Pepper Dennis
WB | The WB | TWB | Release Date: April 4, 2006
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
7
Negative:
12

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: As a whole, the show is as cute and easy to like as its star, and that's saying something. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman
Season 1 Review: It's slicker, more ambitious and has more chuckles than expected. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineMatt Roush
Season 1 Review: Think "Ally McCouric" in a bubbly slapstick trifle that plays like David E. Kelley lite: less offensive, also less original.
50
San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa TimesCharlie McCollum
Season 1 Review: The romantic comedy comes off as a rather charming, likable hour, thanks in large measure to a cast that gives it more than a bit of zip. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyGillian Flynn
Season 1 Review: Romijn can't be blamed for the misfire... No, one must blame the rush this unimaginative series is in. [7 Apr 2006, p.52]
40
The Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron
Season 1 Review: For someone named Pepper, this character is awfully bland. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesPaul Brownfield
Season 1 Review: Romijn is quite fetching here, both in looks and performance. Read full review
40
Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker
Season 1 Review: The plots take such silly turns that Pepper Dennis makes The Mary Tyler Moore Show look hard-hitting. Read full review
40
Arizona RepublicBill Goodykoontz
Season 1 Review: The word the network would probably be happy to hear used to describe the show is "cute." And it is, a little. But a much more accurate description would be "disposable." Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: The cast is pleasant enough, and Romijn certainly tackles her character with the abandon and conviction necessary to anchor a comedy-drama series. Were the show better written, these actors probably could deliver the goods with no problem. Read full review
38
People WeeklyTom Gliatto
Season 1 Review: The show is just as bad as several other recent WB shows (Modern Men, The Bedford Diaries), neither cartoonish enough nor realistic enough to register as anything more than a conceptual shell with a handful of dried peas rattling inside. [24 Apr 2006, p.39]
30
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: Romijin... [is] too cold and aloof to play the lead. Read full review
30
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: [It] isn't terrible but doesn't pack much of a comedic wallop. Read full review
30
Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland
Season 1 Review: Next week's episode comes across a lot like the part of the porn script that begs for the fast-forward button. Seriously, it's all there -- beautiful women in tight outfits, thick innuendo, weak setups and thin plot progression. Read full review
30
The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley
Season 1 Review: Ms. Romijn's hourlong show tries to combine the arch satire of "Desperate Housewives" with the chick-lit romance of "Grey's Anatomy," and falls short of both. Read full review
30
Washington PostTom Shales
Season 1 Review: One view of the skyline against Lake Michigan is breathtaking. It's kind of a bad sign when you wish there were more scenery in a show and fewer scenes with characters and dialogue and stuff like that. Read full review
30
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: While there's nothing cringingly awful about this new WB series -- see Fox's ''Unan1mous" for that -- it nonetheless succumbs to one of the great TV sins: mediocrity. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Season 1 Review: "Pepper Dennis" is so poorly written that the hokey dialogue not only besmirches journalism, but television journalism, which really takes some serious hackery to accomplish. Read full review
20
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: The show is a particularly awkward attempt at a "dramedy": It tries to make you care about Dennis' quest to become a news anchor and meet the right guy, yet it makes light of the fact that Dennis is shrill, superficial and a bit promiscuous. Read full review
20
NewsdayVerne Gay
Season 1 Review: A slight, cartoonish, and terribly, terribly obvious dramedy. Read full review
10
Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Season 1 Review: The WB is lying when it boasts that Pepper Dennis signifies a new television life form, the one-hour comedy. Boring, yes; witless, definitely; trashy, oh my God yes. Comedy? Dream on, guys. Read full review
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