- Network: FOX
- Series Premiere Date: Sep 7, 2006
Critic Reviews
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The idle, boozy time between one romantic relationship and the next turns out to be a sweet spot for a sitcom.
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Thanks to some happy casting, the show's not actually unwatchable.
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The few good laughs in an otherwise so-so show are supplied by the slyly wigged-out Beth Lacke.
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It squanders committed acting and funny lines by draping them over a suspect premise.
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A bad morph-job of "Seinfeld" and "Friends" but without the simplicity of the first, the chemistry of the second or the brilliance, timing, and writing of either.
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There's not a moment or character that rings true, and the only joke you're likely to remember is an anatomical gag you'd probably rather forget.
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I don’t get a kick out of you, “Happy Hour.”
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This is merely another dead-on-arrival series to add to the mountain of failures Fox has hurled our way over the past few seasons.
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Lacke is the only person, or thing, in "Happy Hour" that made me laugh.
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Given this straitjacket of a script, it's hard to know how good the cast could be with decent material.
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"Happy Hour," or as I like to call it: "Really, Fox? This?"
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Both shows ["Happy Hour" and "'Til Death"] bill themselves as comedies, but really, it's hard to find two less funny half hours on the network schedule.
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The show is a warped copy of CBS' How I Met Your Mother... except that it's cynical, smug and utterly charmless.
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Preposterously unfunny.
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Painfully familiar and virtually laugh-free, the series has one character with potential, but beyond that, it's hard to imagine Fox won't be yelling "last call" relatively soon.
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At least "'Til Death" has some known stars. The cast of "Happy Hour" will likely remain unknown, starring, as they do, in this dud.
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Larry, Henry and virtually every person to walk through "Happy Hour" are broad, obnoxious, lame caricatures, even by the standards of Fox's laughtracked sitcoms.
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The fall's lamest new comedy.
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Sheer, excruciating pain.... "Happy Hour" stands a good chance of being named Worst New Show, or at least feeblest new sitcom.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 55 out of 66
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Mixed: 2 out of 66
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Negative: 9 out of 66
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AmyGJan 22, 2007
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billybJan 1, 2007This show is hilarious and has a perfect balance of smart comedy and romance.
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TVDec 18, 2006Great show!