Metascore
63

Generally favorable reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Negative: 0 out of 4

Critic Reviews

  1. Reviewed by: David Wiegand
    Aug 6, 2015
    75
    The forecast for America’s Next Weatherman is decidedly funny, with a only a slight chance of showers.
  2. Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Aug 6, 2015
    70
    Some of the contestants come off as so over the top as to feel like plants, which is at the very least distracting. Nevertheless, it’s worth watching (or not immediately zapping away) if only for Oberg’s antics.
  3. Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    Aug 6, 2015
    58
    It’s kind of all over the map for starters, with the funny business sometimes peeking through the clouds while also hiding behind them.
  4. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ariana Bacle
    Aug 6, 2015
    50
    The competitors take their challenges so seriously that the hour-long pilot come off as your usual Mark Burnett-produced reality competition without the added humor you'd expect from a collaboration with Funny or Die. [7 Aug 2015, p.59]