Friends with Better Lives
CBS | Release Date: March 31, 2014
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
10
Negative:
6
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
37
New York PostMichael StarrMar 31, 2014
Season 1 Review: Better Lives lacks the ensemble chemistry and clever writing of “HIMYM,” and seems content to rely on a non-stop barrage of sophomoric sex jokes and double entendres. Read full review
30
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushMar 31, 2014
Season 1 Review: One thing I'll say for these friends: They could all use better writing. Read full review
30
Philadelphia InquirerDavid HiltbrandMar 31, 2014
Season 1 Review: The humor is decidedly caustic and surprisingly smutty. This might work as a cable comedy, where they could be explicit. On a network, it just seems insolently self-satisfied. Read full review
30
Washington PostHank StueverMar 31, 2014
Season 1 Review: Friends With Better Lives isn’t better than that show or any other half-hour comedy that’s come along in the past five years or so. Read full review
25
USA TodayRobert BiancoMar 31, 2014
Season 1 Review: Friends With Better Lives is just one witless, thudding, sex-obsessed crack after another. Read full review
20
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerMar 31, 2014
Season 1 Review: [A] wretched new sitcom. Read full review
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