The Goldbergs (2013 TV series)

The Goldbergs is an American period sitcom television series that premiered on September 24, 2013, on ABC. The series was created by Adam F. Goldberg and stars Wendi McLendon-Covey, Jeff Garlin, Sean Giambrone, Troy Gentile, Hayley Orrantia and George Segal.[3] The show is produced by Adam F. Goldberg, Seth Gordon, and Doug Robinson.[4] It is based on Goldberg's childhood and family in the 1980s, complete with a childhood version of himself. On May 21, 2020, ABC renewed the series for an eighth season.[5]

This article is about the current program. For the unrelated radio and television series, see The Goldbergs (broadcast series).
The Goldbergs
GenreSitcom
Created byAdam F. Goldberg
Starring
Narrated byPatton Oswalt
Theme music composerI Fight Dragons[1]
Opening theme"Rewind" by I Fight Dragons[2]
Composer(s)Michael Wandmacher
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons7
No. of episodes163 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
Producer(s)Dan Levy
Production location(s)Sony Pictures Studios, Culver City, California
CinematographyJoseph E. Gallagher
Jason Blount
Editor(s)Jonathan Corn
Ivan Victor
Peter B. Ellis
Kevin Leffler
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time22 minutes
Production company(s)
DistributorSony Pictures Television
Release
Original networkABC
Picture format720p (16:9 HDTV)
Audio format5.1 surround sound with Descriptive Video Service on SAP
Original releaseSeptember 24, 2013 (2013-09-24) –
present (present)
Chronology
Related showsSchooled
External links
Official website

Premise
Promotional poster used for the series' first season

The Goldbergs is set in the 1980s in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania and shows the reality of the '80s through a preadolescent's, and later in the series, teenager's, eyes.[6] The show is loosely based on the showrunner's childhood, during which he regularly videotaped events – many of these videos are reenacted throughout the program, with the original version then shown before the end credits.

The series stars Jeff Garlin as patriarch Murray and Wendi McLendon-Covey as matriarch Beverly. Their two older children are Erica (Hayley Orrantia) and Barry (Troy Gentile). The youngest child, Adam (Sean Giambrone), documents his family life with his video camera. Beverly's father, Albert "Pops" Solomon (George Segal), is frequently around to provide advice or to help out his grandchildren (often behind his daughter's back).

The present-day "Adult Adam" (Patton Oswalt) narrates every episode as taking place in "1980-something". The show's episodes are frequently built around the era's pop culture in a non-chronological order, and each season contains references from throughout the decade.

Many references to real-life Philadelphia-area businesses are made, including the Wawa convenience store chain, Gimbel's department store, Willow Grove Park Mall, and Kremp's Florist of Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. Additionally, several 1980s cultural icons guest star as themselves on the show and a number of figures from Goldberg's actual life guest star as fictional characters.

Cast and characters
Character Portrayed by Seasons
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Murray Christian Goldberg Jeff Garlin Main
Beverly Goldberg (née Solomon) Wendi McLendon-Covey Main
Adam Frederick Goldberg Sean Giambrone Main
Barry Norman Goldberg Troy Gentile Main
Erica Dorothy Goldberg Hayley Orrantia Main
Albert "Pops" Solomon George Segal Main
Lainey Lewis AJ Michalka Recurring Main Recurring Guest
Geoff "Madman" Schwartz Sam Lerner Recurring Main

