• Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 9, 2000
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 22
  2. Negative: 3 out of 22

Critic Reviews

  1. Dallas Morning News
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    Nov 27, 2019
    83
    Not everything works, but this is a bright, imaginative show that perhaps God will smile upon. Jerry Garcia, too. [5 March 2000]
  2. San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa Times
    Reviewed by: Charlie McCollum
    Nov 27, 2019
    80
    This series is not only funny but actually seems to have something on its mind when it comes to religion and man's spirituality. [6 March 2000, p.1E]
  3. Reviewed by: Howard Rosenberg
    Nov 27, 2019
    80
    Animation continues to be television’s most promising venue for cutting-edge comedy. More evidence comes in NBC’s funny God, the Devil and Bob, which finds a Detroit auto worker at the center of a tug of war between the Almighty and the Prince of Darkness...It’s Cumming’s magnificently snotty Devil who steals the show.
  4. Reviewed by: Ramind Zahed
    Nov 27, 2019
    80
    It's a warm and fuzzy number, packed with witty ideas, sight gags and clever theological asides. A heavenly voice cast, and a hip, relaxed animation style certainly work in "God, the Devil and Bob's" favor.
  5. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    Nov 27, 2019
    75
    Stewart and Cumming (who endows the Devil with an amusingly high-toned English accent) turn in vocal performances that are all the funnier for being more restrained than some of their recent work. As for Garner, well, he's somewhat of an American treasure. You might even say he's divine. [9 March 2000]
  6. Los Angeles Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Kronke
    Nov 27, 2019
    70
    Its cleverness may be a little too nuanced and low-key for mainstream audiences - the show probably belongs on a cable network, where it would be a programming highlight - instead of a broadcaster like NBC. But it's good fun to see our deity and demon bicker over minutiae while Bob looks on without comprehension. [9 March 2000]
  7. Orlando Sentinel
    Reviewed by: Hal Boedeker
    Nov 27, 2019
    70
    Considering what's at stake, the show could use more edge. It settles instead for sweetness. [9 March 2000, p.E1]