Critic Reviews
| 75 |
Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman
The world of TV benefits from having another good show, with relaxed Spade at the desk, mocking the Stepford-like trance with which entertainment-news shows like "Access Hollywood" mindlessly idolize stars into saints and sinners. |
| 50 |
New York Magazine Adam Sternbergh
The show’s greatest drawback, in fact, is Spade’s own influence: There are now a thousand TV comedians and a million Websites that toss off dismissive one-liners, so Spade’s snide voice is just one in a deafening din. |
| 40 |
Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert
[The show] isn't bad, but it's the sort of humor that has become so institutionalized it feels safe. |
| 38 |
People Weekly Tom Gliatto
The show can be wonderfully mean... but it's too spotty. [24 Oct 2005, p.41] |
| 30 |
Hollywood Reporter Ray Richmond
The premiere winds up misfiring more often than it connects with various jabs, hooks, sucker punches and haymakers, too often going in for outlandish spoof at the expense of cleverness and irony. |
| 10 |
Variety Brian Lowry
Essentially, this pancake-flat debut amounted to a 30-minute "Weekend Update" segment devoted entirely to Hollywood, filled with about three minutes of actual comedy. |
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