Main cast
  • Jeff Garlin as Murray Goldberg,[4] the gruff, somewhat asocial patriarch of the Goldbergs. Unlike Beverly, he is realistic about his children's abilities and believes she smothers them too much. Despite his apathetic tendencies at home, he values hard work and has held various full-time positions since his teenage years. Though he does not always show affection for his children, calling them "morons" when they make mistakes or behave in silly ways, he truly cares about them and wants them to learn how to fend for themselves. He runs his father-in-law's furniture business, loves sports, and is often seen lounging in front of his TV in his white briefs.
  • Wendi McLendon-Covey as Beverly Goldberg (née Solomon),[4] the overprotective matriarch of the Goldbergs. She is often called their "smother" by the kids. She is a very manipulative mother, and frequently injects herself into her children's lives, often to their embarrassment, and is supremely confident in their abilities.
  • Sean Giambrone as Adam F. Goldberg,[4] the pop-culture obsessed youngest child of the Goldbergs. Smart and geeky, he frequently films his family's activities on a VHS camcorder. He often ends up having to use his middle initial to distinguish himself from another Adam Goldberg who attends the same school and is also an aspiring filmmaker.
    • Patton Oswalt voices the adult Adam Goldberg,[7] who narrates the show from the present day.
  • Troy Gentile as Barry Norman Goldberg,[4] the overconfident, slightly dim-witted middle child of the Goldbergs. Though perceived as goofy and seemingly untalented in many ways, he remains highly self-assured while trying to become popular in high school. He is determined to "dominate" everything he does, especially sports, but he only really excels at ice hockey and wrestling. Barry loves rap music (giving himself the pseudonym "Big Tasty"), and is the leader of a crew called the Jenkintown Posse (abbreviated "JTP", which fellow members repeat whenever the initials are spoken). In the fifth-season finale, he proposes to Lainey and she accepts, but they don't go through with a wedding. By this point, he decided to become a doctor. Barry graduates from high school in the sixth-season finale, and heads to college in season 7 along with his sister Erica. Barry is based on Adam's real-life brother of the same name.
  • Hayley Orrantia as Erica Dorothy Goldberg,[4][8] the sarcastic, somewhat bad-tempered oldest child of the Goldbergs. Smart and musically gifted but rebellious, she is popular in school and dominant over her younger brothers. In the fifth season, Erica left for college at D.C. School of the Arts, only to drop out at the end of the season to start a band with Lainey and Valley Erica. After her music aspirations end up going nowhere, Erica decides to head back to college to get her life back on track. "Erica" is based on Adam's real-life brother, Eric Goldberg.[9]
  • George Segal as Albert "Pops" Solomon,[4] Beverly's laid-back widower father. Though an elderly man with a number of comic eccentricities, he acts much younger than his age and often gives sage advice to his grandchildren. Adam considers him his best friend and they often go on side adventures together. He once owned a successful furniture store called Ottoman Empire that allowed him to retire comfortably, and he now lets his son-in-law Murray run the business.
  • AJ Michalka as Lainey Lewis (Season 3–4; recurring 1–2, 5–present),[10] Erica's best friend and one of the most popular girls at school, whom Barry has had a lifelong crush on. Lainey is being raised by a single father, Bill, given that her alcoholic mother left them a few years prior to the series. To the surprise of many, Lainey kisses Barry at a party in the first-season finale, the two slowly grow closer together in season two, and eventually become an unlikely couple. Following the fourth season, she has gone to attend fashion school in Savannah, Georgia and ended her relationship with Barry. In season 5, she returns to Jenkintown after dropping out along with Erica to start a band. In the final seconds of the season finale she and Barry agree to wed. In the sixth season, Lainey not only ends the engagement but leaves for L.A. to pursue her dreams alone, but not before promising Barry that when they were ready, they'd be together. Lainey appears as a main character in the spin-off series, Schooled.
  • Sam Lerner as "Madman" Geoff Schwartz (Season 5–present; recurring 2–4),[11] one of Barry's best friends, and a member of the "JTP". His nickname "Madman" is a form of ironic humor, given how well-behaved the character is, especially compared to Barry. He is infatuated with Erica and makes many futile attempts to win her affections. At the end of the third season, he begins dating Evelyn Silver just as Erica realizes she reciprocates Geoff's feelings. He later breaks up with Evey to be with Erica. As Erica prepares to return to college at the start of season 7, Geoff confides that he wants to stay home for a gap year. After months of following the Grateful Dead and starting a failed business venture, however, he decides to enroll in college full-time and moves into Erica's dorm room.

