That '80s Show
FOX | Release Date: January 23, 2002
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
31
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
1
Negative:
3

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
25
San Francisco ChronicleTim GoodmanJul 25, 2013
Season 1 Review: The new show takes a wispy idea and stretches it past its limit, leaving no laughs, no character development and certainly no impetus to watch again. Read full review
20
Flak MagazineKaren LurieJul 3, 2013
Season 1 Review: Unlike its prequel, "That '70s Show," which uses the '70s as a contextual backdrop to its characters lives (and also manages to be funny), "That '80s Show" uses its characters merely as vehicles to display what we now remember as "'80s things." Read full review
30
TimeJames PoniewozikJul 1, 2013
Season 1 Review: '80s is full of unlikable stereotypes who were already well-parodied cliches two decades ago. Read full review
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