Anchorwoman

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Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Aug 21, 2007
Metascore
31

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
  3. Negative: 6 out of 10

Critic Reviews

  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    75
    Anchorwoman turns out to be entertaining--even as it indicts the local TV news operation it pretends to value.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Barry Garron
    70
    The producers do a nice job of developing characters and delineating the conflict. It's so good that, with only a few tweaks here and a little better dialogue there, it could rival "The Office" as a faux documentary.
  3. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    40
    It's got some charm and there's some humor here, too--mstly at Jones' expense. But seriously, don't you have something better to do tonight?
  5. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Neely Tucker
    40
    Anchorwoman is the sort of trailer-park television you wouldn't mark your calendar to watch each week, but if you channel-surfed across it, you couldn't help but watch.
  6. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    30
    Jones plays her clichéd role to the hilt, which is clear early on, when she paints her toenails pink while driving her car.
  7. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    30
    Actually, this comedy-reality concept is rather quaint.
  8. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Adam Buckman
    25
    Hr stupidity's a put-on (for her sake, I hope so), as is this entire show, whose concept is so convoluted that Fox had to devise a clumsy new term--"a comedy/reality hybrid"--to describe it.
  9. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Doug Elfman
    0
    The result is a "partially scripted reality show" (whatever that means) that edits scenes so as to make people look ridiculous while clashing over artificial constructs.
  10. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    0
    Anchorwoman isn’t much of a reality show, because most of the conflict is contrived.
  11. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mary McNamara
    0
    I just wanted everyone, including Jones, to rise up as one and throw the cameras and the whole Anchorwoman concept out of the newsroom and back to whatever airport strip bar provided its genesis.

Awards & Rankings

91
#91 Best TV Season of 2007
83
#83 Most Discussed TV Season of 2007

User Reviews

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User Score
3.7

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 7 out of 10
  1. DiggemtheFrog
    Sep 19, 2007
    3
    Anchorwoman's premise -- a former model and game show hostess decides to change careers and try her hand at newscasting -- must have Anchorwoman's premise -- a former model and game show hostess decides to change careers and try her hand at newscasting -- must have sounded very promising on paper, especially to network executives who can't plan beyond one season, which is all this premise is good for. Well, at least they tried to do something different -- almost. It was worth a shot. You know, the wrong casting director could have cast Paris Hilton and turned this show into the latest season of … Full Review »
  2. patrickk
    Aug 28, 2007
    8
    I think some people unfair with the show. after all it does shows what the news has become lately at least that what i been hearing.
  3. IanI.
    Aug 27, 2007
    2
    Better than "The Loop" worse than everything else on TV.
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