Recurring cast

Extended family
  • Judd Hirsch as Ben "Pop Pop" Goldberg, Murray's cantankerous, opinionated father. He frequently fights with Murray, with whom he has trouble communicating, and he views Pops as a rival. (seasons 3-present; Pop Pop first appeared in one season 2 episode, and was portrayed by Paul Sorvino)
  • Dan Fogler as Marvin Goldberg, Murray's carefree, unreliable younger brother who is frequently involved in bizarre get-rich-quick schemes that always end up failing. (Season 1-present)
  • Lucky: The Goldbergs' pet dog introduced in season 3. While the family originally got the dog based on Barry's insistence for one, Lucky develops a bond with Murray.

Friends and classmates
  • Natalie Alyn Lind as Dana Caldwell, Adam's classmate who becomes his girlfriend. In the season 2 finale, it is revealed Dana may be moving to Seattle. The season 3 premiere confirms she is now living in Seattle. Adam and Dana continue a long-distance relationship, but it ends when the two realize how different they have become. Dana returns to Jenkintown in season 7 after her grandmother in Seattle passes away, but makes it clear to Adam that she just wants to be friends. The real-life counterpart for "Dana" is named Amanda Caldwell; the first name was changed due to early legal concerns about the show's autobiographical nature.[12] (season 1–3, 7; guest season 4[13])
  • Kenny Ridwan as Dave Kim, an awkward classmate and friend of Adam's, who is always addressed by both his first and last names, even by his own mother. He shockingly begins dating troublemaker Carla Mann in season 6.
  • Stephanie Katherine Grant as Emmy "Muscles" Mirsky, a girl in the neighborhood with whom Adam likes to spend time. Because they grew up together, she and Adam treat each other like siblings, and she behaves like "one of the guys" in the company of Adam and friends. In her sophomore year of high school, she wants Adam's help with meeting a guy she's interested in dating, and Adam initially has trouble seeing her that way.
  • Rowan Blanchard (seasons 4-5), Alexis G. Zall (season 6) as Jackie Geary, Adam's girlfriend who shares his love of science fiction. Jackie graduates from high school in Season 6, and neither makes an appearance nor gets mentioned throughout Season 7.[14][15]
  • Sam Kindseth as David Sirota, Adam's goofy friend and classmate. In the present he is an American political commentator and radio host. (season 2-present)
  • Nate Hartley as Dan, a nerdy punching bag, who is always in the wrong place at the wrong time. (season 2-present)
  • Jacob Hopkins as Chad Kremp, Virginia's youngest son and a close friend of Adam. (Season 1-present)
  • Tyler Stokes as Drew Kremp, Chad's older brother and Erica's ex-boyfriend. (season 1 and 3)
  • Jackson Odell as Ari Caldwell, a popular student, a friend of Lexie Bloom and Erica, and Dana's older brother. (season 1-2)
  • Cooper Roth (season 1) and Zayne Emory (season 2–5,7) as J. C. Spink, a bully who torments Adam. The original film producer who inspired the character portrays a school bus driver.
  • Virginia Gardner as Lexie Bloom, a classmate of Barry's who he has a crush on for the first season. (season 1, mentioned season 4)
  • Joey Luthman as Roger McFadden, a nerdy classmate of Barry's. (season 1)
  • Mason Cook as Tyler Stansfield, a puny but fierce classmate of Adam. (Seasons 1-3)
  • Allie Grant as Evelyn "Evey" Silver, a girl Beverly tries to set up Barry with. Erica is deeply disturbed by this, because Evey is eerily similar to Beverly. She later becomes Geoff Schwartz's girlfriend, albeit briefly. (season 2-5)
  • Niko Guardado as Rubén Amaro, Jr., a highly popular student and champion athlete. Like Dave Kim, he is always addressed by his full name. In adulthood, he will become a major league baseball player and General Manager of Philadelphia Phillies. (season 3-present)
  • Charlie DePew as Anthony Balsamo, a popular, good-looking student and Lainey's ex-boyfriend. (season 2-3)
  • Sean Marquette as Johnny Atkins, a ponytailed, saxophone-playing troublemaker who, much like Barry Goldberg, has a high opinion of himself. He is always seen wearing a Rush tour t-shirt. In addition to saxophone, he also plays the drums. Erica dated him briefly. In season 7, Adam mentions that Johnny is starting his "third senior year". In the spin-off series Schooled, Johnny is shown to be working at William Penn as a custodian. (season 3-present)
  • Shayne Topp as Matt Bradley; a punk rocker-turned-Deadhead who becomes the newest member of the "JTP", over Barry's initial objections. Adult Adam's voice-over later confides that Matt would become Barry's closest friend after high school. (season 4-present)
  • Noah Munck as 'Naked' Rob Smith, one of Barry's best friends and member of the "JTP" who goes shirtless at any opportunity. (season 2-present)
  • Matt Bush as 'Ladies' Man' Andy Cogan, one of Barry's best friends and a member of the "JTP" who is frequently teased for his short stature. (season 2-present)
  • Alex Jennings as Carla Mann, a popular student and friend of Erica and Lainey who is a bit of a troublemaker. She was an on-off girlfriend of Johnny Atkins, and started dating Dave Kim late in season 6. She is shown working as a pharmaceutical sales representative in the spinoff series. (season 3-present)
  • Froy Gutierrez as Benjamin "Handsome Ben" Bauman, a highly popular student whom Adam sees as his rival, though Ben is always friendly to him. (season 3)
  • Quincy Fouse as Taz Money, a popular friend of Adam. (seasons 3-5)
  • Nathan Gamble as Garry Ball, the Principal's rebellious son and Adam's only cool friend. (season 2-3)
  • Alison Rich as Erica "Valley Erica" Coolidge, Erica's Valley girl roommate at college; the two have the same first name, but decidedly different personalities. She dropped out of college with Erica and Lainey to play drums in their band, and lived with the Goldbergs in season 6. (season 5-6)
  • Kelli Berglund as Lauren ("Ren"), Erica's college friend who later dates Barry. (season 7)
  • Sadie Stanley as Brea Bee, the most popular girl in school who later becomes Adam's girlfriend after the two are partnered together for a lab assignment and discover they have a lot of mutual interests. (season 7).

