Cousins for Life

Cousins for Life (styled as COUSiNS FOR L!FE) is a short-lived Nickelodeon TV show created by Kevin Kopelow and Heath Seifert, centering around two cousins who move together. The show's pilot aired on November 24, 2018, while the rest of the episodes aired on January 5, 2019, and ended on June 8, 2019.

Plot
Twelve-year-old kids Ivy and Stuart are best friends, but they're also cousins who come from different backgrounds. The cousins are living under the same roof in Portland when Stuart's mom is deployed overseas and his dad decides to move in with his brother and his family, which includes confidence, socially active Ivy, and her younger, very curious brother, Leaf. Now that he's in a new city, Stuart embarks on adventures with Ivy, and they learn that they don't always see eye-to-eye and that they are better when they work as a team.

Why People Hate It for Life

 * 1) The show's special effects are extremely poorly made, an example of this is in the pilot episode, when their pet pig, Arthur, looks like he's flying, even though he is supposed to be lifted by the ice cream scooper.
 * 2) The acting in this show is horrendous, with lots of emotions feeling fake and cringy.
 * 3) One of the main characters, Leaf, has no reason to be in the show other than owning their pet pig, Arthur.
 * 4) Terrible fast-paced background music.
 * 5) One of the episodes, Space Invader, is a complete copy of an episode of The Loud House with the same name.
 * 6) The show was advertised horribly on Nickelodeon for multiple reasons, such as:
 * 7) When there's an ad for the show, it played on the channel way too much, usually the same ad for the show sometimes played 4-5 times in a row.
 * 8) One of the show's promos stole music from a mobile game. The promo was for the episode "Scammer Time".
 * 9) Some of the promos were misleading.
 * 10) *The promos acted like the show jumped the shark, even though it was cancelled before it got the chance.
 * 11) The scene in the episode "Blending a Hand" where Jackson eats a spicy pepper and starts sweating is extremely disturbing as it looks like his skin is melting off.
 * 12) The show has a terrible laugh track which is overused, just like most of Nickelodeon's live-action situational comedies nowadays.
 * 13) Terrible plots for the episodes. Some usually have subplots that are loosely related to the episode's main plots.
 * 14) A lot of bad writing, as there are some weird, nonsensical, or completely awful quotes such as the infamous quote "Those two lumps are brothers".
 * 15) It was never revealed what the family's last name is for the entire show.
 * 16) Stuart's mother and Clark's wife, who is named Liz in the show, is overseas which is why she is only seen in a few episodes of the show, however, the episode "Operation Mom" claimed that she was in the Doggsies suit. The promo for the episode even claimed that it would reveal who was inside in the Doggsies suit.
 * 17) Lewis feels like a stereotypical overprotective father.
 * 18) It has terrible references to celebrities.
 * 19) It gets boring and drags on a lot.
 * 20) The show has outdated references to Fortnite dances.
 * 21) The Halloween special aired nowhere near Halloween.
 * 22) The show did not announce it was canceled. One of the actors had to make a post to announce that the show was canceled, as the creators did not announce the show's cancellation.
 * 23) Overall, it's forgettable. And this show was the start of many Nickcoms starting to be much more and more generic.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Clark can be a funny character.
 * 2) Some jokes can be funny and even good.
 * 3) *Some nonsensical moments can also be funny.
 * 4) The parts of the main theme that is heard in the credits of the show are pretty good

Reception
Cousins for Life was heavily panned by critics and audiences alike. On IMDb, it has a score of 4.4/10. As with many modern Nickcoms, it is considered to be one of the worst Nickelodeon shows of all time; and quite possibly the most forgettable out of all the modern Nickcoms.

Trivia

 * The show ended almost exactly a year after the pilot episode was created.
 * The show is currently unavailable on any streaming service whatsoever, and is yet to be added to Paramount Plus. There are some Amazon Prime Listings for the show, though