Sherri
Lifetime | LIFETIME-TW | Release Date: October 5, 2009
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: If you're looking for a smart, brain-massaging sitcom, watch NBC's Thursday night lineup. If you're just seeking a few (sometimes cheap) laughs, Sherri provides. Read full review
70
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: Lifetime busts out a new sitcom Monday night, and while Sherri isn't an instant classic, it should spark more than a few "Right on, sister" responses from the Lifetime audience. Read full review
70
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: So while Sherri doesn't rock any better than "Rita" does, for Lifetime, that's probably enough. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesPaige Wiser
Season 1 Review: The show is too close to a comedy routine to be successful, although future episodes may feel less practiced. But whether or not the show makes it, one thing is clear: Sherri Shepherd is a star. An original. Read full review
63
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: Shepherd is the star, and she does a good job of, er, Shepherding the show and making her character very likeable and accessable. I only wish the women characters were deliberately funny, instead of being accidentally funny from being stupid. Read full review
60
The Hollywood Reporter
Season 1 Review: Sherri is a slip of a comedy, an appetizer yearning to be the main course. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyTim Stack
Season 1 Review: Shepherd is appealing and rattles off a few good zingers. But viewers will find more wit and spark during The View's ''Hot Topics'' than in this generic comedy. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamara
Season 1 Review: Between Sherri's grouchy father, adorable son and hapless ex, all the stereotypes seem to be running on full steam. It's a less-than-stellar debut, but a body set in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by an outside force, and it's hard to imagine the outside force that's going to slow Sherri Shepherd down any time soon. Read full review
40
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
Season 1 Review: What's sad about Sherri--other than the fact that her ex, Kevin, is played by Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who was brought up better than this by Cliff and Clair Huxtable--is that while it's supposedly a show about a woman moving on after a divorce, it's being made by a woman who so clearly hasn't. Read full review
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