The Class
CBS | Release Date: September 18, 2006
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
59
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
Positive:
15
Mixed:
7
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley
Season 1 Review: “The Class” has appealing characters and funny lines, but it has some problems. The jokes move along slowly, and at times the acting turns very broad and very loud, as if it were dinner theater. Read full review
50
New York PostAdam Buckman
Season 1 Review: There's a nice idea in there somewhere. Now, if CBS and the show's producers can get together on changing most of it, they might have something. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloyd
Season 1 Review: If "The Class" feels calculated, unrelated to life outside sitcoms, and encased in amber, it's a competent American product, ultimately, no harder to watch than, say, a Dodge is to drive. Read full review
50
Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall
Season 1 Review: A sometimes-promising, sometimes-frustrating, always-overpopulated new sitcom that kicks off this season's odd new trend of shows about relative strangers who become best pals in a hurry. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: The best thing to say about "The Class" is that it improves by quite a few notches as it goes along.... The worst thing to say about "The Class" is that requiring viewers to come back and try, try again is asking a lot. Read full review
40
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: The crass elements of “The Class” threaten to drag the whole show down. Read full review
40
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: "The Class" will never be smart, or clever, or original, but it does have a chance of becoming inoffensive and diverting. Read full review
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