William Penn faculty
  • Stephen Tobolowsky as Principal Earl Ball, the principal of the Goldberg children's high school. Beverly frequently confronts him when she believes one of her children has been wronged during classes or school activities. (season 2-present)
  • Tim Meadows as Jonathan "Andre" Glascott, a disenchanted teacher who also delivers pizza and gives guitar lessons for extra money. He serves as the school's hapless guidance counselor. Glascott appears as the main protagonist of the spin-off series, which reveals he succeeded Earl Ball as principal. In that series, he reveals that he went by the name "Andre" early in his career because his master's diploma mistakenly has the first name of his college program's only other black graduate student, Andre Jones. (Season 1-6)
  • Bryan Callen as Rick Mellor, the high school's no-nonsense gym teacher and coach. He has a habit of giving nicknames to the Goldberg kids as he constantly addresses Erica as "Girl Goldberg" and Adam as "Goldfarb". In the sixth season, Mellor left William Penn to train wrestlers, but not before making peace with Adam and leaving his position to his brother Nick. This was done so Bryan Callen could reprise his role in the spin-off series, which reveals he returned to his old job. (Season 1-7)
  • Michaela Watkins as Ms. Taraborelli, a socially awkward Spanish and sex education teacher. (season 2)
  • Dan Bakkedahl as Mr. Woodburn, Adam's lonely and depressed science and history teacher. (season 2, season 7)
  • Ana Gasteyer as Susan Cinoman, a music and drama teacher at the Goldberg children's high school and love interest of Rick Mellor. She is shown to still be teaching at William Penn in the spinoff series. (season 2-present)
  • Bill Goldberg as Nick Mellor, Coach Mellor's brutish brother. (Season 5-present)
  • Clancy Brown as Mr. Crosby, Adam's unenthusiastic shop teacher. (Season 5-present)
  • Steve Guttenberg as Dr. Katman, a science teacher. (Season 6-present)

