It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005)
More Gang for your buck.
Four egocentric friends run a neighborhood Irish pub in Philadelphia and try to find their way through the adult world of work and relationships. Unfortunately, their warped views and precarious judgments often lead them to trouble, creating a myriad of uncomfortable situations that usually only get worse before they get better.
| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 4 August 2005 |
| Status | Returning Series |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | Rob Mac |
| Starring | Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton and Rob Mac |
| Seasons | 18 seasons, 187 episodes |
| Episode length | about 23 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 72 hours |
| Rated | TV-MA |
| Scores | TMDB users 8.3/10 |
Where to watch It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is streaming on Hulu ($18.99 a month) in the US. It is also on Fubo. At ten hours a week, all of the series takes about 2 months of Hulu, or $37.98 at list price.
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| United Kingdom | Netflix £12.99 GBP |
| Uruguay | Disney+ $U499 |
| Venezuela | Disney+ |
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What kind of watch this is
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is a comedy about four egocentric friends who run a neighborhood Irish pub in Philadelphia. Created by Rob Mac, the show follows "the gang" as they operate a struggling Irish dive bar in South Philadelphia. Each episode runs 23 minutes, but the series spans 18 seasons and 187 episodes, totaling 72 hours of viewing. The characters are defined by a specific brand of arrogance that ignores every social cue. Their schemes are elaborate, self-destructive, and rarely successful. The humor relies on how comfortably the characters accept their own moral bankruptcy. It is a show that finds joy in the total absence of self-awareness.
What the critics said
Metacritic gives the series a 72, a score that sits comfortably in the "generally favorable" column. Critics have long praised the cast, noting that the humor lands even when the characters do not. In 2005, Brian Lowry of Variety called it "invariably clever and occasionally a laugh‑out‑loud riot". Not everyone agreed so quickly. Gillian Flynn of Entertainment Weekly described Season 1 as "smug... not smart enough to know it isn't". The show has since grown into a cult favorite, often compared to Seinfeld. Jonathan Storm of The Philadelphia Inquirer later described it as "like Seinfeld on crack", a phrase that became a tagline. It is a show that looks stupid but is in fact smart, a distinction that keeps it alive.
How it did with audiences
No box office numbers. No budget figure. Just a 8.3 on TMDB, which is a user score, not a verdict from a suit in a corner office. The numbers are missing, but the audience seems to have kept it around.
What came next for the cast
Rob Mac moved from Wonder Boys to Deadpool & Wolverine, a leap that defies gravity. Kaitlin Olson traded Curb Your Enthusiasm for a string of comedies like The Heat. Glenn Howerton went from ER to Fargo. The credits list what happened after 2005. They do not prove the bar caused the pivot.
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Sources
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q23670 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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