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Twins
SERIES: WB, Friday 8:30p (30 minutes)


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Starring Sara Gilbert, Molly Stanton, Melanie Griffith, and Mark Linn-Baker

This new sitcom from the creators of "Will & Grace" revolves around twin sisters who take over the family lingerie business.

GENRE(S):	Comedy
CREATED BY:	David Kohan Max Mutchnick
FIRST AIR DATE:	September 16, 2005

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Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman

It should get tighter as the season progresses. But I already laughed several times at the silliness of this week's first episode, which is more than I can say for most sitcoms.

Miami Herald Glenn Garvin

Lowlife though it may be, Twins is just plain funny.

Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm

More inviting than the usual run of sitcom idiocy.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen

Despite the cliched sitcom trappings... it's an amusing, if slight, diversion.

USA Today Robert Bianco

Relentlessly mediocre.

Los Angeles Times Robert Lloyd

[Gilbert] seems like a real person, even in such a cartoon as this is.

Orlando Sentinel Hal Boedeker

Twins adopts the most shrill aspects of Will & Grace without capturing that show's charm.

New York Daily News David Hinckley

If you think "Will & Grace" got lazy and tired after a few years, with its broad punch lines and broader plots - and you should - "Twins" accelerates the process by starting out that way.

Hollywood Reporter Ray Richmond

"Twins" is a surprisingly straightforward piece of WB-targeted lowbrow absurdity that's far afield from the sophisticated territory plowed by Kohan and Mutchnick in "Will & Grace."

Kansas City Star Aaron Barnhart

The only thing this sitcom has going for it is Sara Gilbert.

The New York Times Alessandra Stanley

"Twins" is supposed to be a light-hearted comedy, but there is something ineffably sad about Ms. Griffith's struggle to cheat time, a real-life version of the HBO satire "The Comeback."

Variety Brian Lowry

Gilbert at least brings some human dimension to the otherwise relentless silliness.

People Weekly Tom Gliatto

The show is flat. [7 Nov 2005, p.41]

PopMatters Elaine Hanson Cardenas

The plots are thin, generally revolving around the idea that dumb is smart and smart is dumb.

Chicago Tribune Sid Smith

The whole thing is flush with bright talent and woefully deficient in bankable gags.

Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert

A painfully simplistic sitcom that has exactly one thing going for it: Sara Gilbert.

San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman

The writing here is trite, the premise flimsy and the acting bad.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland

Awful doesn't begin to accurately describe this sitcom.

The average user rating for this tv show is 4.5 (out of 10) based on 17 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Phil gave it a1:
Why not "Nobody's watching" WB ? Why?

jeanne w gave it a10:
Kept me laughing despite myself. deadpan melanie, both the twins and the nice familiar old guy all worked it for me. maybe funny is having your sensibilities challenged and/or just brought to light. keep an open mind peeps at least until the writing tires.

Unagiboy gave it a3:
Really disappointing despite the Will & Grace creative connection. Unfunny. I find Melanie Griffiths painful to watch.

Noah G gave it a2:
Some good actors. Good producers. Mediocre to terrible writers. Production values have become next to nothing, a show is only as good as it's writing staff.( e.g. Friends exec. prod. created the awful veronica's closet.)

Rachel S gave it a4:
The story is cute, the characters are weak, but I love Sara and loved the "twist" in Friday night's episode.

twins fan gave it an8:
I dont care what others say about this show I Like It! It makes you laugh almost every three minutes. Sarah Gilbert and Molly Stanton are great together. I think the creators really did the chemistry well on this. And this is coming from a NON Will & Grace fan. What I dont understand is what people dont like about the show. Please dont axe this show like Complete Savages,which in my opinion was another funny sitcom that had comedy in it. I like to sit down and unwind with laughter not something that you cant understand the humor in it.

Charlotte H gave it a1:
I thought the comment Melanie Griffith said when she was asked to please not smoke around wardrobe was typical of her low class way. Let me refresh your memory, I'm a f---ing Movie Star don't ruin my day. EXCUSE ME, she is really in la la land.

Twins SERIES: WB, Friday 8:30p (30 minutes)

Twins
SERIES: WB, Friday 8:30p (30 minutes)