Other
  • Cedric Yarbrough as Vic, Murray's friend and co-worker from Canada. (season 1–3, 7)
  • Troy Winbush as Puchinski, a police officer who sometimes runs afoul of the Goldbergs' craziness, and often sympathises with Beverly. (Season 1-present)
  • Ben Zelevansky as Dale, the manager of the arcade frequented by Adam, Barry, and Pops. (season 1)
  • Kathryn Leigh Scott as Miriam Ferguson, one of Pops' lovers. (season 1)
  • Jennifer Irwin as Virginia Kremp, Chad's mother, neighbor to the Goldbergs. (season 1-present)
  • Barbara Alyn Woods as Mrs. Caldwell, Dana and Ari's mother. Woods is the real-life mother of Natalie Alyn Lind, who portrays Dana. (season 1)
  • Dustin Ybarra as Nitrous, a university student who occasionally interacts with Beverly. Usually Beverly has to make a demand of Nitrous, which he will agree to, but only after trying to coerce her into showing him her breasts or giving him $1 million. (season 1 and 3)
  • Suzy Nakamura as Mrs. Kim, Dave Kim's mother and the owner of a Chinese restaurant frequented by the Goldbergs. (season 2 and 6)
  • Rob Huebel as John Calabasas, an opportunistic businessman with several careers. (season 2–3, season 5-6)
  • David Koechner as Bill Lewis, Lainey's father who is raising her as a single parent. To Murray's dismay, Bill is a major fan of the Dallas Cowboys, starting a rivalry between the two. Bill and Murray eventually become good friends as they discover that, outside of football, they have a lot in common. (season 2-present)
  • Christopher Avila as Raji Mitra, an intelligent student Beverly hires to tutor Lainey. (season 3)
  • J. C. Spink as Joe the Bus Driver (seasons 1-2)
  • Ken Lerner as Lou Schwartz, Geoff's father. Lerner is the real-life father of Sam Lerner, who portrays Geoff. (season 5-present)
  • Mindy Sterling as Linda Schwartz, Geoff's mother. (season 5-present)
  • Stephanie Courtney as Essie Karp, one of Beverly's friends who is also good friends with Linda Schwartz and Virginia Kremp. (season 5-present)
  • Brec Bassinger as Zoe McIntosh, a girl Adam had a crush on. (season 1, episode 1 and season 4, episode 3)
  • Uncle Louie as Uncle Louie, Valley Erica's Uncle Louie. (season 5-present)
  • Richard Kind as Michael "Formica Mike" Mikowitz, Murray's rival in the furniture business. Towards the end of season 7, Mike offers to buy the Ottoman Empire from Murray, but the two instead agree to a merger and become business partners. (Season 5-present)

Guest cast

Cameos from real-life counterparts
  • Chad Kremp as a deli worker (season 1, episode 8), and as Charles Kremp (season 4-present)
  • J.C. Spink as Joe the Bus Driver (season 1, episode 18)
  • "Handsome" Ben Bauman and "Regular" Amy Gross as Double Dare producers (season 3, episode 13)
  • Michael C. Levy and Michael Z. Levy as computer technicians (season 4, episode 4)
  • Brea Bee as Mrs. Vanica (season 4, episode 14)
  • R. D. Robb as Paul Sirochman, a photographer (season 4, episode 15; season 6, episode 22; season 7, episode 10)
  • Jackie Geary as Lynn Geary (season 4, episode 19; season 5, episode 21; season 6, episode 5)
  • Beverly Goldberg, Essie Karp, Virginia Kremp, and Linda Schwartz as a group of elderly friends that Beverly longs to be like (season 5, episode 11)
  • Rubén Amaro Jr. as Rubén Amaro Sr. (season 5, episode 11; season 6, episode 6)
  • The real-life members of JTP (Barry Goldberg, Matt Bradley, Andy Cogan, Geoff Schwartz, and Rob Smith) all appear at the end of the episodes "Hail Barry" (season 5, episode 14) and "Colors" (season 5, episode 17).
  • Eric Goldberg (credited as "My Brother") at the end of "MTV Spring Break" (season 5, episode 18) and (credited as "The Real Eric Goldberg") in "Eight-Bit Goldbergs" (season 6, episode 19)
  • Emmy Mirsky (credited under her married name Emily McCoy) as Serry Mirsky, Emmy's mother in "Flashy Little Flashdancer" (season 5, episode 19) and "Hersheypark" (season 6, episode 4)
  • Dave Kim appears as himself at the end of "Dave Kim's Party" (season 7, episode 15)

