Home Sweet Home (American TV series)

Last updated
Home Sweet Home
Genre Reality social experiment
Created by Ava DuVernay
Composer Andrew Scott Bell
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes9
Production
Executive producers
Production companies ARRAY Filmworks
Warner Horizon Unscripted Television
Original release
Network
ReleaseOctober 15 (2021-10-15) 
December 17, 2021 (2021-12-17)

Home Sweet Home is an American reality social experiment television series, created by Ava DuVernay. In each episode, two families swap homes for a week to learn about the other family's experience. [1] The series premiered on October 15, 2021, on NBC, before being pulled off the schedule on November 9, after four episodes. [2] The series moved to Peacock on November 12, 2021. [3]

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Production

On July 16, 2020, it was announced that NBC had ordered the series with Ava DuVernay, Sarah Bremner and Paul Garnes as the executive producers. [4] [5] On August 19, 2021, it was announced that Bremner left the series. It was also announced that the series would premiere on October 15, 2021. [6]

Episodes

No.Title [3] [7] Original air date [3] [7] U.S. viewers
(millions)
NBC
1"Not as Important as I Thought I Was!"October 15, 2021 (2021-10-15)1.41 [8]
2"There's No TV?"October 22, 2021 (2021-10-22)1.39 [9]
3"Art Is My God."October 29, 2021 (2021-10-29)1.29 [10]
4"You Can Be a Cowboy!"November 5, 2021 (2021-11-05)1.31 [11]
Peacock
5"The Alley Provides"November 12, 2021 (2021-11-12)N/A
6"We Use a Lot of Shampoo"November 19, 2021 (2021-11-19)N/A
7"I Miss My Salsas"December 3, 2021 (2021-12-03)N/A
8"A New Understanding About Compton"December 10, 2021 (2021-12-10)N/A
9"It's Gonna Take Lifetimes"December 17, 2021 (2021-12-17)N/A

Reception

Critical response

Angie Han, writing for The Hollywood Reporter , wrote of the series that "while Home Sweet Home can’t quite manage to fix all the prejudices and misunderstandings that ail modern society, it’s at least an agreeable reminder that it doesn’t hurt to try," and that it "[sees] its purpose as bridging the gaps between people from different walks of life," and concluded that, compared to other reality shows that might have been framed as mean-spirited, Home Sweet Home stays firmly on the side of nice. [12]

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of Home Sweet Home
No.TitleAir dateTimeslot (ET) Rating
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
DVR
(18–49)
DVR viewers
(millions)
Total
(18–49)
Total viewers
(millions)
1"Not as Important as I Thought I Was!"October 15, 2021Friday 8:00 p.m.0.21.41 [8] 0.00.100.21.51 [13] [lower-alpha 1]
2"There's No TV?"October 22, 20210.21.39 [9] 0.00.140.21.52 [14]
3"Art Is My God."October 29, 20210.21.29 [10] 0.00.050.21.34 [15] [lower-alpha 1]
4"You Can Be a Cowboy!"November 5, 20210.21.31 [11] 0.00.090.21.42 [16] [lower-alpha 1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Live+7 ratings were unavailable, so Live+3 ratings have been used instead.

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