''The Cassidys'' is an Irish television

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that aired on

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for one series in 2001. Written by Brian Lynch, the series starred comedian Ed Byrne.

Plot

The show evolved around three members of the twenty-something Cassidy family living in a house outside

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. Emma is a moderately successful business woman striving to be sophisticated and suave, but she is failing miserably. Barry is a neurotic out of work actor who thinks he is well-rounded and well-balanced. Lisa is deeply insecure but disguises this with her sarcasm and condescension. We follow them through their trials and tribulations, their quest for love and their search for something far more meaningful than each other.

Production

The interior scenes for the series were shot in Studio 4 at the

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while the exterior scenes were shot at various locations around Dublin. The series was filmed in front of a live studio audience.

Reception

The series received mostly negative reviews from the very start. Sinéad Egan, writing in the ''

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'', was critical of the first episode, referring to the script as lame and not funny with stereotypical characters. Liam Fay of the ''

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'' described the show as "relatively awful" and compared it with ''

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''. Other critics dismissed it as a "second-hand dire comedy, which isn't funny" and derided its weak characterisation and lack of comedy.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cassidys (TV series), The 2001 Irish television series debuts Irish television sitcoms RTÉ original programming 2001 Irish television series endings