Archer

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Season 1
  • Network: FX , FXX
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 17, 2009
Season #: 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
9.0

Universal acclaim- based on 402 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 379 out of 402
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 402
  3. Negative: 11 out of 402
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  1. ChrisC
    Jan 17, 2010
    4
    I tried to watch the show a couple times. I couldn't stand the stereotypical main character or the obnoxious sophmoric humor at all.
  2. dubusadus
    Mar 3, 2014
    5
    I like Archer a lot. The writers of the series are smart, unabashedly nerdy, and have a great handle on how to mix plot and character development, and a series of successful one-liners into a 20+ minute television package. It's one of the few shows that people my age like universally (18-34) and are able to quote at the drop of a dime. All that said, I'm not really sure what they're doingI like Archer a lot. The writers of the series are smart, unabashedly nerdy, and have a great handle on how to mix plot and character development, and a series of successful one-liners into a 20+ minute television package. It's one of the few shows that people my age like universally (18-34) and are able to quote at the drop of a dime. All that said, I'm not really sure what they're doing with Season 5.

    The chemistry they established between characters in the previous three seasons was great. For example, you get Archer being an **** to Pam/Carol/Cheryl/Lana/women in absurdly terrible ways but then you have this elaborate backstory of a how his childhood with an alcoholic, manipulative mother/spy without any decent father-figure except for a doped up Woodhouse was terrible and traumatizing and probably explains his fixation on media as morality and his general sociopathy towards others. This season, Archer acts terrible and that's it. The end. No more development of Archer as a character, no more flashbacks, no more straight-man questioning the ethics and morality of any given situation. Instead, all you get are these recycled gags that have been running for, well, years now. You know that Perry Bible Fellowship comic that Nick Gurewitch left up for a long time? The one where a comedian comes up with this amazing catchphrase, gets famous for it, and is then forced to repeat it until it becomes such meaningless babble that he turns to alcohol to fill the void of his life? And then he kills himself and the thing they put on his tombstone is his catchphrase? That's what a lot of Archer, Season 5 feels like. Meaningless, crappy one-liners fast approaching the Family Guy school of writing.    … Expand
  3. themagisterludi
    Sep 15, 2018
    6
    Archer is a passable long-running animated series, first season 2009, hitting its stride by the third in 2012. Animation isn't the most competitive genre once a show's novelty value is spent and only a handful of superb paradigm shows stay at the top of the food chain - The Simpsons, Family Guy, South Park, maybe Bojack Horseman. Archer isn't at this level but it's watchable, fairlyArcher is a passable long-running animated series, first season 2009, hitting its stride by the third in 2012. Animation isn't the most competitive genre once a show's novelty value is spent and only a handful of superb paradigm shows stay at the top of the food chain - The Simpsons, Family Guy, South Park, maybe Bojack Horseman. Archer isn't at this level but it's watchable, fairly consistent, good production quality and enough attention to sitcom story arc to keep an episode's momentum going between the jokes. Archer's humor is a familiar blend of undergraduate smart-assery, Generation X TV Land reverence, leavened with half-hearted Millennial offcuts for students, interns and technogeeks. There are other shows doing all these things better, but not so many that Archer isn't one of the better choices if you're looking to agreeably pass a few dozen hours you'll never get back. Grist for the mill.… Expand
  4. All_ButTrU4
    Jan 3, 2022
    6
    I find this show absolutely hilarious. The animation is well done but really, its the writing and the voice talent that sells the product. Even the secondary characters are fun to watch.

Awards & Rankings

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#18 Best TV Season of 2009
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#18 Most Discussed TV Season of 2009
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#1 Most Shared TV Season of 2009

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    100
    Archer is the rare show that's in love with its own wordplay and good enough that this love becomes endearing rather than annoying.
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  2. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    70
    Archer may be crude but it's far more clever than last fall's disappointing "Testees," and "Archer" wins points with its observational humor about modern life and in its mocking of mundane workplace minutiae, such as computer passwords and the lack of security at a spy agency.
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  3. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    80
    I got many more sustained belly laughs out of the show that follows Sunny in an under-the-radar sneak preview.
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