The Loop
FOX | Release Date: March 15, 2006
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
44
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
8
Negative:
10
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: Seldom has a series expended more energy with less entertaining results. Read full review
30
San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa TimesCharlie McCollum
Season 1 Review: There are some very funny lines and moments... Unfortunately, the good stuff isn't worth slogging through the rest of this sitcom. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterRay Richmond
Season 1 Review: A painfully contrived premise can't be glossed over by pretty faces and pithy dialogue. Read full review
25
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: "The Loop" is much more failure than success. Read full review
20
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: The show basically approximates that commercial where a young guy is working an office job and his dorky friends keep bugging him, as a generic twentysomething dude seeks to prove he can straddle adult obligations and youthful pastimes by partying all night and working all day. Sorry, but been there, drank that. Read full review
20
Los Angeles TimesPaul Brownfield
Season 1 Review: It's satirical all right, paced roughly like "Arrested Development," but not very funny or believable. Read full review
20
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Season 1 Review: [Episode 2's] Jenna, we learn, has basically been drunk since January, which is probably a pretty good condition for anyone who wants to get real laughs out of The Loop. Read full review
12
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: The jokes are dismally unpleasant and vaguely depressing. Read full review
10
Washington PostChip Crews
Season 1 Review: The show is particularly misbegotten and -- fatal for a comedy -- not funny at all. Read full review
0
San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Season 1 Review: As for "The Loop," well, it's just heinous. True, we've said that before. But it can't be said enough. "The Loop": heinous. Read full review
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