Story about the family that shares the sport craze and a rebellious son Ronny McCarthy, a 29-year-old openly gay man and guidance counselor who denies a great opportunity to move to Rhode Island to work under his father as an assistant high school basketball coach.
Essentially, the show is a half hour of heartwarming wrapped in wisecracks, sports gags and the small crises of working-class life. While The McCarthys won't dazzle anyone with spectacular dunks, it's counting on the fundamentals being enough.
The McCarthys is buoyed by Metcalf's always solid work and Ritter's boyish appeal amid a capable, energetic ensemble. Some of the lines are amusing and even the clinkers don't land too hard.
