Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris

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Season 1
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 15, 2015
Metascore
43

Mixed or average reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 15
  3. Negative: 5 out of 15

Critic Reviews

  1. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Matt Zoller Seitz
    Sep 16, 2015
    70
    Harris's unflappability is the glue that binds all the disparate bits together.
  2. The Daily Beast
    Reviewed by: Kevin Fallon
    Sep 16, 2015
    70
    A bold, bedazzled, cheesy-as-hell and inevitably polarizing attempt to revive the variety hour.

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User Score
4.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 32 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 32
  3. Negative: 17 out of 32
  1. benjitek
    Sep 17, 2015
    0
    It's terrible -- rehearsed spontaneity. Banter between host/guest host: fake... 1st segment to 'surprise' that married couple: fake...It's terrible -- rehearsed spontaneity. Banter between host/guest host: fake... 1st segment to 'surprise' that married couple: fake... Doubtful that this one will last a full season.… Full Review »
  2. Bgrod
    Sep 16, 2015
    0
    "Variety Show" must mean different things to different people. This was just a headache inducing, manic, amorphous reality show that was"Variety Show" must mean different things to different people. This was just a headache inducing, manic, amorphous reality show that was constructed of used parts from several other cheesy reality shows. Everyone knows Neil Patrick Harris can do almost anything but now we know why we don't want to watch him doing everything ever again. Does exec producer, Harris and his team really think all television viewers have attention deficit disorder? "Worst Waste of Talent Ever?" Or "Worst Waste of My Time Ever"...hard to know since there is so much to choose from on NBC..… Full Review »
  3. BogKid
    Sep 21, 2015
    0
    I am generally a major fan of the incredibly talented Neil Patrick Harris. What was he thinking when he agreed to "host" this godawful show?I am generally a major fan of the incredibly talented Neil Patrick Harris. What was he thinking when he agreed to "host" this godawful show? I have to admit that I did not give the show what you might call a fair shake. The problem is that some 25 minutes into its first showing, I simply could no longer stand to watch it. This show is amazing -- in the worst possible way.… Full Review »
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