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Happy Hour
SERIES: Fox, Thursday 8:30p (30 minutes)


8.2

based on 19 reviews
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Starring John Sloan, Lex Medlin, Nat Faxon, Jamie Denbo, Beth Lacke, and Brooke D’Orsay

A smalltown guy starts from scratch in the big city after losing his job, his apartment, and his girlfriend. Be happy that it's not really an hour.

GENRE(S):	Comedy
CREATED BY:	Jackie Filgo Jeff Filgo
FIRST AIR DATE:	September 7, 2006

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...

The New York Times Virginia Heffernan

The idle, boozy time between one romantic relationship and the next turns out to be a sweet spot for a sitcom.

Detroit Free Press Mike Duffy

The few good laughs in an otherwise so-so show are supplied by the slyly wigged-out Beth Lacke.

Philadelphia Daily News Ellen Gray

Thanks to some happy casting, the show's not actually unwatchable.

New York Post Linda Stasi

A bad morph-job of "Seinfeld" and "Friends" but without the simplicity of the first, the chemistry of the second or the brilliance, timing, and writing of either.

Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman

It squanders committed acting and funny lines by draping them over a suspect premise.

USA Today Robert Bianco

There's not a moment or character that rings true, and the only joke you're likely to remember is an anatomical gag you'd probably rather forget.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland

This is merely another dead-on-arrival series to add to the mountain of failures Fox has hurled our way over the past few seasons.

Kansas City Star Aaron Barnhart

I don’t get a kick out of you, “Happy Hour.”

New York Daily News David Hinckley

Lacke is the only person, or thing, in "Happy Hour" that made me laugh.

Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron

Given this straitjacket of a script, it's hard to know how good the cast could be with decent material.

Los Angeles Times Paul Brownfield

"Happy Hour," or as I like to call it: "Really, Fox? This?"

Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan

Both shows ["Happy Hour" and "'Til Death"] bill themselves as comedies, but really, it's hard to find two less funny half hours on the network schedule.

Time James Poniewozik

The show is a warped copy of CBS' How I Met Your Mother... except that it's cynical, smug and utterly charmless.

San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman

Preposterously unfunny.

Orlando Sentinel Hal Boedeker

The fall's lamest new comedy.

Newark Star-Ledger Alan Sepinwall

Larry, Henry and virtually every person to walk through "Happy Hour" are broad, obnoxious, lame caricatures, even by the standards of Fox's laughtracked sitcoms.

Variety Brian Lowry

Painfully familiar and virtually laugh-free, the series has one character with potential, but beyond that, it's hard to imagine Fox won't be yelling "last call" relatively soon.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen

At least "'Til Death" has some known stars. The cast of "Happy Hour" will likely remain unknown, starring, as they do, in this dud.

Washington Post Tom Shales

Sheer, excruciating pain.... "Happy Hour" stands a good chance of being named Worst New Show, or at least feeblest new sitcom.

The average user rating for this tv show is 8.2 (out of 10) based on 65 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Amy G gave it a9:
One of the best new sitcoms I've seen in years. I'm so disappointed that they pulled it off the air. Bad time slot, I say, because it was much more entertaining than Til Death and seemed to be for a totally different audience. I'd like to see CBS pick it up and pair it with The Class.

billy b gave it a10:
This show is hilarious and has a perfect balance of smart comedy and romance.

T V gave it a10:
Great show!

J-wink gave it a2:
Sucked... Not funny at all

luis v gave it an8:
good show better than most of todays sitcoms. hope is back.

Steve W gave it a10:
Made a mistake pulling this show

dave g gave it an8:
I thought the show was freaking funny. If it wasn't going against the office it would do better. they should bring it back on.

Happy Hour SERIES: Fox, Thursday 8:30p (30 minutes)

Happy Hour
SERIES: Fox, Thursday 8:30p (30 minutes)