Stars Earn Stripes
NBC | Release Date: August 13, 2012
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
7
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
Washington PostHank StueverAug 13, 2012
Season 1 Review: Once they stop jawin', the competitors in Stars Earn Stripes put on quite a show, and that's the only point of reality television. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydAug 13, 2012
Season 1 Review: Whatever else you make of it--and it's enough to say that if you like this sort of thing, you will like this thing--it's all, or partly, for a good cause. Read full review
58
Uncle BarkyEd BarkAug 13, 2012
Season 1 Review: [The show] results in a picturesque endeavor that otherwise suffers from a lot of padded redundancy. Read full review
50
People WeeklyTom GliattoAug 24, 2012
Season 1 Review: The stunts are a confusing mix of bullets and blowups: Apocalypse Now on the scale of Wipeout. [3 Sep 2012, p.40]
50
The Hollywood ReporterAllison KeeneAug 13, 2012
Season 1 Review: Though in this inaugural episode the easygoing personalities of the celebrities and the respect everyone shows each other is nice, no one seems able to admit to anger or frustration or any of the other real emotions that bond an audience to the competitors. Read full review
50
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerAug 13, 2012
Season 1 Review: [Stars Earn Stripes] drenches a promising premise in a distracting amount of troop-thanking. Read full review
50
VarietyBrian LowryAug 13, 2012
Season 1 Review: While hardly a breakthrough on any level--indeed, about as unoriginal as the genre gets--if the goal is simply to keep the torch flickering between the Games and the fall season, mission probably accomplished. Read full review
40
TimeJames PoniewozikAug 14, 2012
Season 1 Review: Overall, the first installment was yet another overbloated, two-hour NBC reality marathon, The Biggest Loser with live ammo and C-list celebrities. Read full review
30
SalonWilla PaskinAug 14, 2012
Season 1 Review: When grenade launchers, automatic weapons and war games substitute for salsa and swing dancing, the results are less wholesome entertainment and more armed-forces propaganda. Read full review
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