Partners (2012)
CBS | Release Date: September 24, 2012
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
38
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
14
Negative:
11

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
30
The New York TimesMike HaleSep 24, 2012
Season 1 Review: This celebration of friendship feels so sour and joyless. Read full review
30
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushSep 24, 2012
Season 1 Review: This buddy sitcom feels contrived, derivative (instead of Megan Mullally, we get a stereotyped sassy and buxom Latina secretary) and sadly lacking in essential chemistry. Read full review
30
PopMattersMichael AbernethySep 24, 2012
Season 1 Review: It isn't just the concept that's unoriginal, but also the scripting. The show has an abundance of jokes, but few elicit more than a grin. Read full review
30
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen GraySep 24, 2012
Season 1 Review: I'd have expected that show, groundbreaking in 1998, would have paved the way by 2012 for a far smarter series than Partners. Read full review
25
HitfixAlan SepinwallSep 24, 2012
Season 1 Review: The show around Louis is filled with a lot of creaky set-up/punchline humor, much of it based around forced double entendres. Read full review
25
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardSep 24, 2012
Season 1 Review: The problem with Partners, as you'll discover if you watch the first two episodes, is that they already made that show years ago and it was called "Will & Grace." Read full review
20
Wall Street JournalDorothy RabinowitzSep 28, 2012
Season 1 Review: The creators can be held responsible for enlarging the quantity of execrably written works on this theme [gay-themed sitcoms]. Read full review
20
The Huffington PostMaureen RyanSep 17, 2012
Season 1 Review: CBS programs generally display a level of basic competence that this "comedy" falls woefully short of. Read full review
10
The Hollywood ReporterTim GoodmanSep 25, 2012
Season 1 Review: Partners plays like an idea written on a napkin, if that, and looks like it's from another era (a long past era, if that wasn't clear). Read full review
10
Miami HeraldGlenn GarvinSep 24, 2012
Season 1 Review: Partners is witless, predictable and much closer to creepy than funny. Read full review
0
NewsdayDiane WertsSep 21, 2012
Season 1 Review: The plastic "punch lines" grow more contrived. The tired stereotypes feel more offensive. Read full review
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