Man With a Plan
CBS | Release Date: October 24, 2016
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
36
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
11
Negative:
12

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
Slant MagazineKatie DysonOct 28, 2016
Season 1 Review: Man with a Plan is unable to render its primary characters’ internal frustrations or anxieties as anything other than an engine for tired sitcom plots. Read full review
37
USA TodayRobert BiancoOct 24, 2016
Season 1 Review: There is something wrong with the most popular and prosperous broadcast network churning out work that is this witless and lifeless. Read full review
30
The WrapAmber DowlingOct 24, 2016
Season 1 Review: Chemistry wasn’t the problem with either version of the pilot. Indeed both actresses are fine in the role, as is LeBlanc; it’s the show itself that could use some work. Read full review
30
CNNBrian LowryOct 24, 2016
Season 1 Review: Less charitably, it's as if CBS has been sucked into a time warp -- delivering the fourth best sitcom of the 1989 season. Read full review
30
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenOct 24, 2016
Season 1 Review: Uninspired, obvious and just not that humorous, there’s little reason to make a plan to watch CBS’s latest in a string of disappointing new sitcoms. Read full review
30
We Got This CoveredJon NegroniOct 21, 2016
Season 1 Review: Man with a Plan is not a good show, even by low sitcom standards, and far away from the effective multi-cam format CBS has become used to employing in its massive hit lineup. Read full review
25
IndieWireBen TraversOct 25, 2016
Season 1 Review: Not only is the series uncomfortably dated and anti-equality, but it’s also criminally unfunny. The canned laughter is almost entirely unearned and usually revolves around predictable wordplay instead of, you know, jokes. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubErik AdamsOct 21, 2016
Season 1 Review: The show places a tremendous amount of faith in LeBlanc, but in spite of the occasional flash of Joey Tribbiani panache, he’s always outshone by Snyder, Nealon, or the analogy-loving dialogue of husband-and-wife creators Jeff and Jackie Filgo. Read full review
20
ColliderAllison KeeneOct 11, 2016
Season 1 Review: There are opportunities here for something more interesting than what develops, which is laced with needlessly crass jokes (and no real humor), but Man with a Plan clearly has no plans to explore that. Read full review
16
TVLineDave NemetzOct 20, 2016
Season 1 Review: The whole enterprise just feels very phoned-in. LeBlanc appears mostly disinterested during his scenes, and the script doesn’t bother to give Adam any character traits beyond “a slightly less dumb version of Joey.” Read full review
0
Washington PostHank StueverOct 31, 2016
Season 1 Review: Imagine that this particleboard sitcom is in fact part of a lost season of Showtime’s “Episodes,” in which “Matt LeBlanc” (played by LeBlanc, in a nicely meta turn) winds up landing yet another sitcom that exists mainly to employ actors, writers and producers--and thus consciously squanders all the critical goodwill he gained by playing a version of himself on an ironic premium cable comedy. Read full review
0
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardOct 24, 2016
Season 1 Review: This is one of the least authentic family sitcoms on TV, right down to the horrible home set, which looks like it was cribbed from the scraps of canceled shows. Read full review
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