The Class

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Season 1
  • Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 18, 2006
Metascore
59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 27
  3. Negative: 5 out of 27
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Critic Reviews

  1. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    30
    Hang out for a while... and you may quickly realize why you didn't stay in touch with most of your fellow third-graders. People like these suck the life out of you.
  2. Kansas City Star
    Reviewed by: Aaron Barnhart
    30
    The punchlines fell flat more often than not.
  3. Time
    Reviewed by: James Poniewozik
    30
    Almost none of [the characters] shows signs of becoming an actual person rather than a high-concept joke.
  5. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    25
    The best that "The Class" can muster is a kind of cookie-cutter familiarity (also known as lameness) that gets prodded by the laugh track to make everyone at home feel like a good time is being had. It's not.
  6. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Tom Shales
    10
    "The Class" has very little. Considerably worse than being classless, however, is being laughless, at least if you happen to be a sitcom, and "The Class" does, albeit one that's about as rib-tickling as a migraine.

Awards & Rankings

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#50 Best TV Season of 2006
30
#30 Most Discussed TV Season of 2006

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User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 79 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 61 out of 79
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 79
  3. Negative: 14 out of 79
  1. LizH.
    Jan 30, 2008
    9
    PLEASE BRING IT BACK! I am stunned it was totally canceled. I laughed out loud ever single episode!!! I have been waiting for it and PLEASE BRING IT BACK! I am stunned it was totally canceled. I laughed out loud ever single episode!!! I have been waiting for it and didn't believe when someone told me it wasn't coming back. I just looked it up! TERRIBLE! It is almost like a show has to have dirty comedy for people to watch it. This show was good clean fun! :( It replaced my Will & Grace (even though that was a little dirty.… Full Review »
  2. b33pb33p
    Dec 14, 2007
    8
    Good, fresh new show. Great blend of characters and good storylines.
  3. BrendaC.
    Sep 12, 2007
    9
    Great show! Please don't cancel it, now that we've lost Friends this show came right at the perfect time...Please, please Great show! Please don't cancel it, now that we've lost Friends this show came right at the perfect time...Please, please don't cancel it, we can't wait for it to return.… Full Review »
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