Making History
FOX | Release Date: March 5, 2017
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
Positive:
14
Mixed:
8
Negative:
3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
Colorado Springs GazetteTerry TerronesMar 3, 2017
Season 1 Review: This newest Fox comedy isn't quite at the Brooklyn Nine Nine's level, but Making History is incredibly fun. Read full review
83
IndieWireBen TraversMar 3, 2017
Season 1 Review: Making History loses a bit of steam after its near-perfect pilot, but the four episodes made available for review illustrate an infectious playfulness and creative spirit. Read full review
83
NewsdayDiane WertsFeb 28, 2017
Season 1 Review: The show spurts onto the air like ketchup spewed from an oversqueezed bottle, plopping frenzied mayhem all over everything. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyJeff JensenFeb 21, 2017
Season 1 Review: A bright dumb comedy for stupid-gloomy times. [24 Feb/3 Mar 2017, p.93]
80
The New York TimesMike HaleMar 3, 2017
Season 1 Review: The humor of Making History, created by a writer for “Family Guy” and “Dads,” is broad, sometimes borderline gross and pop-culture inflected. ... The jokes are also, with some regularity, funny and endearing, especially when delivered by Mr. Lester or Ms. Meester, whose portrayal of an earnest proto-feminist is the show’s best weapon. Read full review
75
Uncle BarkyEd BarkMar 3, 2017
Season 1 Review: Making History doesn’t get everything right. But the series’ principal trio commit themselves fully, with Meester particularly fresh and appealing as a transplanted colonial having the time of her life as a newly liberated woman. Read full review
75
The Detroit NewsTom LongMar 3, 2017
Season 1 Review: It’s all very silly, but there’s bite beneath some of the yuks. Read full review
75
USA TodayRobert BiancoMar 3, 2017
Season 1 Review: The show is fresh and amiable throughout, and Pally, Meester and Lester make for excellent time-traveling companions. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandMar 2, 2017
Season 1 Review: Created by Julius Sharpe, the sheer silliness of the show is infectious and the performances by Pally, Meester and especially Lester are terrific. John Gemberling and Neil Casey are great goofy fun as those good-time boys, John Hancock and Sam Adams. Read full review
75
TVLineDave NemetzFeb 28, 2017
Season 1 Review: History won’t save the world or anything, but it’s a pleasantly goofy romp through the history books. Read full review
70
Sioux City JournalBruce MillerMar 13, 2017
Season 1 Review: This one doesn’t bother teaching any great lessons. It looks for the laughs, makes its points and gets out. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydMar 6, 2017
Season 1 Review: What matters is the reliable humor of modern characters trying to pass for old-fashioned ones, and the old-fashioned ones acting modern. Read full review
70
CNNBrian LowryMar 3, 2017
Season 1 Review: As the lone comedy of the bunch, Making History feels like the more expansive concept, with the latitude to drop its central trio into a variety of settings. That's especially true if it can continue wryly using the past to effectively comment on the present. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)Jen ChaneyMar 3, 2017
Season 1 Review: Like all good time-travel stories, Making History is smarter when it acknowledges the divide between the way things were than versus the way things are now, or, sometimes, the ways in which things haven’t progressed at all. Read full review
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