CBS | Release Date: January 2, 1995
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
69
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
14
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0
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Boston HeraldMonica CollinsMar 2, 2022
Season 1 Review: Cybill is bawdy, rowdy and fun. Indeed, it's a comedy for the over-the-hill gang to look at - and laugh ruefully along with all the wrinkle, cellulite, bad date, bad sex, bad marriage jokes. [11 Jan 1995]
80
Miami HeraldHal BoedekerMar 2, 2022
Season 1 Review: Shepherd reveals more spunk and style than she did in Moonlighting; like Candice Bergen and Burt Reynolds before her, she will soar to sitcom stardom. [02 Jan 1995, p.1F]
80
Orlando SentinelTom JichaMar 2, 2022
Season 1 Review: Letting the viewers feel like they were in on the fun was Moonlighting's greatest asset. First impressions indicate it will be a strength of Cybill as well. [02 Jan 1995, p.D1]
80
NewsdayMarvin KitmanJul 12, 2013
Season 1 Review: Well written, well produced and well acted. [02 Jan 1995, p.B41]
75
Houston ChronicleMike McDanielMar 2, 2022
Season 1 Review: There's something magical about Shepherd that keeps us interested and makes us predict a long life for this series. [02 Jan 1995, p.1]
75
Season 1 Review: Cybill crackles with that kind of wry, brittle, unexpected wit and it could well rejuvenate the sagging CBS Monday night schedule. [01 Jan 1995]
75
St. Louis Post-DispatchGail PenningtonMar 2, 2022
Season 1 Review: Here's a surprise from CBS - a new comedy that's actually fairly funny. [02 Jan 1995, p.6E]
75
Chicago Sun-TimesLon GrahnkeMar 2, 2022
Season 1 Review: Dark, sophisticated zingers abound in the premiere, with earthquake tremors and impotence leading to laughter. Shepherd, still refining herself as a comic actress, is smart enough to surround herself with talented pros on both sides of the camera. [02 Jan 1995, p.23]
70
NewsweekHarry F. WatersMar 2, 2022
Season 1 Review: It takes a certain level of chutzpah to play your life for laughs. Shepherd, the prototypical ballsy lady, delivers her share. [09 Jan 1995, p.60]
70
USA TodayMatt RoushMar 2, 2022
Season 1 Review: Sharply written and played (expect for bland Tim Matheson as Cybill's latest flame), Cybill flirts dangerously with a cruel edge - an off-camera joke about a cat devoured by a coyote seems a misstep. But at least this has an edge, a style, a genuine star. [30 Dec 1994, p.1D]
60
Kansas City StarBarry GarronMar 2, 2022
Season 1 Review: Ignore several adolescent sexual references and you have a sitcom willing to poke fun at the trauma of growing old in a culture that reveres youth. And while Shepherd is not God's gift to TV sitcoms, she holds her own as an island of near-sanity in a sea of hedonism. [30 Dec 1994]
50
The Hollywood ReporterMiles BellerMar 2, 2022
Season 1 Review: As manifest in Cybill's premiere, Shephard and cast are castoffs, and a bit confused as to the actions they are made to complete, people performing in such an extruded manner that it's difficult investing interest in Cybill's citizens. [30 Dec 1994]
50
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRon WeiskindMar 2, 2022
Season 1 Review: Shepherd plays good-naturedly off her narcissistic image and the writers get off a few good lines. But this is just the kind of show that has to score with the quick zinger because it has nothing more solid to stand on. [01 Jan 1995]