• Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 20, 2021
User Score
3.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 4
  2. Negative: 2 out of 4
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  1. Sep 20, 2021
    0
    Ordinary Joe might not be the worst show of the year. It might be the worst show of all time.
Metascore
62

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 13
  2. Negative: 1 out of 13
  1. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Oct 11, 2021
    80
    An ambitiously sentimental gem. [11 - 24 Oct 2021, p.10]
  2. Reviewed by: Kristi Turnquist
    Sep 28, 2021
    75
    Wolk is likable, but so far, the show is so heavy on concept – what would life be like if you made different choices at a crucial moment? – that it skimps on characterization. Will I watch it again? Yes, to see if the show can move beyond its premise, and get into some actually absorbing drama.
  3. Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    Sep 21, 2021
    35
    The concept is clearly drawn from NBC's massive five-season hit This Is Us, in which the story of a single troubled family is traced through constant flashbacks. Unfortunately, NBC's clueless programming execs failed to notice what any viewer could have told them: The success of This Is Us is due not to gimmicky chronology but an outstanding cast and piquant screenwriting, none of which Ordinary Joe has.