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 Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
Entertainment WeeklyKen Tucker
Season 1 Review: Finally, a clever new sitcom. [17 Mar 2006, p.108]
75
Detroit Free PressMike Duffy
Season 1 Review: It's a fresh, darkly comic workplace/social life farce peppered with good laughs. Read full review
70
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: A lively comedy. Read full review
70
NewsdayVerne Gay
Season 1 Review: Yes, "The Loop's" a winner, although let us be the first to admit that the usual attributes associated with "winning" are probably stretched beyond all recognition in this context. Read full review
70
The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley
Season 1 Review: It's funnier than a similar new Fox sitcom, "Free Ride," about a college graduate who moves back in with his parents. Partly that is because "The Loop" has a faster pace and bolder writing. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman
Season 1 Review: Presumably, the actors will settle into their roles and get a better grip on timing and volume. They're over-the-top for material that's already zany. Read full review
60
TimeJames Poniewozik
Season 1 Review: If the writing can rise to [Harrison's and Hall's] performances, The Loop could take flight. Read full review
60
Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland
Season 1 Review: You probably can tell that this thing isn't bound for the sitcom hall of fame, but it's a good time. Read full review
60
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: It may not have the subtlety or sophisticated wit of "Arrested Development," but it's not supposed to. It's more a combination of "The Office" and "Four Kings" -- with really good music and a distinctive, energetic visual style. Read full review
60
Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Season 1 Review: The Loop's constant jokes about hot bodies and alcoholic excess would doubtless wear thin very quickly if not for a lunatic cast of young unknowns and gifted veteran character actors. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: The show moves along briskly, and it benefits from the lack of a laugh track. But you have to accept the relentless repetition of some flagrantly juvenile jokes to enjoy yourself. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMatt Roush
Season 1 Review: The Loop is half funny.
50
Houston ChronicleMike McDaniel
Season 1 Review: A crude comedy filled with frat-boy humor. Read full review
40
SalonHeather Havrilesky
Season 1 Review: When you watch this show, you can almost hear some big, dumb executive animal saying, "We want a single-camera comedy that's weird and dark and fun, you know, like 'Arrested Development,' except with a young, sexy cast!" Read full review
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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