Mad Love
CBS | Release Date: February 14, 2011
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
14
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
People WeeklyTom GliattoFeb 15, 2011
Season 1 Review: Mad Love [is] a relationship sitcom with real chemistry. [21 Feb 2011, p.41]
83
NewsdayVerne GayFeb 14, 2011
Season 1 Review: Labine and Greer completely hijack the show, and almost threaten to turn Biggs (you'll remember him from "American Pie") and Chalke ("Scrubs." "Roseanne") into props. A well-made and skillfully executed sitcom. Oh--almost forgot--fun, too. Read full review
80
Miami HeraldGlenn GarvinFeb 14, 2011
Season 1 Review: Chronicling the opposite relationships requires Mad Love to bounce from light romantic comedy to murderously hostile wisecracks and back again, which it accomplishes with considerable deftness. The show's quick wit is matched with a talented cast, particularly Labine. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyFeb 14, 2011
Season 1 Review: It would be a stretch to call Mad Love subtle--one running gag is an elevator that stops a few inches short of the floor--but neither does it feel compelled to spell out every nuance, like how Larry and Connie really feel about each other. Read full review
75
New York PostLinda StasiFeb 14, 2011
Season 1 Review: I don't know what's mad about this love, but CBS's new rom-com, Mad Love at least has some laughs. Read full review
70
Wall Street JournalDorothy RabinowitzMar 4, 2011
Season 1 Review: What this comedy has is the charm of its brash comic energy. That it's an energy located mostly in a single character, and not the main one either--officially, anyway-makes little difference. Read full review
70
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenFeb 14, 2011
Season 1 Review: Of the couples comedies to debut so far this midseason--NBC's "Perfect Couples" in January, Fox's "Traffic Light" last week--CBS's "Mad Love" (8:30 tonight, KDKA-TV) is probably the best. That's not to say it's a great show, but it is the least groan-inducing. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterTim GoodmanFeb 10, 2011
Season 1 Review: Despite feeling like the concept owes quite a bit to the British series Gavin & Stacey, and a nagging suspicion that the evolution of one couple completely smitten and the other ready to spit on each other will take a long time to come around to four friends and two happy couples, that's not a problem if the jokes are funny. So far, so good. Read full review
67
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardFeb 14, 2011
Season 1 Review: Mad doesn't stray far from "Mother's" formula Read full review
60
Zap2it (Inside the Box)Mikey O'ConnellFeb 15, 2011
Season 1 Review: Mad Love is not a bad show, but, judging from its first outing, it's not immediately deserving of the caliber of actors it managed to secure for its primary quartet. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraFeb 14, 2011
Season 1 Review: OK, it's not Chekhov or even "How I Met Your Mother," to which it will inevitably be compared, but it's a lot better than the I'll-do-anything-for-pizza jokes that precede it. Read full review
60
VarietyBrian LowryFeb 14, 2011
Season 1 Review: It's pleasant enough, but has the potential to stand out only in the manner and pace at which Connie and Larry unspool, without the fairy-tale sparks enjoyed by Ben and Kate. Read full review
58
Uncle BarkyEd BarkFeb 11, 2011
Season 1 Review: The semi-dreaded but not altogether unwelcome "not terrible" tag is visited upon CBS' latest Monday night comedy entry. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertFeb 14, 2011
Season 1 Review: If Mad Love pushes toward a more distinctive identity and grows beyond TV's standard two-couple romantic situations, there may be hope. Read full review
50
HitfixAlan SepinwallFeb 14, 2011
Season 1 Review: It's a likable cast and the show seems a potentially good companion to "HIMYM" (these characters even hang out in a bar that looks a bit like the "HIMYM" bar shifted 90 degrees), but there's one problem: It's not especially funny. Not yet, anyway. Read full review
50
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen GrayFeb 14, 2011
Season 1 Review: This is Mad Love, which takes a good cast--however tired I am of Labine playing the same guy--and forces them to try to make themselves heard over people who seem to think everything they say is hilarious. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan StormFeb 14, 2011
Season 1 Review: Maybe they'll be back for more. Maybe they'll be canceled. It's hard to imagine anyone getting mad if that happened or loving the show enough to do much about it. Maybe they should have called it Sort of Annoying Like. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushFeb 14, 2011
Season 1 Review: Too bad that's not more wonder in this very familiar show. There's nothing really wrong with Mad Love. There's just nothing new about any of it. Read full review
50
USA TodayRobert BiancoFeb 14, 2011
Season 1 Review: Heartbreakingly enough, "bland" is the best you can expect from Mad Love, a mediocre example of TV's most overworked, underproductive sitcom subset, the romantic comedy. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesPaige WiserFeb 14, 2011
Season 1 Review: Love may mean never having to say you're sorry, but Mad Love should apologize profusely. In short: There are better ways to spend Valentine's Day. Read full review
50
PopMattersMichael LandweberFeb 14, 2011
Season 1 Review: They've done very funny work in other shows and movies, from Scrubs to Saving Silverman to 13 Going on 30. If the show would deemphasize its already tired premise, it might be another decent comedy about four quirky friends in the city Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandFeb 14, 2011
Season 1 Review: It's hard to judge a show by a single episode (although, in some cases--NBC's "Perfect Couples," for example--the stench is instantly convincing), but Mad Love has at least the seeds of eventual success. Read full review
40
The Huffington PostMaureen RyanFeb 15, 2011
Season 1 Review: Like dozens of recent network comedies, Mad Love feels as though it was focus-grouped until any edges it might have had were completely worn away. Read full review
38
Slant MagazinePhillip MaciakMar 8, 2011
Season 1 Review: Seeking to replicate the success of sweet-n'-sour sitcoms like How I Met Your Mother, Will and Grace, and the BBC's Gavin and Stacey, Mad Love never seems invested in its main characters, and so we, as viewers, are absolved of any investment as well. Read full review
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