Do Not Disturb

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Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 10, 2008
Metascore
21

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 16
  3. Negative: 14 out of 16
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Critic Reviews

  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    50
    While there's nothing particularly wrong with Do Not Disturb, neither is there anything so inspired as to make you leap to your feet, crying, "Yes! This is what television needs! More workplace comedies! More hotels!"
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    40
    It should be funny, which the new Fox workplace comedy Do Not Disturb is not.
  3. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    37
    The result is a show that tries to be adult and titillating but just comes across as juvenile and badly paced, as if the cast were waiting for laughs they must realize won't be arriving.
  5. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    30
    Do Not Disturb is apparently trying for an upstairs/downstairs feel, but it comes across more as above-the-waist/below-the-waist.
  6. Philadelphia Daily News
    Reviewed by: Ellen Gray
    30
    Nash is a force of nature, O'Connell a genial actor in search of something more interesting to do than leering. Together, they might want to think of checking out of Do Not Disturb.
  7. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Tom Shales
    30
    Instead of opting for the trite title, Higginbotham should have looked harder for something more novel. He could have found one suitable title right there in his own dialogue: We're thinking, of course, of "Don't Let This Happen to You."
  8. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Misha Davenport
    25
    Its characters annoy more than entertain, its boutique hotel setting is uninspired and its comedy just isn't funny. An early checkout from the fall season is all but guaranteed.
  9. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Linda Stasi
    25
    This series is a disturbingly unfunny bit of fluff that nonetheless manages to hit you over the head with its heavy, leaden jokes.
  10. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    20
    Do Not Disturb is a sitcom that bombards you with a whole mess of loud, stupid, obvious, politically incorrect material, hoping it will make you forget about the pervasive pointlessness.
  11. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    20
    Broad isn't automatically bad, of course, but broad and woefully unfunny are a pretty deadly combination.
  12. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    16
    Why, then, this debacle, with bad jokes, listless lines and a parade of cliches? Beats me.
  13. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    10
    A program so bad that it's not only unpleasant to watch, but it makes you fear for the future of network television.
  14. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Barry Garron
    10
    This is a show that could bury the [sitcom] genre altogether.
  15. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: David Zurawik
    0
    It is both bad and offensive in its depiction of some of the workers at a small hotel.
  16. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    0
    A disapointing and largely laughless comedy set in an upscale New York City hotel.... Do Not Disturb? Try, Do Not Watch.
  17. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    0
    A series so bad that it's daring you to watch. Don't.

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#29 Most Shared TV Season of 2008

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User Score
3.5

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 6 out of 10
  1. KarenL.
    Sep 16, 2008
    1
    I watched the show last week because I thought that a friend of my son was in the cast. I later found out from my son that he was dropped I watched the show last week because I thought that a friend of my son was in the cast. I later found out from my son that he was dropped from the cast. How lucky for Brando Eaton that he wasn't a part of this flop. It has to be one of the worst sitcoms I have ever experienced. The great man in the sky must have been watching out for Brando!… Full Review »
  2. ConnieR.
    Sep 15, 2008
    10
    Great show! The actors & the casting are great and I know it'll be a hit!
  3. TravisS.
    Sep 11, 2008
    9
    Niecy was hilarious and really makes the show. I can see it really growing into it's own.
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