9JKL

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Season 1
  • Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 2, 2017
Metascore
36

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 11
  3. Negative: 7 out of 11
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Critic Reviews

  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: David Wiegand
    Sep 21, 2017
    50
    The show has promise, but as great as Gould and Lavin are, there’s too much of them in the pilot. The show is out of balance and needs to broaden its playing field to become more of an ensemble.
  2. Uncle Barky
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    Oct 2, 2017
    42
    [Mark Feuerstein] brings exuberance and a certain likability to the role as a good son who’s still trying to please his parents. But geez, what a grind 9JKL is. You’ll find more originality in the recipe for cream of boiled water soup.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    Oct 2, 2017
    40
    It’d be easier to buy into the premise if the jokes were fresher, zippier and less worn-out. But like some flailing adults who move home, 9JKL appears to lack ambition.

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#97 Most Discussed TV Season of 2017
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#82 Most Shared TV Season of 2017

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User Score
3.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 37 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 37
  3. Negative: 25 out of 37
  1. NavyBean
    Nov 19, 2017
    10
    Dana Klein takes her golden touch for TV series (Fresh Off the Boat, Friends With Better Lives, Jesse, Kath & Kim) and does it again.

    Dana    Dana Klein takes her golden touch for TV series (Fresh Off the Boat, Friends With Better Lives, Jesse, Kath & Kim) and does it again.

    Dana made her bones on the set of Friends and while some people think she came along at the end of the series and sort of road its coattails I'd not disagree.

    9JKL features her husband Mark and he is a great big hunk of sunshine. I hope one day I can meet these two and we can do some things together that maybe most organized religions would not be kosher with. Get a life, religions!

    This show is so good and the writing so fresh and original that there is no doubt we'll be watching this well into 2018. You can hear it in the laughter of the crowd ... there's no way to simulate that kind of joy.    … Full Review »
  2. Mgrasso99
    Oct 3, 2017
    1
    Sorry it I just can't watch it....Too corny, not funny. Although there seem to be some great actors I. It the dialogue seemed forced.....ISorry it I just can't watch it....Too corny, not funny. Although there seem to be some great actors I. It the dialogue seemed forced.....I couldn't get past the first 10 minutes.… Full Review »
  3. Ededed
    May 12, 2018
    0
    As per network design, watched TBBT then had a half hour to kill before my next planned show. Kept the tv on CBS and this came on. Tried toAs per network design, watched TBBT then had a half hour to kill before my next planned show. Kept the tv on CBS and this came on. Tried to watch but it was so bad that I had to change the channel. Plot bad, script bad, casting bad, acting - there wasn’t any. I’d also say the directing was bad, but there wasn’t a whole lot of evidence of any direction either. Recommendation: dump this quick and flush!

    Addendum: CBS must be short on mid-season replacements, as they ordered an additional 3 episodes for this season. Hint: reruns of other shows would be better than this! Read the user reviews, CBS, this is a Turkey and it’s way past Thanksgiving! Down the garbage disposal already!

    Keep seeing promos for this show and sometimes catch the end of it when turning on the television to watch something else. It has not gotten any better. Someone at CBS must have some kind of hidden deal with this show. It is so bad, and yet they still promote it like they want us to change our minds and start watching. Enough already!

    This sitcom is so bad, one would expect to see it on ABC, not CBS!

    Canceled! Why did it take so long?    … Full Review »
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