Mixology
ABC | Release Date: February 26, 2014
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
48
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
11
Negative:
5
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
58
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardFeb 26, 2014
Season 1 Review: Troubled spirits: Mixology is drowning in them. Save yourself. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesLori RacklFeb 26, 2014
Season 1 Review: For every great line, there’s a dud. Read full review
50
Denver PostJoanne OstrowFeb 14, 2014
Season 1 Review: So far, it's less funny than intriguing, a way to shake up the sitcom.... The series, the first scripted entry from Ryan Seacrest Productions, seems awfully superficial, at least in the first three episodes available for preview. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyKaren ValbyFeb 14, 2014
Season 1 Review: If you like--or like zoning out to--slick and shiny romantic comedies in the vein of New Year's Eve and Valentine's Day, Mixology is the show for you. But underneath the glossy, Ryan Seacrest-produced banner, this cocktail actually has some genuine sweetness and originality. Read full review
16
HitfixDaniel FienbergFeb 27, 2014
Season 1 Review: Nearly every character is introduced in the most repulsive way possible and then the show tries to backtrack, sell the characters out and make it seem like they're all just marshmallows. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydFeb 26, 2014
Season 1 Review: There is something mechanical and arbitrary about the plotting, as if a mess of gears that didn't actually go together had been smashed into some semblance of a working order. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyFeb 26, 2014
Season 1 Review: At the end of the night, Mixology doesn’t have a lot of fizz. Read full review
10
New York Magazine (Vulture)Margaret LyonsFeb 26, 2014
Season 1 Review: ABC's new comedy Mixology is vile. Read full review
42
Newark Star-LedgerVicki HymanFeb 26, 2014
Season 1 Review: Only intermittently funny but unceasingly crass. Read full review
75
NewsdayDiane WertsFeb 25, 2014
Season 1 Review: Some twisty situations, some unexpected heart, some nuanced acting. Some serious single-camera potential. Read full review
75
People WeeklyTom GliattoFeb 21, 2014
Season 1 Review: The characters are too uneven a group: Some of them you instantly overlook, like the olive in a cocktail. Even so, thus has potential. [3 Mar 2014, p.41]
70
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenFeb 25, 2014
Season 1 Review: The mix of characters works well and provokes a fair number of laughs. Read full review
40
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoFeb 20, 2014
Season 1 Review: A show with a reasonably clever conceit and strong cast but sunk, again, by weak, narrow-minded writing. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandFeb 24, 2014
Season 1 Review: The show is funny enough, although you might wonder where it would go in a second season, but here's the dirty little secret of Mixology: It's intelligent and poignant as well as being entertaining. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubDavid SimsFeb 25, 2014
Season 1 Review: Mixology has a big enough ensemble that it can present the dating game from multiple angles, but almost all of the angles it picks are stale and predictable. Read full review
0
The Hollywood ReporterTim GoodmanFeb 26, 2014
Season 1 Review: Mixology is a tone-deaf, poorly executed, badly written series that, in the parlance of the show, kind of rapes comedy. Read full review
20
The Huffington PostMaureen RyanFeb 21, 2014
Season 1 Review: ABC is advertising that the show's creators wrote "The Hangover," but imagine that movie with the heart and charm removed, and you're left with these skeevy remains. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushFeb 26, 2014
Season 1 Review: While some of the flirtatious banter in these random odd couplings can be witty and even winsome, after a few rounds (I made it through three episodes), I was ready to close out my tab. Read full review
50
Uncle BarkyEd BarkFeb 25, 2014
Season 1 Review: The producers of this series, who include Ryan Seacrest, nonetheless are asking viewers to patiently sort through a lot of characters. Read full review
60
Under The RadarLily MoayeriFeb 27, 2014
Season 1 Review: Mixology has sharp-witted lines that are genuinely funny--if at times highly sexist--rather than being gratuitous, clichés, or too-obvious puns. Read full review
37
USA TodayRobert BiancoFeb 26, 2014
Season 1 Review: The ones who aren't cruel, disloyal and sex-crazed are dim-witted and sex-crazed, which isn't much of an improvement. Read full review
80
VarietyBrian LowryFeb 25, 2014
Season 1 Review: Maintaining this sort of rat-a-rat patter is no small feat, but the series gets off to such a promising start as to bode well for future installments. Moreover, the shifting pairings from episode to episode create a semi-serialized element that deftly builds off the groundwork laid the previous week, conjuring questions about who’s going to wind up with whom. Read full review
40
Washington PostHank StueverFeb 25, 2014
Season 1 Review: Despite an honest attempt at a fresh concoction, the results taste watered-down. Read full review
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