Back to You
FOX | Release Date: September 19, 2007
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
11
Negative:
4

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
Entertainment WeeklyKen Tucker
Season 1 Review: I'd rather just watch Grammer and Heaton trade barbs in the newsroom. [21 Sep 2007, p.71]
80
The Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron
Season 1 Review: There's no such thing as a sure thing when it comes to new TV series, but Back to You is as close as it gets. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesMartin Miller
Season 1 Review: Fox's Back to You is back to TV comedy basics: multiple cameras, live audiences but, mostly, laughs. Read full review
80
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
Season 1 Review: Grammer and Heaton slip easily into characters who won't be easily mistaken for Frasier Crane or Debra Barone, the writing's professional, the supporting cast dependable (and in the case of Fred Willard, another "Raymond" veteran, dependably hilarious). Read full review
80
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: This is one of those comedies in which the actors’ and writers’ skills are so sharp that the whole enterprise feels effortless. Read full review
80
Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Season 1 Review: You just can't get through two minutes of Back to You without a belly laugh. Read full review
80
SlateTroy Patterson
Season 1 Review: Back to You doesn't have a mandate to be inventive--to try new comedic beats or to attempt daring flights of absurdity. It just needs to be uninventive in a snappy way, a feat readily accomplished. Read full review
75
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: Still, even when Back is faltering, you flash back to the skill of its stars and to moments when the show succeeds in making you laugh out loud. Read full review
75
Detroit Free PressMike Duffy
Season 1 Review: The snap, crackle and pop of witty dialogue well delivered. That is the consistently amusing, escapist pleasure of Back to You. Read full review
75
San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa TimesCharlie McCollum
Season 1 Review: What really makes the opening episode work, though, is the chemistry between Grammer--as Chuck Darling, an egotistical newsman who has returned to Pittsburgh after his career stalled--and Heaton as his uptight longtime co-anchor, Kelly Carr, who isn't thrilled by his return. Read full review
70
Wall Street JournalNancy DeWolf Smith
Season 1 Review: What Back to You lacks in bite, it compensates for with chemistry and pure talent. The center of it all is the relationship between Chuck and Kelly, and Mr. Grammer and Ms. Heaton work together like they have been doing it all their lives. Read full review
70
The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley
Season 1 Review: Together Mr. Grammer and Ms. Heaton lift Back to You, a comedy that begins tonight on Fox, into a surprisingly amusing half-hour. Read full review
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