TALKSHOW with Spike Feresten
FOX | Release Date: September 17, 2006
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
42
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
3
Negative:
6

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
NewsdayVerne Gay
Season 1 Review: It's hilarious, really, and refreshing, and original and - absolutely - an acquired taste. Read full review
75
Detroit Free PressMike Duffy
Season 1 Review: Feresten makes a rather engaging talk show host. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman
Season 1 Review: Scenes that work are funny... Scenes that fall flat are merely blah, rather than stupid. Read full review
60
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: Feresten... is engaging in a slightly weird, self-mocking, Letterman-esque way, with only occasional forays into dippy post-frat humor. Read full review
50
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: It all seems familiar, which isn't necessarily bad, but it makes the show somewhat stale. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesPaul Brownfield
Season 1 Review: The trouble with Feresten isn't his comedy; it's his difficulty creating any intimacy with the audience or the camera. He's got the irony down cold but the empathy not so much. Read full review
30
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: Feresten's not awful, and the show he has built around himself with video segments has a few laugh-out-loud moments. But he clearly needs to find his identity behind the desk. Read full review
25
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: He's polite-looking and very likable - but aside from some quick ad libs during on-location segments, he doesn't get any chance to establish, much less assert, his personality. Read full review
25
New York PostAdam Buckman
Season 1 Review: As a talk-show host... he's a rank amateur who exhibits no discernible skills. Read full review
20
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: If there's a silver lining, "Talkshow" will likely make its often-overlooked lead-in, "Mad TV," resemble "Your Show of Shows." Read full review
20
The Hollywood ReporterRay Richmond
Season 1 Review: Pretty much everything gets tossed against the wall and precious little of it sticks, or even actually makes it as far as the wall. Read full review
10
The New York TimesVirginia Heffernan
Season 1 Review: Spike Feresten keeps emphasizing how bad and cheap and lame his new weekly show is on tonight’s debut... He’s right. Read full review
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