Big Shots

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Season 1
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 27, 2007
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
33

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 22
  3. Negative: 13 out of 22

Critic Reviews

  1. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    10
    Big Shots is an extremely unflattering showcase for these actors, particularly McDermott, whose overacting as the show’s bad boy puts the mug in smug.
  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Doug Elfman
    38
    It suffers from too much gloom and glam.
  3. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    10
    It's just awful.
  5. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mary McNamara
    10
    Feldman has created a quartet of rich guys so insufferable, self-centered and whiny that they make the men of feminist masterwork "The Golden Notebook," or even "The Nanny Diaries," look positively heroic.
  6. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    12
    Big Shots is a big waste.
  7. Newark Star-Ledger
    Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    10
    Big Shots, an obnoxious waste of time that's likely the season's worst new show.
  8. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Diane Werts
    0
    No matter where the goofy "Desperate Housewives" goes, it's not into the toilet, which is where Big Shots spends its time both literally and figuratively.
  9. Philadelphia Daily News
    Reviewed by: Ellen Gray
    0
    I'd prefer you'd forget that one, and in coming years, I'll bet stars Dylan McDermott, Christopher Titus and Michael Vartan will hope to forget it, too. It's not worth your time or theirs.
  10. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Storm
    10
    There's nothing funny about tonight's Big Shots.
  11. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    25
    The worst offense is that it seems to have been pitched as the male version of you-know-what without any real interest in speaking to the notion of what it means to be a man or, if you'd like, what men think, feel and say.
  12. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    30
    We're all for handsome guys exploring their feminine side, but we want posters of them holding babies, not being them.
  13. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Barry Garron
    30
    When all is said and done, the series feels less like Wisteria Lane than "Stand By Me" channeled through Danielle Steel.
  14. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    37
    The problem with Big Shots is that the men don't sound like anyone at all, male or female.

Awards & Rankings

90
#90 Best TV Season of 2007
36
#36 Most Discussed TV Season of 2007
57
#57 Most Shared TV Season of 2007

User Reviews

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User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 90 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 77 out of 90
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 90
  3. Negative: 13 out of 90
  1. TorrenceM.
    Jan 26, 2008
    10
    I look forward to watching this show every week. It makes me laugh. It is time we see male bonding on tv. I was dissapointed when it was off I look forward to watching this show every week. It makes me laugh. It is time we see male bonding on tv. I was dissapointed when it was off the air. It is enjoyable.… Full Review »
  2. LindaK.
    Jan 18, 2008
    10
    You get a good show and then u take it away.
  3. TerriD
    Jan 17, 2008
    9
    LOVE IT, laugh out loud every time. How can this be canceled? Maybe I miss the ridiculousness of "you know what and the city" but it is funny LOVE IT, laugh out loud every time. How can this be canceled? Maybe I miss the ridiculousness of "you know what and the city" but it is funny to see the true colors of the other species and what they try to get away with, at the same time a sliver of their "obstacle" of meaningful relationships.… Full Review »
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