- Network: ABC
- Series Premiere Date: May 17, 2017
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Critic Reviews
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Although it’s nicely scruffy around the edges, it’s essentially a gimmick show with not enough funny lines to make Martin’s sonorous narration appealing after you listen to him for more than 15 minutes. Tolman is very good, but you walk away from the show thinking she really could have done better than this as her post-Fargo project.
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When the show does work, it’s because of Tolman’s performance and the unseen Hodges, who has the perfect laid-back voice for Martin.
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When Downward Dog tries to be a show as funny as the ABC ads try to make it look, it's not very good at all. ... When Downward Dog is about the love triangle or unconventional ménage à trois between Martin, Nan and Jason, that's a show that I mostly enjoyed.
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The weird, creepy comedy about the world of a struggling copy writer from her dog’s perspective. ... Three episodes of this show and I was fantasizing about dropping this flea bag off at a shelter and speeding away. Oh, some of the bipeds here are endearing, when they get their moments.
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Occasionally, his dog-ologue finds great material--such as Martin’s fear of an automatic door turning into the dawning realization that he must have secret powers over the universe--but that is smothered with oddly entitled “zingers” about the dog’s dissatisfaction with “monogamy.”
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 44 out of 55
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Mixed: 4 out of 55
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Negative: 7 out of 55
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May 19, 2017
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May 19, 2017
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Jun 13, 2017