6.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Fridays (1980)
Fridays (1980)
Overview
Fridays is the name of ABC's weekly late-night live comedy show, which aired on Friday nights from April 11, 1980 to April 23, 1982.
Starring Cast
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Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Negative
Christianity: Negative
Viewer Rating
6.5
Overview
Fridays is the name of ABC's weekly late-night live comedy show, which aired on Friday nights from April 11, 1980 to April 23, 1982.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Traditional
Primary
Fridays was a sketch comedy show that satirized a wide range of topics, including politics, pop culture, and social norms, without consistently promoting a specific ideological viewpoint. Its humor often targeted absurdities across the political spectrum, leading to a neutral bias rating.
The movie, a sketch comedy show from the early 1980s, featured a predominantly white and male cast without intentional race or gender swaps. Its narrative focused on general humor and satire, not explicitly critiquing traditional identities or centering DEI themes.
Secondary
Fridays, an early 80s sketch comedy, often used LGBTQ+ themes for humor. Its portrayals frequently relied on broad stereotypes and caricatures, contributing to a net negative impact by presenting identity as a source of mockery rather than with dignity or complexity.
Fridays, as a sketch comedy show, frequently employed satire to critique social institutions, including religion. Its portrayal of Christianity, primarily through sketches targeting televangelists, hypocrisy, or fundamentalism, consistently highlighted perceived flaws and absurdities within the faith's institutions and among its adherents. The show's narrative offered no significant counterbalancing positive portrayals, reinforcing a critical and often cynical view.
The sketch comedy series 'Fridays' does not contain any discernible depictions of transsexual characters or themes. Its content primarily focused on topical humor, political satire, and character-based sketches without addressing transgender identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Fridays was an original sketch comedy show, not an adaptation or reboot of existing material. Its characters were new creations for individual sketches, and thus, no pre-established characters were portrayed with a different gender.
Fridays was an original sketch comedy show that created its own characters. It did not adapt pre-existing canonical or historical characters, thus the concept of a 'race swap' does not apply.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.5
5.4
Critic Ratings
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