Sunday Night With Megyn Kelly

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Season 1
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Jun 4, 2017
Metascore
41

Mixed or average reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 5
  3. Negative: 2 out of 5

Critic Reviews

  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    Jun 5, 2017
    50
    For all the attempts to make Kelly’s interview of Putin into a dramatic showdown, it was actually very short on dramatics and long on repetition. The next two pieces were reasonably good, but not really up to the level of “60 Minutes,” which is still the reigning champ in the newsmagazine game. ... The final segment was an embarrassment. It was, essentially, a “Kids Say the Darndest Things” type of diversion.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Frank Scheck
    Jun 5, 2017
    50
    The ensuing one-on-one interview [with Putin] didn’t produce any revelations. ... The rest of the 60-minute show felt a lot like, well, CBS' 60 Minutes. It featured various segments carefully designed to provide a balance of investigative pieces, human interest stories and fluff.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Lorraine Ali
    Jun 5, 2017
    40
    Where [Oliver] Stone got more access, Kelly seemed to have little. She tried to deliver something substantive in under 10 minutes, and it wound up making her coming-out party more of a fizzle than a bang.
  5. Time
    Reviewed by: Daniel D'Addario
    Jun 5, 2017
    30
    Without much substance, the interview offered nothing much beyond footage of NBC's pricey signature star asking aggressively phrased questions. This amounts to "holding someone accountable" as theater. ... Segments by Cynthia McFadden and Harry Smith about, respectively, the pharmaceutical industry and an elephant sanctuary, were executed with a bracing lack of depth, even though they certainly had the time after the brief Putin interview.
  6. Yahoo TV
    Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    Jun 5, 2017
    30
    Kelly, making her debut as an NBC host, marshaled her trademark steeliness, but it was no match for the insults (“Do you even understand what you’re asking?”) and the weaselly tactics of the KGB master spy. ... The fact that Sunday Night spent as much time rolling in the African mud with elephants (in a report about elephant poaching) as it did with Putin suggests how slim the pickings were in the editing room. Kelly filled up the rest of her debut by turning it over to other correspondents.

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User Score
2.1

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 14 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 14
  3. Negative: 10 out of 14
  1. Ripandread
    Jun 6, 2017
    1
    So NBC hires FOX News fugitive Megyn Kelly in the belief that bringing on board someone lacking in journalist skills will result in aSo NBC hires FOX News fugitive Megyn Kelly in the belief that bringing on board someone lacking in journalist skills will result in a successful show. Here is proof positive that good looks necessarily does not translate into good journalism. My guess is that after Kelly's program hits the ratings cellar, she will moved to "The Today Show" which transformed from a hard news program into fluff.… Full Review »
  2. iamIam
    Jun 14, 2017
    0
    Megyn Kelly had a sub-par show on fox news and now has an even worse show oh nbc. This show is terrible. The journalism is terrible and theMegyn Kelly had a sub-par show on fox news and now has an even worse show oh nbc. This show is terrible. The journalism is terrible and the stories are often not news-worthy. This show should not remain on the air.… Full Review »
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