Legit
FX | FXX | Release Date: January 17, 2013
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
72
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
18
Mixed:
4
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
The A.V. ClubPhil Dyess-NugentFeb 26, 2014
Season 2 Review: Legit walks the tightrope between the dark and the heartfelt as well as anything on TV. Read full review
91
Uncle BarkyEd BarkJan 16, 2013
Season 1 Review: It's coarse and sometimes dirty to the touch, but pretty damned hilarious at crunch times. FX just might have the standout new comedy series of this season. Read full review
88
RedEyeCurt WagnerJan 16, 2013
Season 1 Review: Legit is legitimately and simultaneously raunchy, sweet and funny. Read full review
83
Uncle BarkyEd BarkFeb 26, 2014
Season 2 Review: It’s an acquired taste worth acquiring--or at least sampling. Because you just won’t know until you’ve tried. Read full review
83
HitfixAlan SepinwallJan 16, 2013
Season 1 Review: It's a charming series that feels like it has a lot of potential for growth, and not just because its main character has nowhere to go but up. Read full review
80
Zap2it (Inside the Box)Terri SchwartzFeb 26, 2014
Season 2 Review: Billy and Steve, and even Rodney (Nick Daley) and Walter (John Ratzenberger), get entire story arcs and episodes dedicated to their lives and troubles, and that's part of what is helping the series find its footing. Read full review
80
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertJan 16, 2013
Season 1 Review: The show has a scruffy, adolescent sweetness with a seeming insensitivity to people with physical disabilities that ultimately feels quite sensitive. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterTim GoodmanJan 16, 2013
Season 1 Review: Obviously Legit isn't yet in the realm of Louie, one of the best comedies on television, but like Wilfred before it, the show is setting its tone early and hitting that aforementioned sweet spot impressively. Read full review
75
New York PostLinda StasiJan 17, 2013
Season 1 Review: It's crude, shocking and politically incorrect on a cosmic level. And that's just part of what makes Legit so damned funny. Read full review
75
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardJan 17, 2013
Season 1 Review: Legit is the sort of comedy that lets its heart beat once an episode. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesLori RacklJan 16, 2013
Season 1 Review: The 13-episode Legit fits right in at the male-skewing cable network known for pushing the envelope with edgier, unconventional fare. Read full review
75
NewsdayVerne GayJan 15, 2013
Season 1 Review: Extremely raunchy, and often quite funny. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandJan 15, 2013
Season 1 Review: It's funny and oddly touching. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydJan 17, 2013
Season 1 Review: Jefferies' comedy is by turn smart, obvious, thoughtful and irritating, and quite as much may be said of his series--though his stage demeanor (loud, brash and in control) is softened considerably here by dint of his being a character living among other characters. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)Matt Zoller SeitzJan 17, 2013
Season 1 Review: This show isn't art quite yet, but it's artful. Tiresome as it sometimes is, there's something to it. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushJan 17, 2013
Season 1 Review: Their [Jim and Billy's] relationship deepens as the series continues, and while I'm not sure there's an actual series in this set-up, for now Legit achieves a legitimately engaging balance between the shockingly grotesque and the genuinely heartfelt. Read full review
70
VarietyBrian LowryJan 16, 2013
Season 1 Review: Legit proves periodically funny, and oddly charming. And as elusive as both of those qualities are in primetime, that alone makes it too legit to quit. Read full review
63
St. Louis Post-DispatchGail PenningtonJan 17, 2013
Season 1 Review: Odd, crude and strangely charming, Legit won't be for everyone. But fans of FX's other comedies should definitely give it a try. Read full review
60
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoFeb 26, 2014
Season 2 Review: Legit is still a work-in-progress. Every joke that works is countered by a few that don’t. Read full review
60
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenJan 17, 2013
Season 1 Review: Legit comes off as appalling at first but after a few episodes, you get used to how awful Jefferies is and the show even allows for a few skewed, sweet moments. Read full review
60
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerJan 16, 2013
Season 1 Review: The question is whether it has any depth or insight to offer once it [raises your eyebrows]. The evidence provided by the first three episodes is inconclusive. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldGlenn GarvinJan 17, 2013
Season 1 Review: Legit--and I say this with a certain amount of admiration, coupled with trepidation that some new program on the spring schedule will soon prove me wrong--is the most degraded, debauched and degenerate show on TV. Read full review
12
Slant MagazineMike LechevallierJan 16, 2013
Season 1 Review: The series is a nearly unbearable assemblage of recycled sitcom plots that aims to spotlight Jefferies's specific breed of unashamedly mean-spirited witticisms. Read full review
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