Great News

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Season 1
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 25, 2017
Season #: 2, 1
User Score
6.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 25 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 25
  3. Negative: 4 out of 25
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  1. looper64
    May 6, 2017
    0
    This show is just not that funny? Tina Fey who is usually brilliant lacks any ambition here.
    The shows joke premis about Andrea Martin as a meddling, overprotective mother is just tired after the first episode. This show needs so much help...If it were being written by anyone else it would have been cancelled after the 2nd episode. Tina please find something to save this...This is no 30 rock!
  2. Chrisman19
    May 11, 2017
    8
    This is a perfect example of how pleasently surprising some TV shows can turn out to be I was kinda fifty fifty on even watching the show but let me assure you that after my first episode all my worries disappeared fast I was rolling in my chair the entire show the mom is the true Jewel of comedy here but everyone else has shining moments as well I highly recommend that you watch thisThis is a perfect example of how pleasently surprising some TV shows can turn out to be I was kinda fifty fifty on even watching the show but let me assure you that after my first episode all my worries disappeared fast I was rolling in my chair the entire show the mom is the true Jewel of comedy here but everyone else has shining moments as well I highly recommend that you watch this awesomely hilarious show it's terrific… Expand
  3. drlowdon
    Dec 2, 2018
    7
    Great News centres around Katie Wendelson, an ambitious young producer at a cable news show called The Breakdown. The fact that it was created by Tracey Wigfield and executively produced by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock, all of whom worked on the excellent 30 Rock, was certainly sufficient to peak my interest.

    Great News finds its rythym fairly quickly in this first season with exactly    Great News centres around Katie Wendelson, an ambitious young producer at a cable news show called The Breakdown. The fact that it was created by Tracey Wigfield and executively produced by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock, all of whom worked on the excellent 30 Rock, was certainly sufficient to peak my interest.

    Great News finds its rythym fairly quickly in this first season with exactly the type of eclectic cast of characters you’d expect from former 30 Rock alumni. Admittedly none of these characters are quite as memorable as said shows cast, and the mother can be a little too much at times, but each of them brings something to the table. In terms of the script it can sometimes feel as though it’s trying a little too hard to ape the 30 Rock formula, making it feel a little forced at times, but in most episodes enough of the jokes land to keep the laughs flowing.

    A solid start with hopefully more to come.    … Expand
  4. manningn15
    Nov 26, 2018
    8
    A great new comedy with a hilarious cast and very funny writing that makes me laugh.
  5. PedroSantosCBR
    Dec 22, 2017
    3
    So much potential....wasted on the overprotective and super annoying mother character. 30 Rock this is not. Let's hope future seasons improve the show because it really has potential and Tina Fey has proven time and time again that she can make great comedy.

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#57 Most Shared TV Season of 2017

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Metascore
67

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 21
  3. Negative: 1 out of 21
  1. Under The Radar
    Reviewed by: Kyle Mullin
    Apr 28, 2017
    20
    For now, it lacks such innovation, to say the least. It's as stale as yesterday's paper.
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  2. We Got This Covered
    Reviewed by: Jon Negroni
    Apr 25, 2017
    60
    Once the show discovers what it really has in its holster (a biting rivalry between Chuck and Nicole Richie’s Portia, for example), it finds its comedic stride with some truly inspired writing. Sadly, though, it never quite rises up to the levels of original insanity it learned from its predecessors or manages to surpasses them.
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  3. The Salt Lake Tribune
    Reviewed by: Scott D. Pierce
    Apr 25, 2017
    70
    It can be a bit much at times, but there's a great supporting cast--including John Michael Higgins and Nicole Richie as the news anchors--and there are enough laughs to keep it moving.
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