| 88 |
Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman
Finally, a "Sex and the City" clone comes through. |
| 75 |
New York Post Linda Stasi
Like "Sex and the City" with its clothes on. |
| 60 |
Variety Brian Lowry
Breezy and fun, there are several reasons to sample "Emily," but also plenty of room for skepticism over whether this witty half-hour has the depth to survive a highly competitive timeslot. |
| 60 |
Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron
Despite her position as editor, Emily lives in a world with high school values, where the ultimate achievements are being popular, fitting in, looking good and finding a hot date. |
| 60 |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen
Lightweight and unaffecting. |
| 60 |
Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm
You hope the show doesn't get stuck in sexual shenanigans week after week. Even 30-year-olds think about other things sometimes. But for now, it seems fair to follow Emily's lead and see what develops. |
| 60 |
Washington Post Tom Shales
Despite the limitations, and there are a bundle, "Emily's Reasons Why Not" logs a happy high on the delightful meter -- fresh and frisky much of the time. |
| 60 |
TV Guide Matt Roush
It’s painfully derivative, but we’ve seen worse. |
| 50 |
San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman
Actually, "Emily's Reasons Why Not" does have its funny moments. The problem is twofold. The show tweaks and contorts itself so hard to get those laughs that the whole thing feels forced and unmanageable for two consecutive episodes, much less a season. And secondly, the premise is unlikely to hold up for any length of time. |
| 50 |
Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert
It's not half bad, but then it's not even a quarter original. |
| 50 |
Entertainment Weekly Jennifer Armstrong
Emily comes off as a regressed teenager. [13 Jan 2006, p.70] |
| 50 |
USA Today Robert Bianco
Even at her worst, when she's contorting her face to match the coy, thought-revealing voice-over, you tend to root for [Graham]. Unfortunately for ABC, by the end of Emily's Reasons Why Not, you're rooting for her to find a better vehicle. |
| 50 |
Miami Herald Glenn Garvin
It also helps that Heather Graham as Emily is so appealing that it often distracts from the fanciful idiocy of what she's saying or doing. |
| 50 |
New York Daily News David Hinckley
No matter how obvious the wardrobe might be, the scripts are even more so. |
| 50 |
Detroit Free Press Mike Duffy
Breezily prefabricated sitcom humor that lacks the fresh zing of anything remotely original. |
| 40 |
Los Angeles Times Paul Brownfield
The notion of Graham as a TV star is an enticing one, but she's starring in a show that's not big enough for her. |
| 40 |
Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan
It's just too bad the shopworn material on "Emily" is just a tad too weak to support Graham's talents, even though she tries (a bit too hard, truth be told) to give viewers a reason to watch. |
| 40 |
Orlando Sentinel Hal Boedeker
This ABC sitcom strives for edgy sophistication, but the characters come off as superficial and mean. |
| 30 |
Wall Street Journal Amy Finnerty
Judging from the first episode, "Emily" needs not only a new boyfriend, but also some more grownup material. |
| 30 |
The New York Times Alessandra Stanley
A tepid knockoff of "Sex and the City." |
| 30 |
LA Weekly Robert Abele
Based on the pilot of Emily’s Reasons Why Not, there’s no worry that this half hour from ABC... will be honest, or real, or even funny. |
| 20 |
Newsday Diane Werts
The show seems to have no point, rendering it agony how hard the proceedings work at making one. |
| 10 |
Slate Dana Stevens
There's so much not to like about Emily's Reasons Why Not. |
