I've seen a few less than complimentary advance reviews of the show. The problem is that everybody sees the show as a 5th Grader knockoff - which it obviously is - and they find it wanting compared to the original. I dunno, Child Support is a passable way to spend an hour, if you allow that knockoffs have been happening as long as game shows have been happening.
There's the usual money tree with a max of only two hundred grand in today's diminished broadcast world. Adult contestants venture up the tree as they fend off questions that are heavy on pop culture. The usual group of five cute kids can bail out the grownups if any one of them gets the question right.
Exec producer Ricky Gervais does okay with the kids, even if the sugar content runs a little high sometimes. Meanwhile, Fred Savage has the more thankless task of guiding the adults though the quizzer. The pace is not sprightly but this show is about the kids, not the speed. And as The Who once observed, the kids are alright.
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