Episodes
Main article: List of The Goldbergs episodes
SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedRankViewers
(in millions)
First airedLast aired
123September 24, 2013 (2013-09-24)May 13, 2014 (2014-05-13)766.20[17]
224September 24, 2014 (2014-09-24)May 13, 2015 (2015-05-13)578.37[18]
324September 23, 2015 (2015-09-23)May 18, 2016 (2016-05-18)577.62[19]
424September 21, 2016 (2016-09-21)May 17, 2017 (2017-05-17)546.97[20]
522September 27, 2017 (2017-09-27)May 16, 2018 (2018-05-16)666.26[21]
623September 26, 2018 (2018-09-26)May 8, 2019 (2019-05-08)636.38[22]
723September 25, 2019 (2019-09-25)May 13, 2020 (2020-05-13)735.31[23]

Production
From left to right: Segal, Gentile, McLendon-Covey, Orrantia, and Garlin

Casting

The project originally received a script commitment from Fox in August 2011. After Adam Goldberg's previous show, Breaking In, was canceled, he did not want to wait for another pilot season to arrive and moved it to ABC, who agreed to produce it immediately.[24][25] On January 11, 2013, Wendi McLendon-Covey was cast as the pilot's lead;[26] later, Jeff Garlin and George Segal joined the cast.[27][28]

Filming

The pilot episode was directed by Seth Gordon. On May 10, 2013, ABC picked up the show to series to air in the 2013–14 American television season.[29] It was later picked up for a full season order on November 1, 2013.[30] The program is filmed on a series of stages at Sony Pictures Studios. In March 2020, Sony stopped production due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[31]

Music

The show's theme song, "Rewind," was written at Goldberg's request by I Fight Dragons, his favorite band, specifically for the show.[32] A soundtrack, featuring songs performed on the show by the cast members, was released on December 6, 2017.[33]

Reception

Critical reception

The Goldbergs first season received mixed reviews, averaging a score of 52% on Metacritic based on reviews from 26 critics.[34]

However the following seasons have received fundamental levels of critical acclaim on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes and high audience scores.

Tim Goodman of The Hollywood Reporter called it "one of the rare freshman comedies to deliver", giving credit to the show's "outstanding writing" and "strong cast".[35] David Wiegand of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote, "you'll immediately like everyone in the family and the jokes derive from credible situations".[36]

Hank Stuever of The Washington Post said the show was "obnoxiously loud".[37] David Hinckley of The New York Daily News said the show is "just awful".[38] Tierney Bricker of E! News gave a more positive review, saying that the show is "like Modern Family mixed with A Christmas Story".[39]

The Goldbergs was included in TV Guide's 2013 Top Twenty "Best Shows of the Year",[40] along with The Hollywood Reporter[41] and Today.[42] In addition, SpoilerTV awarded The Goldbergs with the honor of Best Comedy of 2013–2014.[43]

The second season had a Rotten Tomatoes score of 100% fresh with five reviews,[44] and there were many calls from both critics and the public to renew the show for a third season. The show continued to be well received, with Entertainment Weekly calling the season two premiere "the best of any family comedy on TV in the way it eschews dysfunction for its more appropriate, real-world term: love".[45]

After the series was renewed for season 3, ABC network chief Paul Lee stated that both he and ABC believed that the show will be around for "a long time".[46]

