Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
ABC | Release Date: April 11, 2012
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
25
Mixed:
6
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
NewsdayVerne GayOct 19, 2012
Season 2 Review: Apartment 23 was and absolutely remains a huge heaping helping of Acquired Taste. Read full review
83
NewsdayVerne GayApr 9, 2012
Season 1 Review: Raunchy and at times genuinely funny, Apartment 23 is jam-packed with promise--and inconsistencies. Read full review
80
Zap2it (Inside the Box)David EcksteinApr 13, 2012
Season 1 Review: Don't Trust the B---- in Apt 23 offers a new take on an old formula and it succeeds. It's weird, well cast and, most importantly, funny. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraApr 12, 2012
Season 1 Review: The show mines the long-standing tension between those who believe in fate and those who believe in control while holding all strains of outrageous behavior up for both mockery and scrutiny. Read full review
80
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen GrayApr 11, 2012
Season 1 Review: Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 is one of the funnier network shows of the season. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterTim GoodmanApr 11, 2012
Season 1 Review: The show from creator Nahnatchka Khan is fresh and funny, with fast-paced jokes and witty cynicism in abundance. Read full review
80
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushApr 11, 2012
Season 1 Review: Even if the bitch leaves you cold, something happening in and around Apartment 23 ought to make you laugh. Read full review
80
Boston GlobeSarah RodmanApr 11, 2012
Season 1 Review: Unlike some of the more uneven odd-couple series that have premiered in recent years, Apartment 23 could turn into a trustworthy address for laughs. Read full review
80
Philadelphia InquirerDavid HiltbrandApr 10, 2012
Season 1 Review: It's quick, quippy, and quite funny. Read full review
80
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenApr 10, 2012
Season 1 Review: Don't Trust the B---- in Apt. 23 gets off to a strong comedic start with a quick-witted, fast-paced premiere episode. Read full review
75
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardApr 11, 2012
Season 1 Review: Contrary to the title, you can trust the B---- for a good laugh. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesLori RacklApr 11, 2012
Season 1 Review: Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 is a deliciously nasty comedy that takes a well-worn formula and whips it to life with clever writing and an engaging cast. Read full review
75
USA TodayRobert BiancoApr 10, 2012
Season 1 Review: As entertaining as it may be, Apt. 23 does seem like an odd tonal match for the sweeter, more realistic Modern Family. Still, it's nice to see ABC giving a great time slot to a very good show. Read full review
75
Uncle BarkyEd BarkApr 10, 2012
Season 1 Review: Principally armed with Ritter and Van Der Beek, [series' creator/executive producer/writer, Nahnatchka Khan] makes Don't Trust the B a find if not a treasure just yet. Read full review
75
New York PostLinda StasiApr 10, 2012
Season 1 Review: The series which starts out badly (idiotic masturbation jokes), builds quickly. And the co-stars are flat out terrific together. Read full review
75
Slant MagazinePhillip MaciakApr 10, 2012
Season 1 Review: The series isn't jaw-droppingly hilarious, but the writing is self-assured and full of punchy, Tweetable one-liners; its thin skein of a concept is enough to lend the proceedings some narrative structure, but not enough to make it feel programmatic, and its central performances are confident right out of the gate. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandApr 9, 2012
Season 1 Review: The result is not only that the show is funny, but that we also actually like both June and Chloe. Read full review
75
People WeeklyTom GliattoApr 6, 2012
Season 1 Review: The jokes hop all over the place but the show, like Chloe, is refreshingly wild. [16 Apr 2012, p.49]
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)Matt Zoller SeitzApr 12, 2012
Season 1 Review: The pilot is funny but exhausting, but I doubt the show's ability to sustain this tone and these characters over the long term. Read full review
70
The Huffington PostMaureen RyanApr 10, 2012
Season 1 Review: I'm happy to report that not being a fan of James Van Der Beek from the "Creek" didn't prevent me from enjoying the actor in the moderately amusing ABC sitcom. Read full review
70
VarietyBrian LowryApr 6, 2012
Season 1 Review: All told, though, there's a lot to like here, and even an evolution to the Chloe-June relationship that--the former's eccentricity notwithstanding--borders on a budding friendship. Read full review
67
HitfixAlan SepinwallApr 10, 2012
Season 1 Review: Some of it works, while other pieces either need to be dropped or improved going forward. Fortunately, there's a solid foundation in Walker and Ritter as the uneasy roommates. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyKen TuckerApr 6, 2012
Season 1 Review: It has some of the off-kilter charm of Better Off Ted. [13 Apr 2012, p.78]
63
RedEyeCurt WagnerApr 11, 2012
Season 1 Review: The former "Dawson's Creek" hunk provides much of the charm and limited punch lines until Apartment 23 starts to find its way in later episodes. Read full review
63
San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa TimesChuck BarneyApr 9, 2012
Season 1 Review: It all makes for a scattered, hit-or-miss proposition. Some gags land. Others fall flat. Read full review
60
Wall Street JournalDorothy RabinowitzApr 27, 2012
Season 1 Review: It's an unpretentiously low-down sitcom about a female odd couple--morally speaking, that is--with characters sufficiently odd, plots that unfold with sufficient zest, to lure a viewer in. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyApr 11, 2012
Season 1 Review: The jokes just works best in moderation. Read full review
60
The New York TimesJon CaramanicaApr 10, 2012
Season 1 Review: While there are moments of snappy dialogue, it's sometimes snappier than the characters themselves. Read full review
58
HitfixAlan SepinwallOct 23, 2012
Season 2 Review: There are some good ideas here, but they only occasionally click. Read full review
50
The Huffington PostMaureen RyanOct 17, 2012
Season 2 Review: This show only occasionally works, and I increasingly think it would have been a better bet as an animated show. Read full review
50
SalonWilla PaskinApr 12, 2012
Season 1 Review: Apt. 23 isn't particularly funny, but at least it doesn't have a laugh track to beat you over the head with this fact. Read full review
30
Washington PostHank StueverApr 10, 2012
Season 1 Review: This trope--an actor playing a surlier, fictional version of himself--has been done to death already, and Don't Trust the B---- leans too heavily on the actor's state of celebrity limbo, filling in late-'90s jokes and references where the real laughs ought to be. Read full review
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