- Network: ABC
- Series Premiere Date: Mar 4, 2012
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Critic Reviews
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GCB offers surprisingly clever dialogue and winning comedic performances.
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Clever with its gaudiness, the new soap opera proceeds as if that invitation is gilt-edged, tackily engraved, and sealed inside an oversized envelope with a kiss of frosted-pink lipstick.
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It's one that's sharply plotted, fast-paced, with impressive performances.
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Truthfully, a little bit of this fun farce may go a long way.
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Mostly, despite a title that sounds like a roofie, this is good harmless fun.
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For people looking for the next Housewives, GCB could be the perfect replacement.
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It isn't consistently funny--and it definitely isn't as daring or groundbreaking as advertised.
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The show pushes so hard to be wacky and fun, you end up feeling more bruised than entertained.
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It's fun in a familiar sort of big-hair soap opera way.
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If GCB wants to soar to heavenly numbers, it better let the devil out to play.
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Broader than Dallas at its broadest, ABC's GCB won't be selling smart, stylized urban sophistication when it premieres Sunday night.
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Not so much scandalous as scandalously dull.
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What's mostly wrong with this new series is that it doesn't know who in God's name it is.
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The problem for GCB is that it hasn't yet figured out a way to be a soap that spoofs superficiality without being superficial itself.
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It doesn't add up to the most entertaining result, given the promise of the cast and creative minds involved.
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There are some funny lines here and there, but overall, the show lacks satirical teeth.
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GCB will need a lot more meat on its bones if these 'horns are going to hook 'em.
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A potentially funny setup, if the women were not such oddly antiquated sendups.
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It has none of Desperate Housewives' winking cuteness, none of Revenge's dagger-eyed, fire-breathing kick. [12 Mar 2012, p.43]
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A tedious array of shrieky moments, dumb stereotypes and unearned sentiment.
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Even as a work of harmless vapidity, G.C.B. has a difficult time enlivening its oversimplified premise.
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CGB plays more like a bad parody of Desperate Housewives.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 29 out of 38
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Mixed: 2 out of 38
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Negative: 7 out of 38
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Mar 5, 2012
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Mar 5, 2012
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Jun 12, 2012