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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia · Season 1 · FXX

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 1

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 1 is a WORTH-IT, BollyMeter 7.2/10. 7 episodes on FXX from 4 August 2005.

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BollyMeter7.2/1076% on Rotten Tomatoes. The original seven-episode run shot on consumer-grade cameras with a micro-budget, the series introduced its amoral premise with a roughness that was clearly intentional rather than a constraint.

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Season 1 was shot on a consumer video camera for almost nothing - the pilot reportedly cost $200 - and the technical roughness matched the show's moral roughness in ways that felt purposeful. Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, and Rob McElhenney had built a premise around characters who committed acts that sitcom conventions typically require punishment for, and then refused to punish them. The BBC later designated it 'the best US sitcom.' Variety called it 'invariably clever and occasionally a laugh-out-loud riot.' At 76% on Rotten Tomatoes, critics were intrigued rather than convinced. The show needed Danny DeVito's Season 2 arrival to fully activate its potential.

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