Bad Judge

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Season 1
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 2, 2014
User Score
5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 36 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 36
  3. Negative: 12 out of 36
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  1. habrown
    Oct 2, 2014
    1
    To be frank, Bad Judge is just terrible. Less comedy and more stupido.
    Remember how terrible Bad Teacher on CBS was last spring? Bad Judge on NBC is even worse.
    Poor Kate Walsh. This show will be canceled.
  2. vf2014
    Oct 4, 2014
    0
    Not funny, silly set ups, sexist. It needed to be full on campy to make it work since the set up is really ludicrous . Rock and roll party judge - sex on the desk. More farce less force. Script lame. This is .5 star tv on Saturday night.
  3. Rogerdob
    Oct 10, 2014
    0
    There is always a need to suspend logic when watching a sitcom, but this show takes that need to extraordinary heights. Everything in the storyline is forced along with totally improbable events and actions. No one acts even with a little bit of reality. The most obvious and most important improbability is that this woman would be removed from the bench immediately...there is no way sheThere is always a need to suspend logic when watching a sitcom, but this show takes that need to extraordinary heights. Everything in the storyline is forced along with totally improbable events and actions. No one acts even with a little bit of reality. The most obvious and most important improbability is that this woman would be removed from the bench immediately...there is no way she would remain a judge on the bench!… Expand
  4. Bgrod
    Oct 3, 2014
    1
    This feels like one of those SNL sketches that falls completely flat. Probably sounded so funny on paper but final product is rancid. Makes me wonder not only what NBC was thinking but the talented Kate Walsh as well.
  5. fuentes563
    Oct 10, 2014
    1
    Are you serious. This is just bad. Overboard with stupid on this show. Falls completely flat and that is in just 5 minutes. Get rid of it. Changing channel :(

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#94 Most Shared TV Season of 2014

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
38

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 22
  3. Negative: 12 out of 22
  1. The Wrap
    Reviewed by: Jason Hughes
    Oct 3, 2014
    10
    Walsh is a fantastic actress with a wide range of talents, including comedy, but none of them were on display here. While there is potential in the concept of a respected judge on the bench who is a hard-partying reprobate in her personal life, NBC failed to find it in this dud.
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  2. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Margaret Lyons
    Oct 2, 2014
    30
    Bad Judge is a bad show, though it has a pretty solid cast.
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  3. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    Oct 2, 2014
    37
    What you're left with is a show that reeks of too many cooks, and one Walsh seems ill-equipped to save.
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