Nielsen ratings
Season Timeslot (ET) # Ep. Premiered Ended TV Season Rank Viewers
(in millions)		 Nielsen Rating (18-49)
Date Premiere Viewers
(in millions)		 Premiere 18-49
rating/share		 Date Finale Viewers
(in millions)		 Finale 18-49
rating/share
1 Tuesday 9:00 pm 23
September 24, 2013
 8.94[47] 3.1/8[47]
May 13, 2014
 4.26[48] 1.5/5[48] 2013–2014 #76[49] 6.20[49] N/A
2 Wednesday 8:30 pm 24
September 24, 2014
 7.31[50] 2.4/6[50]
May 13, 2015
 6.70[51] 2.0/7[51] 2014–2015 #57[52] 8.34[52] 2.8[52]
3 24
September 23, 2015
 7.62[53] 2.4/8[53]
May 18, 2016
 6.39[54] 1.9/7[54] 2015–2016 #57[55] 7.62[55] 2.5[55]
4 Wednesday 8:00 pm 24
September 21, 2016
 6.90[56] 2.0/8[56]
May 17, 2017
 5.27[57] 1.4/6[57] 2016–2017 #54[58] 6.97[58] 2.1[58]
5 22
September 27, 2017
 6.20[59] 1.8/7[59]
May 16, 2018
 5.09[60] 1.2/6[60] 2017–2018 #66[61] 6.26[61] 1.8[61]
6 23
September 26, 2018
 5.15[62] 1.4/7[62]
May 8, 2019
 4.65[63] 1.1/6[63] 2018–2019 #63[22] 6.38[22] 1.7[22]
7 23
September 25, 2019
 4.44[64] 1.0/6[64]
May 13, 2020
 4.13[63] 0.8/3[63] 2019–2020 #73[65] 5.31[65] 1.3[65]

Broadcast

The Goldbergs originally premiered on ABC on 24 September 2013.[66] The pilot was made available on Hulu and ABC.com before it premiered on television.[67]

In Australia, the show airs on the Seven Network. It has been broadcast in the United Kingdom on E4 since April 20, 2015, in Ireland on RTÉ2 since 19 October 2015 and in Turkey on DiziSmart since 2015. In France, the series has been broadcast on Comedie+ since October 17, 2015+.

The show has been broadcast on Neox TV channel in Spain since May 8, 2016 (2016-05-08). In India, the series is aired on Star World. In Germany, the series is aired on the Disney Channel since February 16, 2016.[68] In Portugal, the series is aired on Fox Comedy, while in Italy on Italia Uno, Mediaset.

In Israel, it is broadcast by satellite provider yes.[69]

Syndication

The show went into syndication in September 2017 and began airing on local stations on September 11, Nick at Nite on September 18, and Pop on September 24. The show premiered on TV Land on September 23, 2018.[70]

Spin-off
Main article: Schooled (TV series)

In November 2016, it was first reported that ABC was developing a spin-off that would centre around recurring character Rick Mellor, played by Bryan Callen.[71] On January 10, 2017, Wendi McClendon-Covey's character was reported as appearing in the script in a guest appearance.[72] The script was ordered to pilot on February 2, 2017.[73]

On March 16, 2017, it was confirmed that Nia Long had been cast as the female lead in the role of Lucy Winston. At the same time it was confirmed that Tim Meadows would reprise his recurring role from The Goldbergs as Andre Glascott. Jay Chandrasekhar was also confirmed to direct.[74]

On May 17, 2017, ABC passed on the spin-off,[75] despite it reportedly testing very well – going as far to test better than the pilot of the original series.[76] At the same time, Adam F. Goldberg revealed the title of the failed spin-off Schooled.[77]

On January 8, 2018, it was announced that the pilot would air as a special episode of The Goldbergs on January 24, 2018, under the episode title The Goldbergs: 1990-Something. Along with Nia Long as Lucy Winston and Tim Meadows as teacher-turned-principal Andre Glascott (who is also revealed to be Lucy's brother), the pilot also starred Rachel Crow as Lucy's rebellious teenage daughter Felicia, and Summer Parker as Felicia's bubbly younger sister Gigi, with Octavia Spencer narrating as the present-day Felicia.

After the pilot aired, Goldberg had expressed hope that the airing would prompt discussions with ABC that could lead to the series being picked up for the 2018–19 TV season.[76] Three months later, on April 16, 2018, it was announced that ABC had officially picked up the spin-off, Schooled, for a 13-episode season slated to air in 2019. It was also announced that AJ Michalka would reprise her role as Lainey Lewis from The Goldbergs in the new show, but Nia Long will not return to the spin-off due to being a regular cast member on the CBS drama series NCIS: Los Angeles.[78] In May 2020, the series was canceled after two seasons.[79]

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