Idiotsitter

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Season 1
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
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  1. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Dennis Perkins
    Jan 13, 2016
    83
    Idiotsitter is raucous and loose (the signature Comedy Central outtake end tag shows how much riffing is involved), but also a very promising vehicle for Bell and Newhouse.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    Jan 14, 2016
    80
    For all the self-protective aggressiveness and passive aggressiveness on display, Idiotsitter is tender at its core and toward its characters.
  3. Yahoo TV
    Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    Jan 14, 2016
    80
    Idiotsitter, a smartly crass comedy, plays like a treatment for a wacky buddy-movie, shrunk to a smaller scale for TV.
  5. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Mike Hale
    Jan 13, 2016
    70
    Idiotsitter comes equipped with a more developed situation and thematic framework than usual for this genre--it’s partly a satire of the 1 percent, in which Gene and her family are well-meaning narcissists of varying levels of shrewdness.
  6. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    Jan 13, 2016
    60
    Based on a preview of two episodes, Idiotsitter is fairly amusing.
  7. Collider
    Reviewed by: Chris Cabin
    Jan 21, 2016
    40
    The talent involved is enough to ensure that Comedy Central’s latest is vaguely amusing, but Idiotsitter should have been more riotous than amiable, more uniquely ruthless than blandly juvenile.

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User Score
5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 20 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 20
  3. Negative: 8 out of 20
  1. Knighthawk81
    Jan 14, 2016
    1
    The pilot was made available early online, so I gave this a try. I don't recommend watching it. All I could think during the painful 30 minuteThe pilot was made available early online, so I gave this a try. I don't recommend watching it. All I could think during the painful 30 minute presentation was why was this made, and how did someone decided to waste money on making this a series. Ugh.… Full Review »
  2. KKG
    Mar 14, 2016
    10
    Holy wow! I am a huge fan of Comedy Central's shows, especially Broad City (love those girls!) and Workaholics, but Idiotsitter is fastHoly wow! I am a huge fan of Comedy Central's shows, especially Broad City (love those girls!) and Workaholics, but Idiotsitter is fast becoming my absolute favorite out of the three! It has a similar kind of unexpected humor that's brilliantly dumb in the best possible way and I just love the relationship between Billie and Gene. I love how far some of these episodes go - Channing Tatum fantasy? Yes please! And that episode with the Carrie homage was total genius. Both of the actresses are so funny—I've seen Jillian Bell in other stuff but it's amazing to discover Charlotte Newhouse. I also think it's awesome that they created the show—yay ladies!… Full Review »
  3. AlexJayB
    Mar 11, 2016
    10
    Idiotsitter is another excellent addition to CC's lineup of off-kilter sitcom endeavors, providing its own distinct comedic sense to theIdiotsitter is another excellent addition to CC's lineup of off-kilter sitcom endeavors, providing its own distinct comedic sense to the current milieu. Though boasting a superb ancillary cast, the show is really carried by co-stars and creators Charlotte Newhouse and Jillian Bell, whose undeniable chemistry on set has proven to be a constant source of delight. Newhouse in particular pulls off the role of hopelessly awkward adult-nanny Billie Brown with a consistency that is nothing short of charming, while both bring to the table an extraordinarily sharp grasp of comic timing. Occasionally uneven pacing does little to deter from the rich humor on display here, and I frankly can't recommend it enough.

    P.S: Stephen Root is fantastic in this, so, you know, come on y'all.    … Full Review »
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