Mulaney

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Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 5, 2014
Metascore
38

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 27
  3. Negative: 12 out of 27
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Critic Reviews

  1. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    Reviewed by: Gail Pennington
    Oct 6, 2014
    37
    Relaxed as he seems on stage, he's just that stiff when acting. And that, unfortunately, is most of the time.
  2. The Wrap
    Reviewed by: Jethro Nededog
    Oct 6, 2014
    30
    The live studio audience is just in your face laughing at the most unfunny, hit the ground with a thud, jokes being thrown left and right by a cast that should know how to deliver their lines better.... It doesn't really get funny until the third episode
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    Oct 6, 2014
    30
    There are also the Seinfeldean coinages and obsessions, but pushed forward and highlighted in a way that feels both self-aware and inept.
  5. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Neil Genzlinger
    Oct 3, 2014
    30
    It rips off “Seinfeld” so aggressively that in Episode 2 it even makes fun of its own plagiarism. But one thing it forgot to borrow from “Seinfeld” was intelligence.
  6. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Oct 2, 2014
    30
    A sitcom that feels dated enough to have come out of the way-back machine--and that too often seems to stop time when trying to watch it.
  7. RogerEbert.com
    Reviewed by: Brian Tallerico
    Oct 2, 2014
    30
    Of course, it all comes back to the writing, which is sometimes cringe-worthy here. There are jokes that don’t just hit the floor, they feel almost like a sitcom within a funnier film designed to parody bad TV writing. And the overdone laugh track doesn’t help.
  8. The Huffington Post
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    Sep 30, 2014
    30
    This contrived, airless comedy is not a good vehicle for him, nor is there much enjoyment to be found in the show's musty supporting characters.
  9. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: David Wiegand
    Oct 3, 2014
    25
    The cast is OK, although Mulaney tries so hard to make them hilariously wacky that each one comes off as a version of Cecily Strong’s the Girl You Wish You Hadn’t Started a Conversation With at a Party.
  10. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    Oct 3, 2014
    25
    It's a laugh-free, stiffly performed weekly stroll through Mulaney's fictional life.
  11. Denver Post
    Reviewed by: Joanne Ostrow
    Oct 2, 2014
    20
    This one is excruciatingly unfunny, despite the good-natured young talent at the center. The show feels thrown together, the story so choppy you’d think scenes were scrambled in the editing room.
  12. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Oct 3, 2014
    10
    Think it's easy to clone Seinfeld? Fox's dreadful, embarrassing misfire Mulaney proves otherwise.
  13. Uncle Barky
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    Oct 3, 2014
    0
    This is a messy disposable diaper of a comedy series whose star plays himself without any idea of how to act or write the part.

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User Score
3.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 53 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 53
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 53
  3. Negative: 27 out of 53
  1. alex2542
    Oct 6, 2014
    1
    Grading the pilot alone, because I couldn't finish it. I gave it a chance because I thought New in Town was a hilarious stand up set. Not onlyGrading the pilot alone, because I couldn't finish it. I gave it a chance because I thought New in Town was a hilarious stand up set. Not only is the humor so humorless, Mulaney fits in about 5 or 6 jokes from the New in Town set into the show and struggles to make it as funny in a sitcom setting as it was in the standup. I see no potential here. The best part was his opening standup joke. Everything after that was just putrid.… Full Review »
  2. Jonestastic
    Oct 18, 2014
    0
    Merriam-Webster Defines Comedy as entertainment that is amusing. Sadly this show is not amusing whatsoever. Anyone who can rate this showMerriam-Webster Defines Comedy as entertainment that is amusing. Sadly this show is not amusing whatsoever. Anyone who can rate this show above a 0 Is only doing the world a disservice. The jokes, or at least the times we heard punch lines were not funny nor anything at anytime leading up to it. The Seinfeld structure is hard to make fail, but somehow he does it. With actors that do not know how to make the scene feel organic the show is just painful to watch transpire. To make matters worse the show is constantly name dropping in the worst way. Making your mind run in circles. You would think that a standup comedian would be funny like his job depended on it. Maybe loosen up and act a little it may help the show. Whoever pays for this show to be on should be fired. The pilot had to air before the show went on television. If you have a commercial that gets zero laughs why put out the show. You put the best parts of the show in the commercial. The characters are not real people they only rely on stereotypes and not even funny ones. I made it through the first two episodes. To say the least I wished for the sweet release of death when they finally ended. My life will never be the same. John Mulaney is the worst comedian ever to compare him to Jerry Seinfeld is blasphemy. Whoever does this is a trader to humanity and should be thrown in jail. This show needs to be burned at the stake. I thought maybe Nasim Pedrad would redeem the show but it was just to far gone to save anything. So don't compare it to Friends don't compare it to Seinfeld. Just leave those shows alone when you want to share your sick sadistic mind with the world saying this show was anything but awful.… Full Review »
  3. FrenchToast
    Oct 14, 2014
    4
    Not a good show. Not one bit. I chuckled here and there but the acting is absolutely awful. Surprisingly, Mulaney isn't even the worst actorNot a good show. Not one bit. I chuckled here and there but the acting is absolutely awful. Surprisingly, Mulaney isn't even the worst actor on the show. The other people sound like they're in a play. The plot of episodes isn't clever at all. Bad. Very bad.… Full Review »
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