Principal's Office
truTV | Release Date: August 21, 2008
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Boston GlobeJoanna Weiss
Season 1 Review: Halter is also the most heartless of the principals, in a tough-love sort of way.... [But] Most of the time, though, this show makes you wish that the principals had sharper teeth. Read full review
70
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: Nothing here is dramatic enough to be genuinely or consistently interesting, as if they couldn't get waivers to present any of the juicy stuff that might give the show sizzle. The result is a high school version of "The People's Court." Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyAdam Markovitz
Season 1 Review: Too bad the fun of watching the kids' punishments is canceled out by their own thrill at being on TV. Read full review
63
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: Aside from learning that paddle-whacking still exists, the rest of the show is as dull and dimwitted as the students. Read full review
50
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
Season 1 Review: It probably wasn't their intention, but the producers of The Principal's Office have succeeded in capturing one reality of high school life that's often been overlooked on shows like "Gossip Girl" and "One Tree Hill"--the sheer tedium of it all, from the petty rebellions to the sometimes even pettier responses. Read full review
50
The New York TimesNeil Genzlinger
Season 1 Review: The show’s value, if any, is in demonstrating the different styles used by the principals: tough, tender and so on. The show’s drawback is that it suggests that all principals do is administer discipline. For that, the show’s creators need a spanking. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Season 1 Review: The Principal's Office, a supposed documentary series from TruTV (the reality-show ghost of the cable channel once known as Court TV), is pure canine despite delivering neither the bark nor the bite you might expect from a show that follows high school principals dealing with disciplinary problems. Read full review
42
NewsdayVerne Gay
Season 1 Review: Producers play this for laughs, though just slightly. (These are high school kids, after all.) Even so, the show's flat and almost stunningly uninformative. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: While moments in The Principal's Office are relatable enough, they're just not that intriguing, maybe because they involve people we've never met before and will not meet again. Read full review
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