Sullivan & Son

Bracing and tasty.

Plenty of material here, spoken by people we like. It's what a good cable sitcom can be.

Sullivan & Son doesn't break any new ground, and you'll probably have a sense of deja vu all over again as it evokes "Cheers" and, more subtly, "Everybody Loves Raymond."

Dragon lady, cougar and feisty redhead; dutiful son, jealous daughter and henpecked husband are all present and accounted for, with pat and predictable jokes leeching whatever hope might be had from a racially diverse cast and a promising enough setup.

Sullivan & Son is a contrived sitcom with nothing original or new to offer.

Whether it's the unfunny, raunchy jokes, the acting, the writing, or the awful blocking, nothing in Sullivan & Son seems to jell. And no laugh track can change that.

Sullivan & Son is utterly artless in its efforts to be an equal opportunity offender.