The Comedians
FX | Release Date: April 9, 2015
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 30 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
14
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The Lincoln Journal StarJeff KorbelikApr 7, 2015
Season 1 Review: The joy here is watching Crystal and Gad play off each other. Their scenes together are a hoot, with each having no problem lampooning the other, or themselves, for that matter. Read full review
100
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandMar 31, 2015
Season 1 Review: The Comedians works and works until you’re ready to fall off your chair. Read full review
91
IndieWireBen TraversApr 10, 2015
Season 1 Review: The combination of young and old proves lethally clever, making what felt like a strange pairing from the outset into a comedy duo for the ages. Everything with Crystal and Gad works at the most basic and extreme levels. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubKate KulzickApr 9, 2015
Season 1 Review: Though it has a ways to go before reaching the upper echelon of its subgenre, The Comedians’ likable cast compensates for its familiar premise. Read full review
80
Denver PostJoanne OstrowApr 3, 2015
Season 1 Review: The 13 episodes are fun, not groundbreaking, but slickly produced and accented with musical comedy. Like the two stars, the series is endearing, loud and desperate for attention, but ultimately a love letter to comedy and comedy history. Read full review
75
Uncle BarkyEd BarkApr 9, 2015
Season 1 Review: The Comedians is a decently prepared entree with just enough bursts of flavor. Read full review
75
New York PostMichael StarrApr 9, 2015
Season 1 Review: Crystal is in fine form and Gad is appropriately irritating (and funnier than I expected). The Comedians is more of an acquired taste than a “must-see”--and will appeal to those who enjoy satire and winking, self-referential show-biz tropes. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyJeff JensenApr 6, 2015
Season 1 Review: Crystal being Crystal, Gad being Gad, you laugh enough. Sometimes. [10 Apr 2015, p.58]
70
VarietyBrian LowryApr 7, 2015
Season 1 Review: Dotted with celebrity cameos, the customary exaggerated Hollywood insecurities and an underlying commentary on the generational divide, the show generates enough solid laughs to overcome its arid patches. Read full review
70
Wall Street JournalDorothy RabinowitzApr 3, 2015
Season 1 Review: Mr. Gad is utterly seductive. Mr. Crystal’s endlessly changing facial expressions flow into one another, each containing its own little world of loathing, of mockery. They’re perfect. He’s perfect. All that he, Mr. Gad and this series need is more coherently themed comedy of the kind in the pilot, which they don’t quite have down yet in some subsequent episodes, as one talent-squandering revel in a supermarket shows. Read full review
67
NewsdayVerne GayApr 8, 2015
Season 1 Review: As a team, they [Billy Crystal and Josh Gad] are better than the shows--both the real one and the fake one--they're in. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineMatthew PolandApr 7, 2015
Season 1 Review: The Comedians boasts razor-sharp performances, but is ultimately toothless. Read full review
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