Free Ride

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Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 1, 2006
User Score
6.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 58 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 35 out of 58
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 58
  3. Negative: 22 out of 58

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  1. mariat
    Mar 12, 2006
    0
    Horrible I wasted about 5 minutes of my life then went back ten minutes alter and upset myself more. How is funding this crap?? Is it also a how not to act show because all perfessional good actors without work right now should be angry and ready to riot!!
  2. TCoogan
    Mar 2, 2006
    9
    a unique show, lots of promise!
  3. Adam
    Mar 2, 2006
    1
    I went into the show really wanting to like it... but I juts didn't. I did not find anything funny really.
  4. JeffK
    Mar 3, 2006
    9
    Great premier......Nate shows promise as the star of the show. The concept of the show is difficult (Improv) but they pulled it off. Great work.
  5. JohnnyL
    Apr 20, 2006
    10
    I thought this was one of the best shows on television today. The comedy is great and it's not too much. The acting is great for unheard of actors and it isn't one of those far fetched tv shows that wouldn't happen in a million years. I'm a college student, so that makes this show even more entertaining to me. I really hope they don't take it off the air.
  6. Eli
    Apr 4, 2006
    3
    Crappy sitcom all around. Just another show that will be cancelled sooner or later. Free ride simply isn't funny. I have only watched one episode and was completely dissapointed. The plotline of the episode i was watching involved the main character trying to get close to some girl through her stepbrother and in the process they say bastard a lot, very amusing....not. This show fails Crappy sitcom all around. Just another show that will be cancelled sooner or later. Free ride simply isn't funny. I have only watched one episode and was completely dissapointed. The plotline of the episode i was watching involved the main character trying to get close to some girl through her stepbrother and in the process they say bastard a lot, very amusing....not. This show fails joke after joke and didn't manage make me even smile. Free ride sucks.… Expand
  7. DomB.
    May 3, 2006
    9
    I would like to know what these guys who are giving the show a zero rating think is funny. I didn't know the requirment for watching this show was that you have to have no sense of humor. Just because Will and Grace is almost over doesn't mean you guys have to take out your rage on Free Ride! Seriously this show has a lot of good qualities and if nothing else you have to think I would like to know what these guys who are giving the show a zero rating think is funny. I didn't know the requirment for watching this show was that you have to have no sense of humor. Just because Will and Grace is almost over doesn't mean you guys have to take out your rage on Free Ride! Seriously this show has a lot of good qualities and if nothing else you have to think the parents on the show are funny. Fox better keep this show on the air.… Expand
  8. DonD
    Jun 8, 2006
    10
    This sow was fantastic. I can't believe it is gone. No justice.
  9. allisonf
    Mar 12, 2006
    2
    not as good as any other shows on tv. The acting is bad i am assuming these people are comedians? I think we should start casting shows with talented actors I am sure there are a lot of them out there in LA waiting for a show they cann sink there teeth into. The lead guy, Josh Dean is BORING!!!
  10. JacksonF
    Mar 12, 2006
    0
    Bad acting, bad jokes. one should pick a lead actor that can carry a show. josh dean looks like some casting director found him in a starbucks and said hey you look very boy next doorish want to be in a show because i am too busy to audition good actors to do it. Josh said yes. and now we all get to suffer
  11. JoshS
    Mar 12, 2006
    0
    Nothing like arrested development and a show filled with no laughs at all. Josh Dean looks like he is about to crack up at his own joke. The acting is awful and everyone in it would not even do a good acting job at the sereal life show. Question why are we putting non- talented actors on television?? What producers are they sleeping with??
  12. roseH
    Mar 13, 2006
    0
    Read that it's moving to a sunday time slot. Good no more crappy shows taking up good television watching week days. I never watch tv on sunday so perfect place for this awful excuse for a show. It felt like i was watching some television students with a first year acting students trying to make a show.
  13. MIkeL
    Mar 5, 2006
    3
    Can I point out one way it's NOT like "Arrested"? This straight man is not remotely likeable. Cynical kid comes home to sponge off his folks and they say no...Michael Bluth he ain't.
  14. BenJ
    Mar 6, 2006
    10
    This is a wickedly amusing and fantastically hilarious show.
  15. abbib
    Mar 9, 2006
    10
    Witty and fun. Loved the show and thought it was funny. Not rolling on the floor funny but it has its cute moments. I think it is exactly what it is like comming home from college to live with your parents again.
  16. CousinS
    Apr 17, 2006
    10
    Free Ride is an absolutey hilarious show!! I love the characters and I think that they have perfect chemistry between each other and really make the show #1 on my list.
  17. Shane
    Apr 23, 2006
    10
    Funny as hell.
  18. Keith
    Apr 4, 2006
    8
