Superior Donuts: Season 1

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CBS | Season Premiere Date: February 2, 2017

Starring: Judd Hirsch, Darien Sills-Evans, Katey Sagal

Summary: The comedy from Bob Daily, Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan based on the Tracy Letts' play of the same name is about the relationship a Chicago donut shop owner (Judd Hirsch) has with his new younger employee (Jermaine Fowler) and his customers.

Genre(s): Comedy, Food & Cooking

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E13. Secrets and Spies
Air Date: May 8, 2017
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S1:E12. Art for Art's Sake
Air Date: May 1, 2017
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S1:E11. Wage Against the Machine
Air Date: April 17, 2017

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Robert Rorke

Feb 1, 2017

The flavor of Superior Donuts might be old-fashioned--but a baker’s dozen of the sitcom might do the trick. Read full review

David Wiegand

Jan 27, 2017

The writing is nicely peppered with contemporary references, but, more to the point, effective character-based humor. In other words, this show is funny. Read full review

Ellen Gray

Jan 31, 2017

The Superior Donuts recipe is as old as doughnuts--or Cheers, to which it's far from ready to be compared, but it's also just topical enough to feel fresh. Read full review

Uncle Barky Ed Bark

Jan 31, 2017

Superior Donuts may well get stale in a hurry. But it’s on a network that somehow has kept the idiotic and likewise eatery-themed 2 Broke Girls on the air for an astonishing six seasons. And this one is better than that. Read full review

Neil Genzlinger

Feb 1, 2017

The staging is suffocatingly old-school: Stand up, deliver laugh line, walk to other side of shop for no reason other than to make room for the next character to stand and deliver. That’s not to say that the material isn’t moderately amusing. Read full review

Verne Gay

Jan 31, 2017

Reminiscent of “Chico and the Man” (the mid-’70s NBC sitcom about a cranky garage owner and his Chicano employee), but it also aspires to a contemporary relevance--but manages only a weary crustiness. Read full review

Jeff Korbelik

Jan 30, 2017

This is a formulaic, laugh-track comedy that wastes the talents of its actors--Katey Sagal is a sharp-tongued Chicago cop--who deliver inane, see-them-coming-from-a-mile-away one-liners. Read full review

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Globe77

Feb 14, 2017

It's no Seinfeld, M.A.S.H., or Cheers, but it's pretty funny and is keeping me entertained. I'm hoping the stories and characters develop. I'll keep watching for a while, anyway.

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JorgeLestre

Feb 3, 2017

'Superior Donuts' has some funny jokes and a very talented cast. However, everything seems so rushed that it falls to gain momentum. Despite this, it is still worth taking a look.

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Ripandread

Mar 6, 2017

While there are some amusing comedic moments, the overall show is just another situation comedy aided by a laugh track and standard one-liners. Judd Hirsch can be funny, as he proved in Taxi, when surrounded by a talented cast. Unfortunately Hirsch doesn't have the "Sunshine Cab Company"While there are some amusing comedic moments, the overall show is just another situation comedy aided by a laugh track and standard one-liners. Judd Hirsch can be funny, as he proved in Taxi, when surrounded by a talented cast. Unfortunately Hirsch doesn't have the "Sunshine Cab Company" ensemble with this show. Instead of "Superior Donuts" the donuts are a bit stale.… Expand

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metabad

Apr 29, 2017

I like Judd Hirsch and I tuned in just to see him.
Sadly, this show is not nearly good enough to give it a pass.
It feels too calculated and uninspired. An old white guy with a young fast talking black guy. Felt a little too stereotypical. If it just were funny enough, I could haveI like Judd Hirsch and I tuned in just to see him.
Sadly, this show is not nearly good enough to give it a pass.
It feels too calculated and uninspired. An old white guy with a young fast talking black guy.
Felt a little too stereotypical.
If it just were funny enough, I could have accepted all that, but it isn't.
It's run of the mill, a couple of oneliners and that's it.
Katey Sagal is in it, but she doesn't get good lines or a lot to do.
David Koechner is a bit more lucky, getting better lines.
I liked Maz Jobrani, though.
Still, the main characters and the supporting cast can't pull the show out of its mediocrity, to say it kindly.
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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: October 30, 2017
Season 1

56
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: February 2, 2017
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  S1:E13. Secrets and Spies
  Air Date: May 8, 2017
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  S1:E12. Art for Art's Sake
  Air Date: May 1, 2017
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  S1:E11. Wage Against the Machine
  Air Date: April 17, 2017
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  S1:E10. Painted Love
  Air Date: April 10, 2017
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  S1:E9. Get It, Arthur
  Air Date: March 27, 2017
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  S1:E8. Man Without a Health Plan
  Air Date: March 20, 2017
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  S1:E7. The Amazing Racists
  Air Date: March 13, 2017
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  S1:E6. Arthur's Day Off
  Air Date: March 6, 2017
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  S1:E5. Takin' It to the Streets
  Air Date: February 27, 2017
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  S1:E4. Trust Me
  Air Date: February 20, 2017
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  S1:E3. Crime Time
  Air Date: February 13, 2017
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  S1:E2. What's the Big Idea?
  Air Date: February 6, 2017
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  S1:E1. Pilot
  Air Date: February 2, 2017