LA to Vegas

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Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 2, 2018
Metascore
43

Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 13
  3. Negative: 5 out of 13

Critic Reviews

  1. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Ben Travers
    Jan 2, 2018
    83
    [McDermott's Captain Dave] is the most interesting guy in the skies, so it’s cool that he doesn’t have much of a life on the ground. Moreover, it’s fine with the audience that these traits are a bit formulaic because McDermott is having so much fun filling in the rest. It’s unclear if that will be enough to sustain a series in need of some tweaks, but there’s more than enough here to justify watching.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Sonia Saraiya
    Dec 29, 2017
    70
    The sitcom has all the makings of a witty, fun half-hour.
  3. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    Jan 2, 2018
    68
    Quirky and unlike any current TV comedies, it’s got smart, dumb-funny humor and a great comedic turn by Mr. McDermott.
  5. UPROXX
    Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    Jan 2, 2018
    60
    These early episodes have some of the usual growing pains first-year comedies go through as the creative team figures out what’s funny about each actor and character; they’ve already solved McDermott/Dave, so you have to wait to see if the others can catch up.
  6. Colorado Springs Gazette
    Reviewed by: Terry Terrones
    Dec 26, 2017
    58
    The comedy in LA to Vegas is inconsistent.
  7. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    Jan 1, 2018
    50
    Like much television comedy, and like the flight it portrays, L.A. to Vegas has a routine, milk-run reliability. The trip is relatively free from turbulence, there are some things to see (and treats from the service cart if you’re lucky), and you are back on the ground almost before you know you’re flying. There is something to be said merely for not crashing.
  8. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: David Wiegand
    Dec 30, 2017
    50
    [It] doesn’t feel slapped together, but after you’ve seen three episodes, you may legitimately find yourself wondering if the show has legs--or wings, as it were--for the long haul.
  9. Las Vegas Weekly
    Reviewed by: Josh Bell
    Dec 28, 2017
    50
    With jokes about strippers, quickie weddings and niche conventions, the show certainly doesn’t have a sophisticated or original take on Vegas. Its take on air travel is slightly fresher, but for the most part it occupies the same sitcom level as the budget airline for which its characters work.
  10. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Robert Rorke
    Jan 1, 2018
    37
    You can see LA to Vegas isn’t trying that hard to be clever or fresh. As in-flight entertainment goes, this series is grounded.
  11. Sioux City Journal
    Reviewed by: Bruce Miller
    Jan 1, 2018
    30
    If you fly often enough, this might hold your interest--but only if you’re strapped in a seat and unable to pay for a movie because you forgot to bring a credit card.
  12. Uncle Barky
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    Dec 28, 2017
    25
    Airplane! it’s not. Not even close.
  13. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    Jan 2, 2018
    10
    Two days into 2018 and we have a frontrunner for the worst new show of the year. LA to Vegas (the official title doesn't have periods, which sounds like a line this show would turn into a joke) is shockingly bad. Not the kind of show you should watch just to see how awful it is, but definitely a show so bad that someone at Fox should be fired over it.
  14. RogerEbert.com
    Reviewed by: Brian Tallerico
    Dec 29, 2017
    0
    I don’t think I’ll see a worse new comedy in 2017 than FOX’s LA to Vegas, a strikingly unfunny piece of television that produced not a single laugh for me in its 22-minute premiere. ... I watched the premiere with such a stunned look on my face that it would have been funnier if FOX just recorded me and aired that instead.

Awards & Rankings

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#12 Most Shared TV Season of 2018

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User Score
5.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 28 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 28
  3. Negative: 9 out of 28
  1. NotchFilter
    Jan 7, 2018
    2
    The premise of LA to Vegas reminds me of the show The Guest Book, i.e., a core cast of characters with a new group of supporting charactersThe premise of LA to Vegas reminds me of the show The Guest Book, i.e., a core cast of characters with a new group of supporting characters each week. The plane's captain is just wrong for the role, or maybe the script is mis-written for him. Either way, I've started to skip past his scenes, as they add little to the show.

    Maybe it will work better than The Guest Book (not difficult to do) but I doubt it. The premise seems too contrived.

    I'm going to watch a couple more weeks with the hope it improves.    … Full Review »
  2. robertoiglesias
    Apr 1, 2018
    7
    So LA to Vegas is a good show. The jokes are mostly funny but are no match for other shows like South Park and Family Guy. The problem is thatSo LA to Vegas is a good show. The jokes are mostly funny but are no match for other shows like South Park and Family Guy. The problem is that how can this make us laugh a lot if the story is half empty?… Full Review »
  3. JMaz
    Jan 17, 2018
    9
    Love the premise and think there is great chemistry with the main characters. Really hope more people give this a chance. Hilarious so far andLove the premise and think there is great chemistry with the main characters. Really hope more people give this a chance. Hilarious so far and just the fact that they had Dylan McDermott and Dermot Mulroney together in one episode is next level stuff.… Full Review »
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