Powerless

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Season 1
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Feb 2, 2017
User Score
5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 82 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 37 out of 82
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 82
  3. Negative: 24 out of 82
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  1. Morthak
    Mar 13, 2017
    0
    Good cast. But writing and direction are so bad that it just falls horribly flat. The humor is bad, poor and boring. I had little hopes to start with, but they managed to surprise me on how bad the show actually turned out.
  2. weirdcryo
    Feb 9, 2017
    2
    The actors are great, the writing is horrible, the show has the cheapest jokes ever, characters are cliche of the worst kind.
    What a waste of great actors and viewers time.
  3. dunnyone
    Mar 30, 2017
    0
    It's awful.

    I understand what DC is trying to do, bringing humour into its needlessly dark films, but it don't work here sonny-jim. It's insanely boring, unfunny with humour that they shove down your throat. I give it two seasons before it's mercifully cancelled.
  4. DavidDaniel
    Dec 25, 2017
    3
    The first DC comedy is a fail. I had high expectations. It didn't deliver. The show is unfunny and predictable. The supporting actors are so annoying. The only good thing about the show is Vanessa Hudgens, but even she cannot save it. All in all, the show is a waste of time.

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#94 Most Discussed TV Season of 2017

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Metascore
57

Mixed or average reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 26
  3. Negative: 1 out of 26
  1. Newark Star-Ledger
    Reviewed by: Vicki Hyman
    Feb 3, 2017
    50
    Powerless has a high-flying concept indeed. Too bad it fails to take off.
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  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    Feb 2, 2017
    70
    On the basis of its pilot--the sole episode available for review--it's a pleasant show, a little on the old-fashioned side formally. With a quality cast that includes Vanessa Hudgens, Danny Pudi, Ron Funches, Alan Tudyk and Christina Kirk, it seems crafted to sit compatibly alongside the returning "Superstore."
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  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    Feb 2, 2017
    50
    There's probably an actual working and perhaps even funny show lurking in Powerless. But we may not know that for five or six episodes, and NBC only made one episode available for review.
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