| All About the Washingtons | |
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| Created by | Jeremy Bronson |
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| Composer | Frank Ciampi |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
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| Producer | Mark Grossan |
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| Editor | Skip Collector |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 22–26 minutes |
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| Network | Netflix |
| Release | August 10, 2018 (2018-08-10) |
All About the Washingtons is an Americancomedy television series created byJeremy Bronson that premiered on August 10, 2018, onNetflix. The series is executive produced by Bronson alongside showrunner Andrew Reich and starsJoseph "Rev Run" Simmons,Justine Simmons, andKiana Ledé. In October 2018, it was announced that Netflix had canceled the series after one season.
All About the Washingtons follows husband and wife Joey and Justine Washington as they raise their family. The series begins "after Joey decides to retire from a long career as legendary hip-hop royalty, his wife Justine, takes advantage of the opportunity to pursue a career of her own now that Joey is available to focus on raising the kids and keeping the house in order."[1]
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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| 1 | "Sip Stop Hooray" | Don Scardino | Story by : Jeremy Bronson Teleplay by : Jeremy Bronson &Andrew Reich | August 10, 2018 (2018-08-10) |
| 2 | "U Can't Crash This" | Don Scardino | Jason Venokur | August 10, 2018 (2018-08-10) |
| 3 | "They Call Me Too Nice" | Don Scardino | Alyson Fouse | August 10, 2018 (2018-08-10) |
| 4 | "Yo! Bum Rush the Secret Show" | Don Scardino | Matthew Claybrooks | August 10, 2018 (2018-08-10) |
| 5 | "Please Hamper, Don't Hurt 'Em" | Kimberly McCullough | Stephnie Weir | August 10, 2018 (2018-08-10) |
| 6 | "Papa Said Log You Out" | Kimberly McCullough | Frank Pines | August 10, 2018 (2018-08-10) |
| 7 | "You Gots the Chills" | Linda Mendoza | Andrew Reich | August 10, 2018 (2018-08-10) |
| 8 | "Follow the Leaker" | Phill Lewis | Marlena Rodriguez | August 10, 2018 (2018-08-10) |
| 9 | "Pranksta's Paradise" | Linda Mendoza | Jason Venokur | August 10, 2018 (2018-08-10) |
| 10 | "Snow Diggity" | Linda Mendoza | Sebastian Jones | August 10, 2018 (2018-08-10) |
On October 24, 2016, it was announced thatABC had given the production a put pilot commitment with a financial penalty attached if the network failed to produce a pilot. The pilot episode was written byJeremy Bronson with veteran comedy writer-producerJhoni Marchinko supervising. Executive producers were set to include Bronson and Marchinko alongsideJoseph "Rev Run" Simmons,Justine Simmons,Michael Lehman, Darryl Frank, and Justin Falvey. Production companies involved with the project were expected to includeAmblin Television andABC Studios.[2] On March 17, 2017, following ABC's decision not to move forward with a pilot, it was reported that Amblin Television and ABC Studios had decided to use the penalty money received from ABC to finance a pilot presentation of the production. A truncated version of the pilot script was expected to be used and the episode was set to be filmed at the beginning of April 2017, on the set of ABC Studios'Black-ish, withDon Scardino directing.[3]
On November 17, 2017, it was announced thatNetflix had given the production a straight-to-series order for a first season consisting of ten episodes. It was further reported that the series would be produced by ABC Studios' cable/digital division ABC Signature.[4] On June 14, 2018, it was reported that the series, now titledAll About The Washingtons, would premiere on August 10, 2018. Additionally, it was announced that Andrew Reich serve as showrunner and an executive producer for the series.[1] On October 18, 2018, it was announced that Netflix had canceled the series after one season.[5]
Alongside the announcement of the put pilot commitment, it was confirmed that the series would starJoseph "Rev Run" Simmons andJustine Simmons.[2] Alongside the announcement of the series' premiere, it was reported that the children in the show would be portrayed byKiana Ledé, Nathan Anderson, Leah Rose Randall, and Maceo Smedley.[1]
Principal photography for the series was expected to begin in January 2018.[4]
On July 18, 2018, the official trailer for the series was released.[6]
On August 8, 2018, a screening of the series was held at Madera Kitchen & Bar inLos Angeles,California.[7]
The series was met with a negative response from critics upon its premiere. On the review aggregation websiteRotten Tomatoes, the series holds a 40% approval rating, with an average rating of 4.07 out of 10 based on 5 reviews.[8]
In an unfavorable review,The Hollywood Reporter's Daniel Fienberg commented that the series proves that reality stars do not necessarily possess the talent necessary to act saying, "the show is built exclusively on the idea that people who are funny in reality can be made to be fictionally funny. In this case, they cannot."[9] In another adverse critique,Now's Rachna Raj Kaur compared the series unfavorably to the Simmons' real-life personas saying, "Rev Run's bold presence in pop-culture has spanned four decades, but his new family sitcom,All About The Washingtons falls flat. What is arguably one of hip-hop's longest standing royal families, has been compressed to one shallow dimension in this autobiographical sitcom."[10] In a further unfriendly assessment,Paste's Jacob Oller gave the series a grade of 4.2 out of 10 and commented, "All About the Washingtons is simply too facile to be funny and too invested in testing the Simmons with scripted material to be charming. The leads are dull and the lines they shout are either monotonous dad jokes, simple plot points, or loving reconciliations (after no major drama has occurred)."[11]
