NBC | Release Date: September 24, 2002
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
29
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
5
Negative:
15
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USA TodayRobert BiancoAug 10, 2014
Season 1 Review: Marshall, on the other hand, has been more actively responsible for her shows' demise. From "Cupid" to "Snoops" to Hidden Hills, she projects the same cold, closed persona. That may be perfect for smaller roles, but for a sitcom lead, you'd have to consider her a bad choice. [24 Sept 2002 p.3D]
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Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenAug 10, 2014
Season 1 Review: Mostly it's the story of a sex-starved, immature, lazy guy who flings dog poop into his neighbor's yard. NBC has done something similar by inflicting this show on the viewing public. [24 Sept 2002, p.C-6]
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Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertAug 10, 2014
Season 1 Review: Underneath the slick production effects and the affluent LA setting, there are only stale jokes and plastic people. The ads for the series promise us, "It's like your life. Only funnier." To borrow from another NBC sitcom, if that is true, just shoot me. [24 Sept 2002, p.A16]
25
San Diego Union-TribuneRobert P. LaurenceAug 10, 2014
Season 1 Review: Or maybe that line just seems funny, because it's one of the few that's about anything but you-know-what. [24 Sept 2002, p.E-6]
25
The Detroit NewsTom LongAug 10, 2014
Season 1 Review: This series reflects the way wealthy, neurotic, overly busy and sex-obsessed TV executives and producers think America lives, in other words, the way they live. They're wrong. Most of us are not TV executives. Please let Hidden Hills be hidden for good as soon as possible. [24 Sept 2002]
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NewsdayDiane WertsAug 10, 2014
Season 1 Review: If this is comedy, who needs it? [24 Sept 2002, p.B27]
10
St. Louis Post-DispatchGail PenningtonAug 10, 2014
Season 1 Review: Even more obnoxious, although that hardly seems possible, is NBC's Hidden Hills, a crude and unfunny comedy about suburban families. [24 Sept 2002, p.E8]
10
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan StormAug 10, 2014
Season 1 Review: This season's worst new series. [24 Sept 2002, p.F01]
10
Chicago TribuneSteve JohnsonAug 10, 2014
Season 1 Review: In the first two episodes, at least, it plays too over the top to ring true. [24 Sept 2002, p.39]
0
New York PostLinda StasiAug 10, 2014
Season 1 Review: Mother Theresa's life had more laughs than this phony bore. [24 Sept 2002, p.75]
0
Deseret NewsScott D. PierceAug 10, 2014
Season 1 Review: I hate this show...This is an awful, awful show. [24 Sept 2002, p.C08]