I Feel Bad

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Season 1
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 19, 2018
User Score
4.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 13
  3. Negative: 6 out of 13
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  1. UBD
    Oct 13, 2018
    10
    Super funny, worth the watch. It's a sitcom, but it's a teeny bit edgier and lead is genuinely funny. I don't watch sitcoms, generally, but this one has snuck into my regular schedule.
  2. Ededed
    Jan 19, 2019
    3
    Adequate but too pc in character development and actor selection. The plot premise is solid -how many working moms suffer from more than a little self doubt? Trying to mix non practicing Jew with traditional Indian - boom, a bust! The kids were funny but most of the adults were too stereotypical.

    Wish they would have redesigned the characters and recast half the actors before the pilot    Adequate but too pc in character development and actor selection. The plot premise is solid -how many working moms suffer from more than a little self doubt? Trying to mix non practicing Jew with traditional Indian - boom, a bust! The kids were funny but most of the adults were too stereotypical.

    Wish they would have redesigned the characters and recast half the actors before the pilot was accepted. This could have been something special.    … Expand
  3. Iamcritical86
    Nov 12, 2018
    4
    Definitely not an overly impressive show. I think what spoils it for me is it's predictability and lack of creation. This seems to be a trend with modern comedy sitcoms these days. Years ago, it was what they were DOING that was funny, and THAT'S what REAL comedy is. Like Lucy and Ethel in "I Love Lucy" for example or Laverne and Shirley - even '80's sitcoms like Family Matters. You couldDefinitely not an overly impressive show. I think what spoils it for me is it's predictability and lack of creation. This seems to be a trend with modern comedy sitcoms these days. Years ago, it was what they were DOING that was funny, and THAT'S what REAL comedy is. Like Lucy and Ethel in "I Love Lucy" for example or Laverne and Shirley - even '80's sitcoms like Family Matters. You could put shows like that on mute, and you could still laugh. It was good, clean and wholesome physical comedy and those are (or WERE) the best ones. With sitcoms like I Feel Bad and pretty much every other comedy show that has aired since the 2000's, it's not about what they're DOING anymore. It's more about what they're SAYING, and that's just not funny. In general, comedy writing, creating and directing has really gone to hell in a hand basket. The magic just isn't there anymore. Comedy is suppose to LOOK funny. I Feel Bad is no exception to the rule here. It's what they're SAYING. Peppy, quirky, fast talking and overly dramatic lead characters, with the usual intrusive, opinionated parents with one typically smart kid and another dumb kid! Nothing we haven't seen before. That being said, I think I Feel Bad does have some potential if they amp up their physical comedy skills and get a little more creative in the writing department!… Expand
  4. roxxy67
    Apr 7, 2019
    10
    sucks I REALLY did like this show, not sure what is going on with the networks these days. They don't give shows a true chance anymore

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Metascore
55

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 9
  3. Negative: 2 out of 9
  1. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    Oct 2, 2018
    50
    Over the first three episodes, I Feel Bad has largely erased that which (theoretically) made it stand out the most among fall newcomers--a comedy about culture as much as one about motherhood. The result is homogeneous and bland.
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  2. Reason.com
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    Oct 1, 2018
    35
    That women like Emet exist is beyond question, but most people would rather hang themselves from a hat rack in their office cubicle than engage with them. I Feel Bad's title will seem like profound prophecy to anybody who watches.
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  3. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Sep 25, 2018
    52
    Jokes about farts, falling down, hypersexualized kids and grabbing the wrong person’s rear end ensue--but they’re obvious, predictable and not funny.
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