Live for the Moment

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Season 1
  • Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 28, 2010
Metascore
40

Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 4 out of 7

Critic Reviews

  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Linda Stasi
    75
    The show is by turns sweet and funny.
  2. Boston Herald
    Reviewed by: Mark A. Perigard
    67
    Even offering a slightest knock of this show feels about as kind as, say, throwing a rock at a Haitian orphan. This viewer, however, is not convinced there’s a one-hour series here.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    40
    Probst's heart certainly appears to be in the right place. Still, in terms of surviving in the rough-and-tumble of reality TV, he ought to be the last guy who needs being told it's a jungle out there.
  5. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Barry Garron
    30
    This show still feels emotionally manipulative and at times even uncomfortably invasive.
  6. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    30
    The show is a manipulative tearjerker that uses this poor guy's real-life death sentence to milk tears out of viewers. And that makes it a little icky to watch. It's great that Childs gets all sorts of adventures but the blatant effort to wring tears out of viewers made me uncomfortable.
  7. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Mike Hale
    30
    The cues for tenderness and uplift are all over Live for the Moment: the choked-back tears, the crowds of applauding family and friends, the corny speeches, the constant reiterations (essential for this sort of reality show) of how amazing the whole experience has been.
  8. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Hank Stuever
    20
    With what I'm sure are only the best of intentions (pshaw!), Live for the Moment winds up being one of the skeeviest and most exploitative things on television since...well, not that long, because television finds so many ways to skeeve and exploit in the name of "reality."

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User Score
5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4
  1. KariG.
    Jan 29, 2010
    8
    I liked the uplifting message because I'm sick of all the negative gimmicky TV out there. I do think that one of Roger and Julie's I liked the uplifting message because I'm sick of all the negative gimmicky TV out there. I do think that one of Roger and Julie's main reasons for participating was under-played - support for ALS research and exposure. Thanks.… Full Review »
  2. MarkC.
    Jan 28, 2010
    6
    Jeff Probst hosts this special that easily could turn into a series (or series of specials) about living your life to the fullest. And let
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