Friends with Better Lives

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Season 1
  • Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 31, 2014
User Score
6.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 45 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 45
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 45
  3. Negative: 13 out of 45
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  1. joef123
    Apr 24, 2014
    0
    Like all the other shows on CBS's Monday Lineup, now that HIMYM your mother is gone, Friends with Better Lives relies on its cheesy dialogue and its poor acting.
  2. whateverthought
    Apr 28, 2014
    1
    This was so bad we changed to Gilligan's Island. Don't get me wrong. We are not prudes. But prime time should offer interesting programming. This show was just vulgarity masqueradeing as humor.
  3. Gesturepoke
    May 19, 2014
    3
    I'm sure their lives would be much better if they had better writers. I have no problem with sex jokes, but when a show relies on them for all the humor, it gets old fast. It's bad-writing when shows rely on the same thing in every episode. And I usually don't bring this kind of thing up all the time, but how many shows do we need about upper-middle class white people living in LA and NYC?I'm sure their lives would be much better if they had better writers. I have no problem with sex jokes, but when a show relies on them for all the humor, it gets old fast. It's bad-writing when shows rely on the same thing in every episode. And I usually don't bring this kind of thing up all the time, but how many shows do we need about upper-middle class white people living in LA and NYC? I'm not saying every show has to be a mini United Nations, but come on, this is filmed in LA- one of the most diverse cities in the US. They can do better than one Asian character in one episode for less than 5 minutes. Even minor and background characters are white.… Expand

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Metascore
45

Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 18
  3. Negative: 6 out of 18
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Darren Franich
    Apr 15, 2014
    42
    It has exactly three things going for it: Zoe Lister-Jones, Rick Donald, and the assumption that their next respective projects will be more entertaining than this. [18/25 Apr 2014, p.102]
  2. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Diane Werts
    Mar 31, 2014
    67
    The cast feels solid, and likable, jelling swiftly.... Then comes that final distasteful sex gag. Let's pray it's just pilot-itis.
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  3. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Mar 31, 2014
    30
    One thing I'll say for these friends: They could all use better writing.
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