Norm MacDonald Has a Show

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 14, 2018
Metascore
43

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 2 out of 6
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  1. Yahoo TV
    Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    Sep 14, 2018
    80
    I’ve watched four episodes, and every one of them is hugely entertaining and frequently surprising.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Darren Franich
    Sep 12, 2018
    75
    “Love” seems like a strong word, but there’s a lot to enjoy here. Norm Macdonald Has a Show is a very meticulous mess, built with the opposite of frills.
  3. Uncle Barky
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    Sep 14, 2018
    40
    Fonda’s guest appearance is head-and-shoulders the best of the four I’ve seen. In fact, Episode 1, with David Spade featured, is so excruciatingly bad that you’re better off skipping it entirely. ... If you’re a Norm Macdonald fanatic, and there likely aren’t very many of those, it’s best to watch this show while you still can.
  5. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Kathryn VanArendonk
    Sep 14, 2018
    40
    For fans of Macdonald’s comedy, this will feel right in his wheelhouse. But it’s hard to get away from the sense that Macdonald doesn’t particularly care, and that he is its only intended audience.
  6. Variety
    Reviewed by: Caroline Framke
    Sep 12, 2018
    30
    It’s incredibly frustrating to watch a comic once defined by his sharp commentary wander so aimlessly through this show just because he can. Even if the question of how Macdonald got this show is easily answered, the question of why anyone outside he and his diehards fans should bother with it never is.
  7. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    Sep 13, 2018
    10
    Norm Macdonald Has a Show, his new Netflix series, is pretty terrible. It's labor-intensive to get through. In the moments when it's disastrously bad, you wonder if that's the joke; given that Macdonald is notoriously adherent to anti-jokes and anti-stories as a conceit, it's at least a possibility. But no. ... Norm Macdonald Has a Show is a painful thing to watch.

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User Score
8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 123 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 107 out of 123
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 123
  3. Negative: 15 out of 123
  1. razimus
    Sep 14, 2018
    10
    The Norm MacDonald Has A Show Show is the best talk show on Netflix, If you like Norm you'll like this show, if you don't like Norm you'llThe Norm MacDonald Has A Show Show is the best talk show on Netflix, If you like Norm you'll like this show, if you don't like Norm you'll still like this show, can this show be better than it is? You can't top perfection.… Full Review »
  2. DTums
    Sep 14, 2018
    10
    Wonderfully timeless humor. Irreverent and subversive. A seemless continuation of his Norm MacDonald Live video podcast. If you're a fan ofWonderfully timeless humor. Irreverent and subversive. A seemless continuation of his Norm MacDonald Live video podcast. If you're a fan of old comedy from the era when 'funny' was the priority, this is for you. If you're looking for postmodern, post-humor "comedy", you'll probably find yourself disappointed.… Full Review »
  3. sadastro
    Sep 14, 2018
    10
    This show is so simple yet so effortlessly funny. It's basically like looking in on an interesting and effortlessly hilarious conversationThis show is so simple yet so effortlessly funny. It's basically like looking in on an interesting and effortlessly hilarious conversation between a top-class comedian (and his perfectly unfunny sidekick) and various interesting guests. Talk shows are normally boring, scripted and annoying. This is none of that. Highly recommended if you want something easy to watch that doesn't take much focus and will make you laugh like crazy.… Full Review »
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