God Friended Me

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Season 1
  • Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 30, 2018
Season #: 2, 1
User Score
6.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 46 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 46
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 46
  3. Negative: 14 out of 46
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  1. rickhurst3186
    Sep 2, 2018
    1
    Horrible acting and an already been done premise (see the far superior Joan of Arcadia, also from CBS) make this show, the pilot episode anyway, a chore to watch. Divine intervention is about the only thing that'll keep God Friended Me on the air. Skip it! Amen.
  2. realmc26
    Sep 8, 2018
    0
    The very premise of this show is a crime against humanity. Of all the ways the Creator of all things could communicate, he or she chooses facebook?
  3. CybershamanX
    Sep 9, 2018
    0
    An unabashed cash grab targeting the lowest common denominator intelligence demographic. This experiment is going to end badly for CBS. I would like to know the story about how something like this got on the air. I'm sure it would make for a far more interesting story than what is presented by this show.
  4. Bleh1672
    Sep 30, 2018
    1
    Cowardly avoidance of major backlash by having the main character start off as atheist rather than, oh I don’t know, being part of a different religion. Seriously, can you imagine this premise if it was slightly different? Think about it: The main character is Jewish and God decides to show him the error of his belief system. I bet that would be received well.

    Why pick on the atheists    Cowardly avoidance of major backlash by having the main character start off as atheist rather than, oh I don’t know, being part of a different religion. Seriously, can you imagine this premise if it was slightly different? Think about it: The main character is Jewish and God decides to show him the error of his belief system. I bet that would be received well.

    Why pick on the atheists instead? Oh, because they’re all wrong. And all religious people know they’re wrong and we outnumber them so there’s less risk.

    I was willing to, like most other shows that I have no interest in, let this one slide happily by while I get on watching things I like. But I foolishly assumed the main character was having some kind of existential crisis or something. Not that he’s an atheist who needed to be corrected via social media.

    Do your stupid God shows if you have to. But could it not be done without wagging a finger in someone’s face and telling them you know better?

    Screw you, whoever’s baby this is as well as the person/people who green-lit it.

    What’s the 1 point for? The performances. They deserve at least some recognition.    … Expand
  5. grimsfield
    Nov 25, 2018
    0
    Look at all these fake reviews!

    This show is cringy garbage. The acting is awful, the premise is awful. The dialogue is awful. There are too many good shows on TV to waste your time with this garbage.
  6. DoBetterNext
    Jan 6, 2019
    2
    Show is definitely a stretch. There is a constant theme in TV and Film that continues a fraud. Minorities work together everyday without falling in love with each other. This show couldn't make it past the first season without including this bull crap. This is the direction the show is going in for the main characters. Word of mouth is still the best advertisement in the world. WillShow is definitely a stretch. There is a constant theme in TV and Film that continues a fraud. Minorities work together everyday without falling in love with each other. This show couldn't make it past the first season without including this bull crap. This is the direction the show is going in for the main characters. Word of mouth is still the best advertisement in the world. Will spread the word about this sham. Very disappointing.… Expand

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#56 Most Discussed TV Season of 2018

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Metascore
57

Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 14
  3. Negative: 1 out of 14
  1. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Jen Chaney
    Oct 1, 2018
    70
    Hall is charismatic and likable enough to ground the show’s fantastical premise in something semi-real, or at least real enough to make the series palatable. God Friended Me also has a sense of humor and a sense of plot-driven momentum.
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  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    Oct 1, 2018
    50
    Like the show’s interludes of theological discourse, its moments of regret and redemption are made to be easy to grasp and digest in the context of a Sunday night, broadcast network, mostly-family-friendly comic drama. For those less invested in the God question, or less attracted to sentiment, the show will run mostly on the substantial charm and chemistry of its young stars and the Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew sleuthing they do together.
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  3. Boston Herald
    Reviewed by: Mark A. Perigard
    Oct 1, 2018
    58
    It’s sweet, loaded with a talented cast (Morton is particularly authentic), but it could use a bit more of the devil to it, if you know what I mean.
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