Brothers is an American sitcom television series which ran on Fox from September 25, 2009 to December 27, 2009. It originally aired on Friday nights at 8:00 pm ET before moving to Sunday nights at 7:00 pm ET as part of the 2009 fall schedule.
Premise The series stars former NFL star Michael Strahan and Daryl "Chill" Mitchell as estranged brothers who are pressured to get along by their parents (played by Carl Weathers and C. C. H. Pounder) after Strahan's character moves back to his home town of Houston. Strahan's character is retired from the NFL, while Mitchell's character, a paraplegic using a wheelchair after a car wreck, runs a restaurant.
Cast Michael Strahan as Michael "Mike" Trainor Daryl Mitchell as Chill Trainor CCH Pounder as Adele Trainor Carl Weathers as Coach Trainor
Episodes Every episode of the series was directed by Ted Wass.
Reception The pilot received, according to Metacritic, mixed or average reviews. Ratings for the show's debut were disappointing and did not improve much over the course of its 13-episode run. Fox declined to order any more episodes for the remainder of the 2009-2010 TV season and later confirmed that the show had been canceled.
Ratings # Episode Air Date Timeslot Rating Share 18–49 Viewers Weekly Rank 1 "Pilot" September 25, 2009Friday 8:00 P.M. 1.8 3 1.0/4 2.82 2 "House Rules/Anniversary" September 25, 2009 100 3 1.0/4 2.81 3 "Mom at the Bar/Train Buddy" October 2, 2009 1.6 3 0.8/3 2.42 4 "Snoop/Fat Kid" October 9, 2009 1.5 3 0.8/3 2.34 5 "Lenny" October 11, 2009Sunday 7:00 P.M. 1.1 3 2.95 6 "Commercial/Coach DMV" October 18, 2009 2.6 5 1.7/5 4.47 7 "Meet Mike Trainor/Assistant Coach" October 23, 2009Friday 8:30 P.M. 1.4 3 0.8/3 2.35 8 "Mike's Comeback" November 8, 2009Sunday 7:00 P.M. 2.3 6 5.72 9 "Week in Chair" November 22, 2009 1.7 3 1.0/3 2.61 10 "Snoop Returns" December 13, 2009 1.1 3 3.35 11 "Christmas" December 13, 2009Sunday 7:30 P.M. 1.0 3 2.81 12 "Girls, Girls, Girls" December 27, 2009Sunday 7:00 P.M. 0.8 2 0.8/2 2.34 13 "Follow the Story" December 27, 2009Sunday 7:30 P.M. 0.6 2 0.6/2 1.89
Sunday repeats Order Episode Rating Share Rating/Share(18–49) Viewers(millions) Rank(Timeslot) Rank(Night) 1 "Pilot" 2.9 5 2.5/8 6.26 3 15 2 "House Rules/Anniversary" 2.1 6 1.7/5 3.73 4 15 3 "Snoop/Fat Kid" 1.9 3 1.1/3 2.95 4 18
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