Surviving Jack
FOX | Release Date: March 27, 2014
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
15
Mixed:
7
Negative:
2

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
New York Magazine (Vulture)Matt Zoller SeitzMar 27, 2014
Season 1 Review: A series that’s not as impressive as its lead actor’s performance. Read full review
60
Philadelphia InquirerDavid HiltbrandMar 27, 2014
Season 1 Review: If only Surviving Jack was more daring. But it falls into TV's sap-trap. Meloni is deliciously derisive, but only for the first 20 minutes of the episode. Read full review
60
The New York TimesAlessandra StanleyMar 26, 2014
Season 1 Review: The characters on Surviving Jack, like those on “Growing Up Fisher,” are more appealing and a little more nuanced. But they both are feel-good comedies that seem written to make their creators, more than the audience, feel good. Neither is as funny and durable as "The Middle." Read full review
60
VarietyBrian LowryMar 26, 2014
Season 1 Review: Mostly, it’s another throwback to the twin notions that writers like tackling what they know, and adolescence--with all its potential for humiliation and exultation--offers fertile if not particularly original ground for comedy. Read full review
58
NewsdayVerne GayMar 26, 2014
Season 1 Review: What's wrong here are some of the same elements that have made the 2013-14 network comedy crop one of the weakest in memory--not enough laughs, not enough of a show that feels like it has something interesting to say (and wants to say it). Read full review
50
Washington PostHank StueverMar 27, 2014
Season 1 Review: No one can survive Surviving Jack’s hollow and formulaic dialogue, which is bursting with jokes that are half-funny at best. Read full review
40
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenMar 25, 2014
Season 1 Review: Surviving Jack allows for a smidgen of heartfelt earnestness now and again, but it’s less heartwarming than the steadily-improving “The Goldbergs” because at heart Surviving Jack is the one-joke premise of its title: My dad’s a jerk. Read full review
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