The Great Indoors
CBS | Release Date: October 27, 2016
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51
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
12
Negative:
7
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Reason.comGlenn GarvinOct 22, 2016
Season 1 Review: It doesn't require an overdeveloped sense of empathy to see that, for anybody under 40, the show is going to feel less like a comedic experience than the receiving end of a gang-bang. Read full review
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TVLineMatt Webb MitovichOct 25, 2016
Season 1 Review: If The Great Indoors can maintain a balance of smart, and not tired, barbs lobbed between “the human version of dial-up” and the “stupid twentysomethings” with whom he must now work, there surely is a show here. Read full review
58
NewsdayVerne GayOct 24, 2016
Season 1 Review: In the pilot, some of the lines even find their mark--assuming the intended mark are sites like BuzzFeed, Digg, Cracked, Reddit, Upworthy and so on. But the millennial jokes quickly grow stale, along with their “what is it with these kids” setups. Read full review
50
USA TodayRobert BiancoOct 26, 2016
Season 1 Review: The problem here isn’t that Great is making fun of millennials: No generation gets blanket immunity from mockery. It’s that it’s doing so in such predictable, worn out fashion. Read full review
50
Los Angeles Daily NewsRob LowmanOct 24, 2016
Season 1 Review: McHale, the “Community” veteran, is enjoyable. The jokes aren’t bad, and it’s fun having Fry as the out-of-touch editor. Based on the first episode, though, the show is hit and miss. The premise is stretched every which way, but somehow Indoors seem a bit claustrophobic. Read full review
50
CNNBrian LowryOct 24, 2016
Season 1 Review: There some modest laughs wrung out of this generational clash. Read full review
50
The Salt Lake TribuneScott D. PierceOct 24, 2016
Season 1 Review: The Great Indoors isn't a great show, but it has possibilities. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertSep 16, 2016
Season 1 Review: After his good work on “Community,” McHale is slumming with this one-joke piece of network business. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)Matt Zoller SeitzOct 26, 2016
Season 1 Review: A shallow and essentially flat show. ... The show's lone saving grace is Stephen Fry as Roland. Read full review
40
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen GrayOct 26, 2016
Season 1 Review: Whether Roland's cuddling a bear cub in Thursday's pilot or joking with Jack about the best ways to drink your own urine, he [Stephen Fry], and his chemistry with McHale, are the least tired things about a show that's still finding its way in a brave-ish new world. Read full review
40
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenOct 26, 2016
Season 1 Review: British comic actor Stephen Fry is the best part of The Great Indoors, playing the company’s top honcho but his presence alone isn’t enough to salvage this stale series. A second episode proves to be no improvement on the lackluster pilot. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergOct 21, 2016
Season 1 Review: McHale's gift with sarcasm makes some of the stale punchlines work and he's always willing to look like a fool as long as he simultaneously looks good doing it. Read full review
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