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Cavemen
SERIES: ABC, Tuesday 8:00p (30 minutes)


5.2

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Starring Bill English, Sam Huntington, Nick Kroll, Kaitlin Doubleday, Stephanie Lemelin, and Julie White

The GEICO commercial tries to stretch itself to a full 20-odd minutes.

GENRE(S):	Comedy
CREATED BY:	Joe Lawson Josh Gordon Will Speck
FIRST AIR DATE:	October 2, 2007

The new pilot was not screened early for critics.

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

Wall Street Journal Dorothy Rabinowitz

It ought to be said that this strange slice of life about three male cavepersons making their way in the workaday world has its charms, even for those of us who would have preferred a sitcom peopled by that lizard.

PopMatters Marisa LaScala

Only Kroll managed to wring any comedy out of this ham-handed premise.

New York Post Adam Buckman

It became clear to me that Cavemen is extinct on arrival.

Detroit Free Press

The producers must have been living in a cave when they wrote this inept, misfiring social satire.

USA Today Robert Bianco

A show that was once dumb and offensive is now dumb and pointless.

Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert

Cavemen is pretty bad. It's definitely among the stalest pieces of bread in the loaf, which already includes 'Two and a Half Men' and 'According to Jim.' And it's certainly the most tasteless.

The New York Times Ginia Bellafante

Cavemen, set in some version of San Diego where people speak with Southern accents, doesn’t have moments as much as microseconds suspended from any attempt at narrative.

Variety Brian Lowry

An utterly bland exercise--a slacker buddy comedy with a more elaborate makeup budget in which the protagonists happen to be cavemen.

Slate Troy Patterson

Let's pretend that the plot's worth recounting.

Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan

It’s easy to see why preview DVDs weren’t distributed–the show just isn’t funny.

Hollywood Reporter Ray Richmond

What few laughs were once there [in the orginal pilot] have now been effectively removed.

Los Angeles Times Mary McNamara

A show that is no longer offensively not funny, just pointless and not funny.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen

Cavemen is itself an embarrassment because it's not funny. At all.

The average user rating for this tv show is 5.2 (out of 10) based on 120 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Ronald B. gave it a10:
This is a comment for the latest commercial Caveman vs Billy Jean King in a tennis match sponsored by Geico. Everytime I think of the commercial I laugh. A must see.

Gerald V. gave it a10:
I loved this show. It was a shame it was taken off the air. I think people panned this show without even watching it, really. The characters were very likable and it made me laugh more than most sitcoms that have been on for years!

Evelyn L.s gave it a0:
Totally. epic. FAIL.

Amber W. gave it a1:
I was only able to watch a few moments of this horrible show before changing the channel. I think the whole idea for this show was a bad one.

Cody M gave it a9:
I love this show. Its very well written and a convenient vehicle for plays on stereotypes. I agree most people wont get it, imagination has been replaced by 'reality'.

Tupac S gave it a10:
I don't get how people don't like this show. It's very funny if you have a weird sense of humor.

Andrew H. gave it an8:
Dumb, and obvious, yes. But also occasionally insightful and quite often funny.

Cavemen SERIES: ABC, Tuesday 8:00p (30 minutes)

Cavemen
SERIES: ABC, Tuesday 8:00p (30 minutes)