Marlon

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Season 1
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Aug 16, 2017
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
55

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ariana Bacle
    Aug 14, 2017
    83
    All in all, Marlon's a satisfying throwback to '90s-era family sitcoms--just as long as you ignore the YouTube references. [18/25 Aug 2017, p.98]
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  2. Boston Herald
    Reviewed by: Mark A. Perigard
    Aug 15, 2017
    67
    [Wayans] shouldn’t have to work this hard, but that’s the funny thing about comedy. When the material’s this light, somebody has to do some heavy lifting.

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User Score
5.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 21 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 21
  3. Negative: 8 out of 21
  1. habrown
    Aug 16, 2017
    4
    I'd be careful to call this thing comedy. Insulting, is what it is. To see Marlon in Marlon carry on as if he were performing in In LivingI'd be careful to call this thing comedy. Insulting, is what it is. To see Marlon in Marlon carry on as if he were performing in In Living Color from a prior century is, well, an insult. I don't recall if he was in fact in Living Color. But his huge outsize thing would have been suitable there but quite a misplacement here. And why does he get away with the stupid-ass stuff he says about Blacks?… Full Review »
  2. NavyBean
    Aug 18, 2017
    10
    Like so many of the good people, Marlin is my favorite fish and also my favorite Wayjans brother, so I was predisposed to LOVE this show.Like so many of the good people, Marlin is my favorite fish and also my favorite Wayjans brother, so I was predisposed to LOVE this show. Marlin makes a modern contemporary take on racial issues and cliches that have not been done to death yet. Due to institutionalized racialists, this show will not get a fair chance and won't last more than a season. So enjoy it now, ya bozos.… Full Review »
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