The Ex List
CBS | Release Date: October 3, 2008
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
10
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
40
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: There's probably a good, breezy romantic comedy somewhere inside The Ex List. But the premiere just made me cranky. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: It’s more unfortunate when good actors are stranded in shows that don’t quite work, as is the case in The Ex List. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: Bella, played by Elizabeth Reaser of "Grey's Anatomy," is pleasant, and viewers will appreciate how she works to keep urgency from devolving into desperation. But she's stuck in this guy-of-the-week plot that leaves little room to do anything but hope each guy has enough unique quirks so the jokes can change. Read full review
42
NewsdayVerne Gay
Season 1 Review: The Ex List--based on an Israeli hit ("Mythological Ex"), with whiffs of "How I Met Your Mother" and "My Name Is Earl" - is a flat-out great idea for a TV series. But Ruggiero (who's since left the show) needed a strong partner to reign in her worst impulses, like a running gag about shaved genitalia. Read full review
60
Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker
Season 1 Review: This slight but charming comedy, which debuts at 9 p.m. Friday, offers a good cast along with questionable dialogue and a dicey premise. Read full review
50
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: Despite a poor job of establishing its characters and their relationships (wait, those two aren't a couple?), The Ex-List begins with a strong, romantic premise. Read full review
40
SalonHeather Havrilesky
Season 1 Review: The Ex List tries to pull off an impossible balancing act: We're supposed to believe that Bella is at once pathetic and admirable, hapless and perkily resilient. As a result, this scrounging-single fable is an unrealistic, clumsy, cringe-inducing mess. Read full review
60
SlateTroy Patterson
Season 1 Review: We bailed after the first of these dudes entered the frame, jolted by his frankly cheesy display of torso--"infomercial abs" was the damning phrase. But, until that moment, The Ex List had commanded our full attention in a way that the previous shows hadn't. Read full review
50
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: Unfortunately, when the show wanders off to the personality-deprived supporting characters, it collapses. Read full review
40
Washington PostTom Shales
Season 1 Review: It has a promotable gimmick that could help it find a few fans--literally. If only the premise or the show were as bright as the light in the heroine's eyes. Read full review
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