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
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandOct 24, 2016
Season 1 Review: It’s a very traditional and very safe sitcom. Read full review
45
Under The RadarZach HollwedelOct 24, 2016
Season 1 Review: A show that offers few laughs and just as much entertainment. Read full review
42
The Detroit NewsTom LongOct 24, 2016
Season 1 Review: Man with a Plan just makes you wish he’d take his sincere befuddlement elsewhere, someplace that mattered. Simply put, Matt LeBlanc is too good to be this irrelevant. Read full review
42
NewsdayVerne GayOct 20, 2016
Season 1 Review: A wan, weary network-sitcom-by-committee--oh, and Matt LeBlanc, too. Read full review
42
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertSep 16, 2016
Season 1 Review: The writers deliver a stale idea. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)Jen ChaneyOct 24, 2016
Season 1 Review: It is by no means a great sitcom out of the gate, and it’s about 8 billion light-years away from anything that could be described as cable-y. But there are worse ways to spend a half-hour. Read full review
40
The New York TimesJames PoniewozikOct 24, 2016
Season 1 Review: After the pilot, Man With a Plan dials back the concept. All that leaves, though, is a standard extended-family sitcom. The characters are too generic to make that work. Read full review
40
Yahoo TVKen TuckerOct 24, 2016
Season 1 Review: The show is well-staged; it’s just that there’s not much of a show. Read full review
40
Reason.comGlenn GarvinOct 22, 2016
Season 1 Review: LeBlanc is a talented comedian—his Episodes, which will wind up a five-season run on Showtime early next year, is the most scabrously funny Hollywood self-examination ever—but there's no way he could have saved this generic, mailed-in show, in which the tepidity of the jokes is exceeded only by the depth to which they're driven into the ground. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergOct 20, 2016
Season 1 Review: LeBlanc is on Joey autopilot here, sometimes landing a punchline with his well-honed comic timing, but more frequently unable to commit to exactly how dumb Adam is supposed to be, an obliviousness that varies by scene. Read full review
40
VarietySonia SaraiyaOct 11, 2016
Season 1 Review: As far as comfortable, mediocre family sitcoms go, Man with a Plan appears to be finding a nice groove, establishing a patter between easy stereotypes and incrementally encouraging Adam to grow. Read full review
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