    Currently, i have watched 3 episodes, and i agree with most that the first episode i watched was terrible, however, one episode shouldnt stop you. This show is based on improvisation. I myself can see this, having done it, and learning its art. It can be difficult at times, and there really is more to it than just throwing yourself in there. It is harder than the actors make it look. Currently, i have watched 3 episodes, and i agree with most that the first episode i watched was terrible, however, one episode shouldnt stop you. This show is based on improvisation. I myself can see this, having done it, and learning its art. It can be difficult at times, and there really is more to it than just throwing yourself in there. It is harder than the actors make it look. Though this is not an excuse for the show. However, it should be noted, that since i have started watching, each episode has steadily progressed and been better in my opinion. It has shown its bright spots, and has steadily began to amuse me, and keep me entertained. Granted, i may have some bias, due to being interested in improv, where one acts with no script, genuinely the timing has gotten better. Give the series time, and if you watch more than one episode, then i cant blame you for saying its not good, since its your opinion, but the jokes that these actors have come up with, have been great at times, good at others, obvious at other points, and medicore in still others. But, the timing for the actors have improved, the chemistry, the ideas, and etc. There is no laugh track to make ppl think others are laughing, and the camera shots have been bad, though the improvements they have made has been encouraging. This show is an emobodiement of improvement, and one should give it a few episdoes before absolutely judging it. The first episode i watched, which i agree was awful, was the episode where the main lead played by josh dean, gets a job, meets a new girl, and gets dragged to a club, etc. It was hard to get through, though it did show some good caliber funny at the end, though camera work still needed some improvement. The next episode i watched, was the one where the main lead's dad plans to get proctologist to do an examination, you know what i mean. The lines have become wittier, and unlike the first episode, each actor pauses more, and the talking isnt over one another anymore, and the laughs and jokes were better. Granted, there were still some awkward moments, but a great improvement of leaps and bounds over the first ep i watched. Now, the latest episode which i viewed, was just plain, good. It wasnt all laugh out loud, but it was amusing, and had decent laughs. It starts out with one of the main chars, entering a martial arts type tournament where he doesnt have a clue from what to do, and during the ep, this branches out to two sub plots, one major and one minor, both which are funny. If i have rated this show based on the first episode i watched alone, even though i really wanted this show to do well, i probably wouldnt have rated it above a 3. But the show has impressed me, and it has made me smile to my self, and chuckle, and the way the characters are interacting, it is becoming interesting. This show grew on me, i thought it would just plunge after that first episode i watched, but it didnt, and drew me in. give it a chance or not, just don't be expecting the same over as with other sit coms. This one is unscripted, punch lines are different from standard sitcoms, and mistakes can be corrected in this show from one episode to the next. I'm going to keep up with this series, and i hope other people wont just give up after one episode. Im going to enjoy my free ride.… Expand
  19. TylerS
    Apr 9, 2006
    0
    This show is terrible. There are funny people who can improvise well, and then there are those on Free Ride. Throughout the whole show I was thinking "who writes this crap?" Then, I realized it has that improvised feel, so I checked it out, and of course, it is improvised. Unlike other improv shows, this one is not funny in the least. It takes really funny people to make improv shows This show is terrible. There are funny people who can improvise well, and then there are those on Free Ride. Throughout the whole show I was thinking "who writes this crap?" Then, I realized it has that improvised feel, so I checked it out, and of course, it is improvised. Unlike other improv shows, this one is not funny in the least. It takes really funny people to make improv shows worthwhile, and these aren't them.… Expand
  20. AmandaH
    May 1, 2006
    10
    Really funny show!
  21. DanielC
    Jun 19, 2006
    10
    Loved Free Ride. It was placed opposite killer competition and never got an audience. I loved the cast, and it preseted a true situation (as in 'situation comedy') in Nate's returning home to parents who have moved on from parenthood, falling in love with his engaged high school sweetheart, and befriending Dove (a very funny character). I watched every episode. It was so Loved Free Ride. It was placed opposite killer competition and never got an audience. I loved the cast, and it preseted a true situation (as in 'situation comedy') in Nate's returning home to parents who have moved on from parenthood, falling in love with his engaged high school sweetheart, and befriending Dove (a very funny character). I watched every episode. It was so much funnier than most other sitcoms.… Expand
  22. amandaw
    Jun 6, 2006
    0
    thank god i heard it's all over. we are in need of a better tv revolution!!!!
  23. dennismennis
    Feb 6, 2007
    0
    family members should not be able to vote! the show was cancelled because it was awful. if people tuned in and gave it ratings then the network would have kept it-let it go mothers, fathers, grandmas, granpas- your actor relitives took part in a crappy show and most of them are bad actors!!
