10 Items Or Less
Other | TBS | Release Date: November 27, 2006
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
42
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
3
Negative:
7

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
Christian Science MonitorGloria Goodale
Season 1 Review: "Items" is like NBC's "The Office" on laughing gas - the same kind of poker-faced dysfunction in a crushingly ordinary setting, but faster and funnier. Read full review
70
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Season 1 Review: 10 Items or Less is a quick hit of inanity, as close to The Office as anything else. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyHannah Tucker
Season 1 Review: It's as much miss as hit. [1 Dec 2006, p.75]
60
The Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron
Season 1 Review: There are no deep belly laughs here but you can count on a steady stream of chuckles, more from the characters than the situations. Read full review
50
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: "10 Items" isn't a great comedy yet, but it often takes time. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesPaul Brownfield
Season 1 Review: The show, in its way, is too slight to be totally fulfilling, tending to collapse into slapstick, but it can get by on moments. Read full review
30
TV Guide MagazineMatt Roush
Season 1 Review: It's partially improvised, which comes off looking like they're having more fun than we are. Read full review
30
San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa TimesCharlie McCollum
Season 1 Review: While you have to give them credit for trying something at least a little different, the creators and cast try way too hard to pull laughs out of the situation and the show comes off as forced and unbelievable. Read full review
25
New York PostAdam Buckman
Season 1 Review: The improvisations are sometimes so forced that I swear you can actually see the actors thinking about what to say next. Read full review
20
Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker
Season 1 Review: Most of the time, [Lehr] and the show are insufferable. Read full review
20
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: "10 Items or Less" labors too hard at being clever and occasionally teeters into shrill mode where a half-dozen characters are all yelling at each other simultaneously. Read full review
20
Washington PostTom Shales
Season 1 Review: Bluntly put, neither the writers nor the actors are good enough at what they're trying to do to justify trying to do it. They'd all be better off making "10 Items" a traditional scripted show, because then it would stand a better chance of making sense. Read full review
10
Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Season 1 Review: Yet another doomed and dreadful attempt to bring improv comedy to television. Read full review
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