlin *

Cayden Boyd Cayden Boyd (born May 24, 1994) is an American actor. He is best known for his child roles as Max in Robert Rodriguez's 2005 film '' The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl'' and Ben Reynolds in the 2007 film ''Have Dreams, Will Travel''. Life ...

as Matty Pruitt *

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as Aimee * Christopher Darga as Pit Boss * Julie Ann Emery as Karen * John Ennis as Sully *

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as Olivia * Andy Favreau as Kai * Kirk Fox as Loan Shark * Mo Gaffney as Principal Rita * Jennie Garth as herself * Matthew Glave as Howard Buckley * Griffin Gluck as Dylan * Rodney J. Hobbs as Lt. Shields *

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as Barry * Izabella Miko as Yulia * Jay Mohr as Bert * Sam Pancake as Oliver Fishburn * Susan Park as Liz *

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as Elderly Black Man * Judith Roberts as Great-Grandma Rita Pemberton * David Rees Snell as Don * Lester Speight as Dominic * Concetta Tomei as Grandma Tippy Pemberton * Suzanne Whang as Dr. Frenkel * Kevin Will as Omicron * Michaela Watkins as Trish * Rachel York as Dr. Goodby *

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as Alexis

Episodes

Production

Development

The

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was written by Dave Chernin and John Chernin with Randall Einhorn directing. The series is filmed as a

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. The Chernins, Olson, and Einhorn serve as

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s. The show is filmed entirely in California. An actual Los Angeles mansion is used in the series as the Pemberton estate.

Casting

On February 29, 2016, it was announced that

had been cast as Sabrina. It was announced that

was cast as Mackenzie on March 2, 2016. Thomas Barbusca, Jack Stanton, and

were cast as Chip Pemberton, Ben Pemberton, and Alba respectively on March 18, 2016. Susan Park was cast as Liz though she was dropped as a series regular early in the first season and instead appears as a recurring character. The role of Jimmy Shepherd was played by Nat Faxon in the pilot for ''The Mick'', with the knowledge that Faxon's other commitments would prohibit him from continuing in the role if the pilot got picked up to series.

, who had already been hired as a writer for the series, was later offered the Jimmy role and Fox re-shot the pilot prior to the series debut. On October 10, 2016,

was cast as Teddy Grant in a recurring role. On September 2, 2017, it was announced that Michaela Watkins joins season 2 in a guest role as Trish. On December 5, 2017, it was announced that Jennie Garth has been cast in a guest starring role. The next day, the show's creators revealed that Scott MacArthur had departed as a cast member but will remain as a writer for the show. In January 2018, however, MacArthur, along with showrunners Dave and John Chernin revealed to '' Den of Geek'' that MacArthur would in fact not be departing the show as a cast member and that their prior announcement was an effort to stimulate a reaction out the show’s fanbase: "Truth be told, there were people in season one who didn't like Jimmy and we thought that we hadn't given him a fair shake yet. So heading into season two we really wanted to do this character justice and show what was possible with him. It felt really good to see how upset people got when they thought that they were losing him. We think that he's such an integral part of the show and yeah, I don't think the show works as well without him." (His character missed just two episodes after MacArthur's "exit" in "The Divorce" eason 2, Episode 9 reappearing in "The City" eason 2, Episode 12)

Reception

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, the first season has an approval rating of 58% based on 26 reviews, with an average rating of 6.07/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Kaitlin Olson's considerable charm isn't enough to keep the intermittently funny ''The Mick'' from falling prey to conventional storylines and hard-to-root-for characters." On

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, the season has a weighted average score of 50 out of 100, based on 27 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Ratings

References

External links

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