Malibu Country
ABC | Release Date: November 2, 2012
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
41
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
8
Negative:
11
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
67
Entertainment WeeklyKen TuckerNov 1, 2012
Season 1 Review: I can't say I laughed a lot, but I like the premise and kind of dig the sheer novelty of a show that doesn't have characters forever addressing the camera. Read full review
67
NewsdayDiane WertsOct 30, 2012
Season 1 Review: Malibu Country is nothing great. But its studio-shot sitcom style sure suits Reba. Read full review
60
Zap2it (Inside the Box)Drusilla MoorhouseNov 2, 2012
Season 1 Review: The multicamera, laughtrack sitcom is completely unoriginal, the jokes are recycled and many of the characters--especially Reba's obnoxious teenage son and daughter--are underdeveloped stereotype. Still, the charismatic country star and Tomlin's droll Lillie Mae, who successfully balances her sharp tongue with surprising softness, are entertaining. Read full review
58
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardNov 2, 2012
Season 1 Review: Reba's smile can warm almost anything. But it's not worth sitting through this recycled sitcom for it. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Matt Zoller SeitzNov 2, 2012
Season 1 Review: The dialogue and situations (written by Kevin Abbott) are nothing special. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydNov 2, 2012
Season 1 Review: The deal you make with a series like this is, if it doesn't ask too much of you, you won't ask too much of it. Read full review
50
PopMattersLeigh H. EdwardsNov 2, 2012
Season 1 Review: Though she performs a heartfelt song about her mixed emotions, the implication being that Bobby's songs are lies and hers tell truth, the episode's ongoing comedy bits don't support this distinction. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandOct 30, 2012
Season 1 Review: The comedy--anything but edgy--is one cee-ment pond and half a fancy eatin' table away from "The Beverly Hillbillies," and is rooted in the inevitable culture clash of a Tennessee family adjusting to life in Southern California. Read full review
42
Uncle BarkyEd BarkNov 1, 2012
Season 1 Review: Outlandish and thoroughly TV Land-ish, Malibu Country belongs on the network of Hot In Cleveland, Happily Divorced and other broad, blast-from-the-past sitcoms. Read full review
40
The New York TimesMike HaleNov 1, 2012
Season 1 Review: Here the basic setup is "The Beverly Hillbillies" without Jed. Read full review
38
People WeeklyTom GliattoNov 1, 2012
Season 1 Review: The Nashville-meets-California jokes are pretty weak. [12 Nov 2012, p.46]
38
San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa TimesChuck BarneyOct 30, 2012
Season 1 Review: Malibu Country is so old school, in fact, that it feels like a leftover from ABC's TGIF days, complete with a studio audience, an irritating laugh track and a sitcomy march-time pace. Read full review
37
USA TodayRobert BiancoNov 1, 2012
Season 1 Review: Lazy and listless to the point of being sad. Read full review
30
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen GrayNov 2, 2012
Season 1 Review: The pilot for Malibu Country isn't the very worst show of the new season. But it's easily the greatest waste of talent. Read full review
30
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushNov 2, 2012
Season 1 Review: Unfortunately, there are few shows this season worse or more grating than tonight's Malibu Country, where the beachfront corn grows awfully and annoyingly high. Read full review
30
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertNov 1, 2012
Season 1 Review: [Malibu Country] is a traffic jam of culture-clash cliches, numbing laugh track cackles, and fake stage-set lighting. Read full review
30
Philadelphia InquirerDavid HiltbrandNov 1, 2012
Season 1 Review: Malibu Country, because of flabby writing, is decidedly less than the sum of its parts. It plays like a distressingly formulaic Disney Channel comedy. Read full review
30
VarietyBrian LowryNov 1, 2012
Season 1 Review: Every beat of the new show is so stale and familiar the audience can practically sing along to the punchlines--which, perhaps, is the point. Read full review
30
Miami HeraldGlenn GarvinNov 1, 2012
Season 1 Review: Even if you buy the premise that 2012 Nashville is a redneck hellhole barely familiar with indoor plumbing (big laugh in episode one: Reba meets her first gay person!), the show's performances and punchlines mostly fall flat. Read full review
30
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenOct 30, 2012
Season 1 Review: Lousy writing and stale characters rule in Malibu Country. Read full review
0
Washington PostHank StueverSep 14, 2012
Season 1 Review: Reba McEntire stars in this unfortunately joyless sitcom about a woman who gave up her own singing career to support her husband's superstardom in country music. Read full review
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