Oprah's Big Give
ABC | Release Date: March 2, 2008
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
48
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
8
Negative:
5

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
30
Washington PostTom Shales
Season 1 Review: Although Winfrey might imagine she's doing something fresh and innovative, the trite staples of competitive reality pop up predictably. Read full review
25
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: Seldom has the drive to do good works been as alarmingly, offensively presumptuous. Read full review
10
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Season 1 Review: It's doubtful that Oprah's Big Give would have ever made it to the air without Oprah, but (Wrong No. 1) don't go expecting the diva of the heartstrings to be hosting this exploitative (Wrong No. 2) jumble (Wrong No. 3). She turns up now and then, to cheerlead and oversell (Wrong No. 4), but the real host (Wrong No. 5) is one of her minions, Nate Berkus. More wrongs to come, but you'll have to keep track for yourself. Read full review
10
The Hollywood ReporterRay Richmond
Season 1 Review: Shallow as a birdbath, the program would appear to exist less as a true philanthropic exercise than yet another self-aggrandizing vehicle in Oprah's divine quest to become synonymous with all that is virtuous and good on Earth. Read full review
0
Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Season 1 Review: Oprah's Big Give is no mere appallingly bad television show but a refutation of human decency itself. Read full review
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