• Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Aug 16, 2017
Season #: 2, 1
User Score
5.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 21 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 21
  2. Negative: 8 out of 21
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  1. 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 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?
  2. 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. 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.
Metascore
55

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 9
  2. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    Aug 16, 2017
    42
    Don’t expect to take any ha-ha showers. Marlon isn’t up to that task either. Instead it over-blows everything in service to a star who doesn’t know how or when to stop.
  2. Reviewed by: Gail Pennington
    Aug 16, 2017
    50
    Except for its familiarity, not necessarily a liability in TV comedy, there's nothing wrong with Marlon except its dated joke-punchline structure, deafening audience laughter and the tendency of the cast to shout all the dialogue.
  3. Reviewed by: Daniel Fienberg
    Aug 15, 2017
    40
    Athough Wayans has fewer limitations as a performer, he'd have been wise to realize something similar and not leave his TV family as such an afterthought. As impressive as Wayans' skillset is, Marlon is too much Marlon.