The Approval Matrix

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Season 1
Metascore
63

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

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

  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jon Caramanica
    Aug 11, 2014
    70
    Rather than have the opportunity to respond to events in real time, the show is left to tackle broad themes like fame and television’s golden age. And often, the conversations are edited in a way that appears to clip discourse short just as it takes off.
  2. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Aug 11, 2014
    70
    Provocative and occasionally insightful--except with Whitney Cummings brays with laughter--The Approval Matrix is like "The McLaughlin Group" for pop culture junkies.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ray Rahman
    Aug 7, 2014
    67
    Things get wonky but not always interesting--middlebrow, really.

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7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4
  1. benjitek
    Aug 12, 2014
    0
    Desperate attempt to emulate the Chelsea Handler show... She's doing her show until the end of the month, after which there will be a void inDesperate attempt to emulate the Chelsea Handler show... She's doing her show until the end of the month, after which there will be a void in our nightly laughter quota -- this show won't fill it :-(… Full Review »
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