''That's Life'' is an American television

sitcom A sitcom (short for situation comedy or situational comedy) is a genre of comedy produced for radio and television, that centers on a recurring cast of character (arts), characters as they navigate humorous situations within a consistent settin ...

that premiered March 10, 1998, on ABC. The series is about a

blue-collar A blue-collar worker is a person who performs manual labor or skilled trades. Blue-collar work may involve skilled or unskilled labor. The type of work may involve manufacturing, retail, warehousing, mining, carpentry, electrical work, custodia ...

family living in

Queens Queens is the largest by area of the Boroughs of New York City, five boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. Located near the western end of Long Island, it is bordered by the ...

. It was cancelled by ABC after only a little more than a month, airing its final episode on April 7, 1998, leaving one episode unaired.

Summary

Mike is head of the meat department at the supermarket. He has been married to Patty for ten years, and the two live in their own duplex in

. Patty's sister Catherine and her son Kieran move into the apartment above Mike and Patty. Lisa is Patty's college-aged sister, and Mitch is Mike's best friend.

Cast

* Gerry Red Wilson as Mike * Kellie Overbey as Patty * Nadia Dajani as Catherine *

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as Mitch * Pauley Perrette as Lisa * Michael Charles Roman as Kieran

Episodes

Reception

Rick Lyman of ''

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'' called the series "an affable car wreck of a sitcom". Ray Richmond of ''

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'' said that it is "an uncomfortably crude" series that "looks to be a jarringly insular, Hollywood vision of how the gentiles must live". Tom Shales of ''

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'' panned the show, describing it as a "pathetic attempt by ABC to do a blue-collar sitcom in the tradition of '

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'. . . . It's not imitated, of course, in ways that matter or in terms of quality and credibility." In response to the

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episode, which aired on April 7, 1998, the series was denounced by the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights as "the most anti-Catholic television show ever".

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0137327, That's Life 1990s American sitcoms 1998 American television series debuts 1998 American television series endings American English-language television shows Television series about families Television series by 20th Century Fox Television Television shows set in Queens American Broadcasting Company sitcoms