Daddy's Divas

"Daddy's Divas" is a well-made indie comedy series that's a great deal of fun, with solid performances all around. It's well directed, shot, and produced, and the ideas behind it are creative. The dialogue is well-written as well, and the child actors do solid work. You don't often see independent sitcoms, so it's especially nice to see this out there in the world. In general, it's lovely to see indie, character-driven work of all stripes get made, so I hope "Daddy's Divas" will garner the attention it deserves. Kudos to David Klinginsmith and the rest of the team for their work on this series.

This upbeat, family friendly comedy series has a little something for everyone: adorably rambunctious kids, middle-aged bikers, a goofy nerdish couple, neurotic priests, lonely elementary school teachers and Michael (David TIttone) a personal trainer, left to raise his 3 daughters on his own after the unexpected death of his wife. Although with Michael's personal grief it could take a more somber turn, this series is firmly focused on comedy and fun and delivers it in abundance. This is a portrait of an idealized, innocent small town community: an Andy Griffith show for the internet age. Shot in cheerful primary colors and doubling down on the cuteness factor every chance it gets, it's a fun escapist journey to an America we wish existed.

A light family comedy with a few tilts to nudge-nudge darker inside adult humor, the real accomplishment comes from casting Michael McQuary in multiple parts. His willingness to absolutely divest from humility and "cabaret" every impression and character as if visiting from an alternate reality ups the strength of the comedy to unexpected levels. More MM in future seasons please!

His Brando impression, minus words in one of the later episodes, Is dead on hysterical, painting his character as a mob/director who his assistant characters seem to understand, resembling the "blah blah blah" adults in old "Peanuts" shows from the late 70s and early 80's definitely goes noticed.

Within the first few episodes it becomes clear that this show has a dark sense of humor. Case in point, very early on we have a funeral scene were a young mother lays in a casket as her husband, young children, newborn baby, and other family look on. Don't let this get you down. Within a few minutes we're laughing at a sobbing priest and an embarrassingly bad musical tribute. This show doesn't shrink away at sadness, it flips it over like a messy flapjack and serves it up with whipped cream. These writers know what it's like to have young kids and a wild family life, and they know all we can do is put on a smile and look at the bright side.

Cinematography, acting, music are all fantastic. The lead actor has a lot of charisma. His character is in a tough spot in his life and he's very quickly easy to root for. The kids are also great, it never feels like they are disney channel over-acting.

Don't miss Daddy's Divas.

I happened upon this edgy family comedy series Daddy's Divas while visiting a friends family and was so charmed by it. I say edgy because so many of todays family friendly TV shows do not touch upon life's difficult situations such as losing a parent. The episodes are about twenty minutes long and full of crazy zany characters and lots of family dysfunction and sometimes dark subjects. Don't be confused however, this is a family comedy obviously written by writers that are parents themselves. The realistic writing along with a cast of actors that are not afraid to perform like embarrassingly bad actors are what make this so funny and delightful to watch. I give two thumbs up to the writers and actors!