Dr. Ken

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Season 1
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 2, 2015
Season #: 2, 1
User Score
3.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 72 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 72
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 72
  3. Negative: 47 out of 72
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  1. goban711
    Oct 23, 2015
    5
    Big fan of Ken Jeong but not in this show. Bad writing bad casting the only character worth watching is the daughter. can't see it making it the whole season. There are a few laughs but are far and few in between.
  2. Ariadne
    Oct 4, 2015
    5
    I wanted so badly to love this show. He was great as Chang. But he's still trying to be Chang. Chang was never a main character but comic relief at best. You can't have a show around just Chang. Maybe he was trying to be Don Rickles or Dick Van Dyke, but even they had more empathy and more story in their show. There were some amusing jokes, but most all cliches and sarcasm. HisI wanted so badly to love this show. He was great as Chang. But he's still trying to be Chang. Chang was never a main character but comic relief at best. You can't have a show around just Chang. Maybe he was trying to be Don Rickles or Dick Van Dyke, but even they had more empathy and more story in their show. There were some amusing jokes, but most all cliches and sarcasm. His character was just bitter and nasty, not funny. Maybe it'll get better. I don't know, but something has to change. I had such hopes for a show like this. Oh well.… Expand

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Metascore
26

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 20
  3. Negative: 15 out of 20
  1. Reason.com
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    Oct 3, 2015
    40
    Jeong, however, is still too much of a standup comedian, belting out punchlines and pratfalls like a machine-gun to drown out the heckler in the back, to sustain Dr. Ken beyond sketch-level comedy. And he's too manic (a self-proclaimed "five-foot-five inches of fury") to allow for much help from the rest of the cast.
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  2. The Atlantic
    Reviewed by: Lenika Cruz
    Oct 2, 2015
    30
    Even in an especially bad season for new shows, the multi-camera sitcom Dr. Ken stands out as uncomfortable, unfunny, and forgettable.
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  3. The Wrap
    Reviewed by: Deborah Day
    Oct 2, 2015
    40
    The show’s other players gently orbit Jeong’s bright star and are sometimes scorched by his flares of humor in an otherwise formulaic sitcom with its canned laughter and bright, uniformly lit set.
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