Four Kings
NBC | Release Date: January 5, 2006
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
40
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
9
Negative:
8

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
SlateDana Stevens
Season 1 Review: It's neither wildly innovative nor sidesplittingly funny, but it has a warm, cozy group vibe and no flagrant casting mishaps. Read full review
60
Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland
Season 1 Review: A touch of "Friends" with "Odd Couple" undertones. Read full review
60
The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley
Season 1 Review: "Four Kings" is better than a lot of similar sitcoms, but it's not different enough to stand out in what NBC hopes will be a renaissance of must-see television. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyGillian Flynn
Season 1 Review: A not unwelcome addition to the genre, but not that essential, either. [27 Jan 2006, p.74]
50
Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman
Season 1 Review: "Four Kings" is a strange thing. The first episode of the new NBC comedy reeks. But there are moments in the next two episodes that make it seem as if it has the potential to be a male version of "Sex and the City," minus the naughty stuff HBO could show that NBC can't. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneSid Smith
Season 1 Review: Though miles behind the sophistication of the earlier NYC-set "Seinfeld" or "Friends," "Kings" sometimes boasts laugh lines funnier than those, say, on "How I Met Your Mother," the CBS venture essentially after the same audience. Read full review
50
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: In short, it's a good thing they've been friends since childhood, because nothing in their personalities would lead you to believe they'd even be civil to each other if they met as adults. That's a problem for a sitcom about friendship. Read full review
50
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: There's nothing revolutionary about this story of four friends. Read full review
40
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: Given how familiar the premise is, the show's modest appeal hinges entirely on the cast's marginal chemistry and the rapid-fire jokes, making for at best a hit-miss proposition. Read full review
40
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: OK, ''Four Kings" isn't the worst of its type, in that some of the jokes hit their mark. Read full review
30
TV Guide MagazineMatt Roush
Season 1 Review: [A] generic dud.
30
Los Angeles TimesPaul Brownfield
Season 1 Review: What can I tell you about "Four Kings" that you won't already know? It premieres tonight at 8:30 on NBC. By 8:46, or thereabouts, you will understand everything. Read full review
25
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: NBC has reestablished another Thursday night tradition: sticking another unfunny, almost unwatchable sitcom at 8:30. Read full review
25
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: "Kings" is a self-conscious attempt to reel in the 20- to 30-something male demographic that TV is so desperate to capture. But, unfortunately, it isn't edgy, especially funny or believable. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Season 1 Review: The premise is only a small part of the problem in "Four Kings." The writing is labored, adolescent and unfunny. Read full review
20
Washington PostTom Shales
Season 1 Review: "Four Kings" isn't just tediously sitcommy, it's painfully sitcrummy. Read full review
20
PopMattersBill Gibron
Season 1 Review: While the show has little going for it, it does have Seth Green. Read full review
10
NewsdayVerne Gay
Season 1 Review: Dreadful. Read full review
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