The Grinder
FOX | Release Date: September 29, 2015
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
71
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
17
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen GraySep 29, 2015
Season 1 Review: The pilot has some fun moments, but again, it's not exactly groundbreaking. What's not clear is where it can possibly go from here. Read full review
60
VarietyBrian LowrySep 25, 2015
Season 1 Review: It’s a clever enough idea--or at least a serviceable one--primarily to give the leads an excuse to play off each other. Lowe also has the mix of casual egomania and well-trained earnestness down to a science. Read full review
60
Las Vegas WeeklyJosh BellSep 24, 2015
Season 1 Review: The family sitcom material is less effective, although that could develop over time, especially as the joke of a TV lawyer practicing real law inevitably loses its novelty. For now, it’s clever enough to make The Grinder one of the better new comedies of the fall season. Read full review
50
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenSep 29, 2015
Season 1 Review: Written by series creators Andrew Mogel (“Allen Gregory”) and Jarrad Paul (“Living with Fran”), The Grinder sets up a decent one-joke premise--actors, they’re so vain!--but it remains to be seen whether there’s more comedy to wring out of that joke in subsequent episodes. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandSep 22, 2015
Season 1 Review: The set-up is forced and not entirely believable, but it can work well enough. Savage and Lowe may not convince anyone that they share a single gene, but as actors, they play well off each other. The writing needs a huge jolt, though. Read full review
40
We Got This CoveredMitchel BroussardSep 28, 2015
Season 1 Review: There's just no jokes here, no characters worth spending time with and nothing beyond one iota of a clever hook that becomes as disappointingly protracted - before the pilot is even done - as the worst cutaway gags in "Family Guy." Read full review
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