Dr. Ken
ABC | Release Date: October 2, 2015
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
26
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
5
Negative:
15
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
37
USA TodayRobert BiancoOct 1, 2015
Season 1 Review: There is talent in the supporting cast, and an opportunity to tell stories other sitcoms can't. But so far, at least, that talent and opportunity are being wasted. Read full review
37
St. Louis Post-DispatchGail PenningtonSep 4, 2015
Season 1 Review: Its problem is too much Ken Jeong. His manic energy takes over every frame of the pilot, at the expense of anything and anyone else in the show. Read full review
33
Entertainment WeeklyDarren FranichSep 28, 2015
Season 1 Review: The pilot starts with a gag about hemorrhoids. Things trend downward. [2 Oct 2015, p.68]
30
The AtlanticLenika CruzOct 2, 2015
Season 1 Review: Even in an especially bad season for new shows, the multi-camera sitcom Dr. Ken stands out as uncomfortable, unfunny, and forgettable. Read full review
30
Los Angeles Daily NewsRob LowmanOct 2, 2015
Season 1 Review: It’s standard sitcom stuff, but those elements don’t mesh well enough on the series even to reach that low Friday-night bar.... Dr. Ken is disjointed and, worse, not really funny. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraOct 1, 2015
Season 1 Review: A family comedy has to have heart and humor, and Dr. Ken has neither. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergOct 1, 2015
Season 1 Review: Through the two episodes I've seen, there are ample components that could be the basis for a good sitcom, and even the show's biggest flaw is not without potential, but the alignment is so out-of-sync that it's easier to imagine viewers tuning out at the first commercial break than sticking around for 13 or 22 episodes to see if Dr. Ken becomes the best, or even a better, version of itself. Read full review
30
SlateWilla PaskinSep 21, 2015
Season 1 Review: It’s a staid, old-fashioned family comedy through and through. It’s by far the worst of the bunch--it’s just dreadfully unfunny. Read full review
20
Las Vegas WeeklyJosh BellSep 30, 2015
Season 1 Review: Dr. Ken lacks any of the warmth, subtlety or cleverness of network sibling Fresh Off the Boat, instead relying on listless sitcom clichés and broad, obvious jokes (accompanied by loud, unwarranted audience laughter). It’s completely tone-deaf when it comes to depicting modern youth culture, and it wastes talented supporting players. Read full review
20
We Got This CoveredMitchel BroussardSep 28, 2015
Season 1 Review: "I know that there are some disturbing and repetitive shows out there," a cardboard cutout of a side character mentions in Dr. Ken's inexorably humorless pilot. Oh, you have no idea. Read full review
16
Uncle BarkyEd BarkOct 1, 2015
Season 1 Review: Less funny than a compound fracture, this is a show that looks irreparably broken. Read full review
10
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenOct 1, 2015
Season 1 Review: At home, Dr. Ken is just another sitcom-patented dumb daddy, although with an added shading of self-absorption. Mr. Jeong’s performance can best be described as over-the-top back around the other side and over-the-top a second time. Read full review
0
New York Magazine (Vulture)Margaret LyonsOct 1, 2015
Season 1 Review: It's a show that confuses loudness with funniness. Jeong himself screams every line, and the studio audience howls back, particularly when Jeong does his faux-rapper voice. It's crass and phony, and everything people say they hate about multi-camera comedies. Read full review
0
NewsdayDiane WertsSep 30, 2015
Season 1 Review: Note the parade of cliche characterizations (the way-too-understanding wife who gazes upon her dim guy with affectionate he's-a-dope-but-he's-my-dope amusement). Also the schlock writing. Read full review
0
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandSep 15, 2015
Season 1 Review: The show is deadly and Jeong, who did nice work in “Community” and those “Hangover” movies, is wooden and completely lacking in credibility. There isn’t a funny line in the entire first episode. Read full review
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