Howie Do It: Season 1

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NBC | Season Premiere Date: January 9, 2009

Summary: Howie Mandel's latest show sees him pulling pranks on unsuspecting people.

Genre(s): Comedy, Reality

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E23. Episode 124
Air Date: May 1, 2009
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S1:E23. Episode 23
Air Date: May 3, 2009
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S1:E22. Episode 123
Air Date: April 24, 2009

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Jessica Shaw

Turns out they do it [prank shows] pretty much the same as everyone else. But the sight of a bewigged Mandel blasting TV weathermen wannabes with water is pretty funny stuff. Read full review

Ray Richmond

There have been far nastier hidden-camera efforts than this. Better ones, too. Yet to be sure, in the opening hour, Howie Do It at least delivers laughs more often than it inspires groans. Read full review

Brian Lowry

"I don't want it to end, but it did," the host gushes at the hour's close. Even for those who enjoy Mandel's puerile brand of comedy, that qualifies as a clear case of Howie overdoing it. Read full review

Matthew Gilbert

It's sad, really, how unimaginative Howie Do It is. Given all the resources at NBC's disposal, and given the fact that NBC is desperate to regain ratings footing, this is the best the executives could come up with? Read full review

David Hinckley

Hidden camera gags often now settle for crude instead of working a little harder to achieve clever. Read full review

Tom Shales

Howie Do It not only drags contestants, and viewers, through gratuitous mud and muck but it also is haunted by the aura of plagiarism; the set-up of one sequence is highly reminiscent of a bit that David Letterman has done on his late-night talk show. Read full review

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CarolC

Jun 6, 2009

This was one of the funniest show I have seen in a long time. I could not wait for Friday to come so I could watch it again, but alas, it was not on last week.