Allen Gregory

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Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 30, 2011
Metascore
40

Mixed or average reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 21
  3. Negative: 8 out of 21

Critic Reviews

  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    Oct 28, 2011
    60
    This kid behaves so obnoxiously toward the whole world that we want to stand up and scream, "Doesn't anybody in this whole school know how to spit in this kid's sushi roll? Is there not one of you who could jam his head into a toilet?" Which is, of course, exactly the response that creator Jonah Hill wants.
  2. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Diane Werts
    Oct 27, 2011
    58
    So pleased with itself, it doesn't seem concerned about pleasing us.
  3. PopMatters
    Reviewed by: Marisa LaScala
    Oct 31, 2011
    50
    The writers need to differentiate how Allen Gregory relates to Jeremy from how he relates to Julie. If the show had Allen Gregory treat Jeremy and Julie differently, there'd be more opportunity for a wider variety of jokes, including some that don't involve yelling.
  5. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    Oct 28, 2011
    50
    I love the way Allen Gregory talks down to every adult he encounters, as if they're members of a lower species. But the world built around that core of satire is a lot less promising.
  6. Uncle Barky
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    Oct 27, 2011
    50
    Maybe the content also will rise to the level of the art deco-ish visuals. But the opening episode has an overall creepy feel to it, paced of course by a seven-year-old's carnal longings for his gruff sexagenerian principal.
  7. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: David Wiegand
    Oct 27, 2011
    50
    It's hard to think of anyone likable among the main characters, except for Jeremy. And that's the sly point of the show.
  8. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Keith Staskiewicz
    Oct 25, 2011
    42
    Obviously, he is supposed to be insufferable, but there's not enough else in the show to distract you from just how much you want to shove the tiny egomaniac into his Louis Vuitton lunch box.
  9. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Mike Hale
    Oct 28, 2011
    40
    Conceptual fuzziness isn't the main problem. That would be the writing, a labored attempt to parody certain Manhattan and Malibu attitudes and speech patterns
  10. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Oct 28, 2011
    40
    Allen Gregory's over-the-top characters don't promise to age very well. That's a shame, really, since the show has a cool look and actually the potential to be about something in dealing with how a pretentious egghead tries to fit in.
  11. The Huffington Post
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    Oct 27, 2011
    40
    Perhaps Allen Gregory's arrogance is meant to be entertaining, but I just found it mostly insufferable, despite his occasional flashes of self-awareness.
  12. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    Oct 27, 2011
    40
    Once in a while, he sounds like a little boy. This much works, but whether it can sustain a series is a fair question.
  13. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Oct 27, 2011
    40
    Maybe as an animated sketch on "Saturday Night Live," Allen Gregory would leave viewers eager for more. But in half-hour form, it's too much of the same.

Awards & Rankings

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#32 Most Discussed TV Season of 2011
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#69 Most Shared TV Season of 2011

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User Score
2.7

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 69 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 69
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 69
  3. Negative: 45 out of 69
  1. Zeph
    Oct 31, 2011
    1
    This show needs to be terminated. Immediately. This show doesn't entertain you, it just makes you so mad at the main character that you wantThis show needs to be terminated. Immediately. This show doesn't entertain you, it just makes you so mad at the main character that you want someone to punt him off the Empire State Building. That isn't entertainment, that is torture to a human mind. I don't care how different the producers wanted this show to be, but they need to get back to the drawing board. Hell, even the visuals were lackluster.… Full Review »
  2. MegWhiteley
    Apr 9, 2012
    0
    One of the most horrible cartoons ever, I believe that FOX intent copy other horrible cartoon (Ugly Americans) and the results are same, theOne of the most horrible cartoons ever, I believe that FOX intent copy other horrible cartoon (Ugly Americans) and the results are same, the two cartoons are atrocious, horrible and boring. Ok, the drawings of Gregory can be better, but the caroon is boring, and stupid.… Full Review »
  3. CrimsonSpartan
    Aug 20, 2015
    0
    I just had to stop to see why people thought this show as so terrible. Turns out they were right about all of it. This is one of the mostI just had to stop to see why people thought this show as so terrible. Turns out they were right about all of it. This is one of the most laugh-free time wasters you'll ever see, and one of the most uncomfortable. Almost all of the characters are absolutely horrible, and Allen Gregory himself along with his father are some of the worst characters ever to be allowed on TV. They are entirely self-obsessed and have zero understanding of right and wrong, imposing their will on all others no matter what gets in their way, with everyone slave to their stupidity and ignorance no matter what. It's situations are revolting and it has absolutely none of the sophistication of clever tongue-in-cheek satire of The Simpsons or South Park. Instead it seems to rely solely on shock value and on being as aggressively mean-spirited as possible. All of it without any point whatsoever, and you feel terrible for characters like Jeremy and Julie who must endure the abuses at the hands of the father/son duo from Hell every waking moment of their lives. This show crosses every line but there's no point to any of it, and it just isn't at all that funny for those reasons and so many more. I think I recall at most five or six points in these seven episodes where I chuckled a little, the rest of the time I just sat there in quiet disbelief. Thankfully there were only seven episodes made; any more than that of the sick twisted things this show chucks out would've simply been too much. Has to be seen to be believed. Just to understand its utter failure at anything resembling "comedy".… Full Review »
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