Bagdad Cafe

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Season 1
  • Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 30, 1990
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
33

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 9
  3. Negative: 5 out of 9

Critic Reviews

  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: John J. O'Connor
    May 4, 2014
    40
    Now, done up by Mort Lachman, Sy Rosen and Zev Braun as a typical sitcom, it has become a vehicle for wisecracks and a soundtrack that goes "aaahhh" whenever the camera focuses on a cute infant.
  2. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Hal Boedeker
    May 4, 2014
    40
    Based on the vivid 1988 movie, the sitcom is a disappointment. [30 Mar 1990, p.E1]
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  3. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Staff
    May 4, 2014
    40
    The premiere episode attacks with a loud, hard-edged style that slams home every line and never gives you time to care. [30 Mar 1990, p.30]
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