  24. sucksddean
    Feb 6, 2007
    0
    awful. the lead actor kid, josh?? whatever his name is - i cannot stand him.
  25. JoeV
    Oct 16, 2006
    10
    Absolute Corker, bring it back please!!!
  26. ChristianD
    Oct 17, 2006
    10
    love it
  27. gregf
    Mar 12, 2006
    3
    my friend said to watch it- well begged me and said to write in and say it's amazing- but i can't. they are friends with the lead actor. that is how bad the show is this guy is asking freinds to watch it and making them write to anyone so it can get picked up- wow he knows it sucks to.
  28. williamd
    Mar 12, 2006
    1
    I got a mass email saying i should support and write leters to say it's good. Man the show was BAD. Everyone should be ashamed as actors. We are not just inventing television programming anymore. We need ot step it up. we need shoes that are better then sienfield, friends, sex and the city, six feet under. Not Free Ride. Every actor in it should get a free ride to bad acting land- I got a mass email saying i should support and write leters to say it's good. Man the show was BAD. Everyone should be ashamed as actors. We are not just inventing television programming anymore. We need ot step it up. we need shoes that are better then sienfield, friends, sex and the city, six feet under. Not Free Ride. Every actor in it should get a free ride to bad acting land- they cannopt dfo even the job they chose as a profession well.… Expand
  29. KeagenS
    Mar 12, 2006
    0
    i want my 15 minutes of watching back. That show robbed my life of 15 mnutes. i nurtured for as long as i could then wanted to cry.
  30. JoanieM
    Mar 13, 2006
    9
    I thought it was great. I liked that they talked like real people - on top of each other.I LOVE Josh Dean - he is georgeous and funny.
  31. sophiek
    Mar 2, 2006
    9
    i loved last night...
  32. JackH
    Mar 27, 2006
    4
    It was pretty good and somewhat funny. I'm sure it will get better.
  33. GregP
    Mar 3, 2006
    8
    This show is funny as hell.
  34. guyg
    Apr 22, 2006
    8
    Very well done, charming cast, definitley has its moments. Although one or two episodes lack compared to others, well worth the 22 minutes.
  35. curtisk
    Apr 24, 2006
    10
    This show is very funny. I love it. Its my favorite show on t.v. right now.
  36. billM
    May 12, 2006
    0
    watched the first show, thought it was some of the worst writing i had seen in a while and then i heard that some of it is improvised- makes sense. the acting was worse then day time soaps and i am happy that it is off the air- we can make betterv television
  37. angelas
    May 12, 2006
    0
    oh God, this show is really bad.. my husband and i both decided to give up watching so much tv- we have this show to thank. i hope it never is released to dvd- what a waste of time for everybody that worked on it.
  38. CarolynP
    May 23, 2006
    10
    I suppose it was important for Fox to cancel Free Ride to make more room for mindless crap like American Idol and Skating with Celebrities. I hate this network.
  39. KellyS
    May 9, 2006
    10
    Where is my favorite show? Has it been cancelled?! Fox better bring it back or it'll be missing out on another great show opportunity!
  40. D.D.
    Jul 15, 2006
    8
    Why did Free Ride go off the air? Is this show coming back on the air - meaning back on freely avalable broadcast TV (versus only on cable) - soon? Posted July 15, 2006
  41. DaveG
    Nov 7, 2006
    9
    The charaterisation in this this show was unbeliveliable. With its quickly delivered lines and highly casmatic cast I cant understand why it was taken off the air?
  42. HensonA
    Feb 27, 2006
    0
    Replace Arrested Development with this? (Hint: Stupid)
  43. rubyS
    Mar 19, 2006
    0
    everyone said it already. it's horrible. baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad.
  44. AustinJ
    Apr 16, 2006
    10
    Whoever voted this a 4.5 is a moron. I wouldn't necissarily rate it a ten, however since some people have rated it so low I have to help raise it. This show is amazing. It is alot like what happens when you graduate college.
  45. JasminH
    May 12, 2006
    0
    wooohooo, the show has been cancelled. There is a God. now the cast can go sell coffee at a starbucks where they belong
  46. dougr
    Jun 19, 2006
    10
    this is one of the best shows on tv
  47. JulesB.
    Sep 16, 2007
    10
    This was a funny show. I wish you would bring it back. Parents who have kids going off to college or graduating from college and coming home again LOVED this SHOW!! I hope it goes to DVD. Nate, his parents and Nate's best friend were hilarious!!!!

Awards & Rankings

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#81 Best TV Season of 2006
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#49 Most Discussed TV Season of 2006

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Metascore
45

Mixed or average reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 26
  3. Negative: 8 out of 26
  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    60
    There's a breezy charm to the show.
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  2. San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa Times
    Reviewed by: Charlie McCollum
    30
    "Free Ride" is crude, mean-spirited, and not nearly as fresh and innovative as the producers think it is.
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  3. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    50
    More of an amusing diversion than a laugh riot.
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