Back in the Game
ABC | Release Date: September 25, 2013
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
59
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
8
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The New York TimesAlessandra StanleySep 24, 2013
Season 1 Review: The family conflicts are facile and easily resolved on Back in the Game, but Terry is an appealing heroine, and she has an amusing new best friend. Read full review
60
VarietyBrian LowrySep 18, 2013
Season 1 Review: This ABC comedy is the equivalent of a big fat pitch over the heart of plate, and will need to get mileage out of more characters, but what’s here has the potential to hold its lineup spot between leadoff hitter “The Middle” and ratings slugger “Modern Family.” Read full review
50
HollywoodChicago.comBrian TallericoSep 26, 2013
Season 1 Review: Caan is perfectly cast here.... As it so often does, it comes down to the writing. I just don’t care. And I just don’t find it funny. Read full review
50
Under The RadarLily MoayeriSep 26, 2013
Season 1 Review: Nothing groundbreaking, but every so often a sports-themed show is de rigueur Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubDavid SimsSep 25, 2013
Season 1 Review: There’s an itchy feeling of familiarity to Back In The Game. Read full review
50
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenSep 24, 2013
Season 1 Review: There are two shows struggling to exist in one in the ABC comedy Back in the Game. One is about former all-star softball player Terry Gannon Jr. (Maggie Lawson) and her relationship with her hard-charging, estranged, ex-athlete father, Terry Sr. (James Caan), who goes by “The Cannon.” This show is pretty terrible.... The second show is not at all novel but it’s at least easier to take: Back in the Game is essentially a “Bad News Bears” reboot. Read full review
42
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardSep 24, 2013
Season 1 Review: The dads in charge of the league are jerks, so Terry decides to lead a team of all-star misfits, making this sort of “Glee” for the physically uncoordinated. You’ll be done with this after an inning. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleySep 25, 2013
Season 1 Review: It’s a good premise. But where both old guys are cranky and frustrating, unable to show they really care, Caan’s character is unpleasant in ways Eastwood’s was not [in the film "Trouble With the Curve"]. Read full review
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