Necessary Roughness fingerprint.
Calm and low-key
Hopeful
Much of it is about family.
Some situational comedy and sharp wit
Not a comedy at heart.
Everyday modern life, sports, and the mind
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Calm and low-key
Necessary Roughness is calm and low-intensity.
Hopeful
Much of it is about family.
Emotionally, it's hopeful. Much of it is about family.
Some situational comedy and sharp wit
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some situational comedy and sharp wit.
Everyday modern life, sports, and the mind
Its world is built around everyday modern life, sports, and the mind.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Based on the GoodWatch fingerprint: our scores for 70+ attributes of every show. Select a row to see all of them.
| Season | Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 4 | Episode 5 | Episode 6 | Episode 7 | Episode 8 | Episode 9 | Episode 10 | Episode 11 | Episode 12 | Episode 13 | Episode 14 | Episode 15 | Episode 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 1 | |||
| Episode 2 | |||
| Episode 3 | |||
| Episode 4 | |||
| Episode 5 | |||
| Episode 6 | |||
| Episode 7 | |||
| Episode 8 | |||
| Episode 9 | |||
| Episode 10 | |||
| Episode 11 | |||
| Episode 12 | |||
| Episode 13 | |||
| Episode 14 | |||
| Episode 15 | |||
| Episode 16 |
Everyone has issues to tackle.
You are here: Necessary RoughnessTap a poster to move
You are herePreview
vscompared with Necessary Roughness
Necessary Roughness2011 · Show
Point at a poster to compare itHold a poster to compare it
A chip fills to its level. Tap a full one for titles without that trait, a low one for titles with it.
Open a page:Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo (2016)Win Win (2011)Fight for My Way (2017)Fever Pitch (2005)Running Point (2025)Ted Lasso (2020)Love 101 (2020)Bull Durham (1988)Stick (2025)Shoresy (2022)Brittany Runs a Marathon (2019)Breaking Away (1979)Jerry Maguire (1996)Racket Boys (2021)Hustle (2022)Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui (2021)Summer Storm (2004)Bend It Like Beckham (2002)Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992)Chasing the Wind (2025)Handsome Devil (2017)Champions (2018)Trouble with the Curve (2012)Love & Basketball (2000)Whip It (2009)Happiest Season (2020)Crush (2022)Colin from Accounts (2022)Chhalaang (2020)Off Campus (2026)The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)In & Out (1997)Dum Laga Ke Haisha (2015)Isi & Ossi (2020)The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)Yuri!!! on Ice (2016)Jack & Joker: U Steal My Heart! (2024)Together Together (2021)Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story (2005)Gavin & Stacey (2007)Hellcats (2010)Heartbreaker (2010)Geetha Govindam (2018)Crew (2024)White Men Can't Jump (1992)Jaadugar (2022)You Hurt My Feelings (2023)Good Newwz (2019)The DUFF (2015)Sleeping with Other People (2015)ImMATURE (2019)Life Unexpected (2010)George Lopez (2002)Life Partners (2014)Bring It On (2000)Badhaai Do (2022)It's Complicated (2009)Piku (2015)Hitch (2005)Fever Pitch (1997)Tanu Weds Manu (2011)Maggie's Plan (2016)Single All the Way (2021)Sixer (2022)
Quick answers from GoodWatch data.
Necessary Roughness is included with a subscription to Peacock and Peacock Premium+ in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Fandango at Home Free and Xumo Play. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 64/100 (IMDb 7.1 and Metacritic 62). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated TV-PG in the United States.
3 seasons
It has 3 seasons with 38 episodes of about 60 minutes each.
Yes. Critics average 62 and audiences 66 out of 100, so both groups see Necessary Roughness much the same way.
It ran from 2011 to 2013 and has ended.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Necessary Roughness in 10 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 108 storytelling tropes for Necessary Roughness, including Butt-Monkey, Team Dad, Broken Pedestal.
7.1
