Same Name

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Season 1
  • Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Jul 24, 2011
Metascore
48

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10

Critic Reviews

  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: David Knowles
    Jul 22, 2011
    70
    The latest iteration of the genre of celebrity re-introduction--and one of its more amusing--is CBS' new show Same Name.
  2. Uncle Barky
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    Jul 21, 2011
    67
    It all comes out pretty well in the wash. Same Name gets fairly close to sealing the deal on the idea that celebs can learn something from just plain folks.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Clark Collis
    Jul 18, 2011
    67
    The "real" Hasselhoff tries to fit in with his namesake's family without alluding to his TV shows or his big-in-Germany-ness every two minutes. (Spoiler: He fails.) Even cynically minded wisenheimers such as myself can recognize the show's heart when both Hasselhoffs learn lessons about what's really important in life (and the winner is..."family").