Traffic Light
FOX | Release Date: February 8, 2011
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0
Watch Now
Buy on

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
Uncle BarkyEd BarkFeb 8, 2011
Season 1 Review: Traffic Light is winning and amusing without being loud and loutish. Read full review
80
TimeJames PoniewozikFeb 8, 2011
Season 1 Review: On paper, it sounds like another sitcom dedicated to the tired idea that relationships are forced on men like collars on dogs, the leashes held by annoying, fun-killing women. And yet I enjoyed the show more watching it than I find I am describing it. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterTim GoodmanFeb 3, 2011
Season 1 Review: It could be argued that Fox has pulled off something even more remarkable with the debut of the less-than-thrillingly titled Traffic Light, a romantic comedy whose concept was imported from Israel: because it is both funny and remarkably realistic. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesPaige WiserFeb 4, 2011
Season 1 Review: The first episode's a little stiff as the guys mark their territory, but by the fourth the show feels sweatpants-comfortable. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraFeb 8, 2011
Season 1 Review: Traffic Light, like that old Mustang you had in college, splutters more than a bit when you turn the key, but eventually it gets going. And once it does, the splendid refinishing of a classic makes the inevitable bumps much more easily endured. Read full review
70
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen GrayFeb 8, 2011
Season 1 Review: The formula may be hokey, but Traffic Light's execution of it is charming, and funny in a way that doesn't seem to be trying too hard, thanks to some happy casting and scripts that appear to have been written with real people in mind. Read full review
70
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan StormFeb 8, 2011
Season 1 Review: All five characters, in fact, transcend the cheap stereotypes that lazy writers so frequently use to populate their sitcoms. That may not be enough to propel their show into the long green of syndication, but for a Fox sitcom, even cautious optimism is a step in the right direction. Read full review
70
The New York TimesGinia BellafanteFeb 8, 2011
Season 1 Review: The office scenes are by the far the series's funniest, showcasing an arrogant and idiotic boss who talks in screwball staccato. Read full review
70
VarietyBrian LowryFeb 8, 2011
Season 1 Review: Silly in places, the show seldom careens over the top, and manages to elicit periodic laughs from all three of its couplings, though the strategic marital ground war waged between Mike and Lisa will probably resonate best. Read full review
70
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertFeb 8, 2011
Season 1 Review: It has a set of distinctive actors, a minimum of punch-line mania, and a script that is occasionally charming. The characters actually have the potential to become three-dimensional. Read full review
67
NewsdayVerne GayFeb 8, 2011
Season 1 Review: A not-unpleasing comedy that takes time and commitment to grow on you. How long? I started to like it three or four episodes in. Seems like an awfully long time, no? Read full review
63
People WeeklyTom GliattoFeb 9, 2011
Season 1 Review: Traffic Light is better than NBC's Perfect Couples--the jokes are more relaxed, and the cast includes NCIS's Liza Lapira, whose humor has bite. Not a killer ensemble, though. [14 Feb 2011, p.42]
63
USA TodayRobert BiancoFeb 8, 2011
Season 1 Review: At rare moments it brushes up against an actual, weighty relationship problem, like the discovery that your financially irresponsible girlfriend is deep in debt. But the show soon loses heart and rushes its way to some silly resolution, like a nervous hostess bustling over to soothe two arguing guests. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyKeith StaskiewiczFeb 1, 2011
Season 1 Review: The complicated setup, the filmic style, the attempts of a laugh track all have you expecting more than the regular relationship cliches. Read full review
50
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardFeb 8, 2011
Season 1 Review: Traffic Light is the kind of sitcom that revs from zero to zero with laughter. Read full review
50
New York PostLinda StasiFeb 8, 2011
Season 1 Review: With funnier material, they [the actors] could really make this thing work. Read full review
40
HitfixAlan SepinwallFeb 8, 2011
Season 1 Review: Traffic Light winds up with a negative hat trick, in which I found myself not caring about any of its three male leads, though I did like one of their female co-stars and several of the guests who popped up in the episodes I've seen. Read full review
40
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenFeb 8, 2011
Season 1 Review: Traffic Light seems to want to be a male "Sex and the City" or "Entourage" without the Hollywood backdrop. But the scrapes these guys get into are more recognizable and more cliched than what the "Entourage" guys encounter. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushFeb 8, 2011
Season 1 Review: This is assembly line rom-com TV. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyFeb 8, 2011
Season 1 Review: The opening night lesson of the new Fox sitcom Traffic Light is that no matter how marvelous hands-free telephone technology has become, it isn't yet advanced enough to carry its own sitcom. Read full review
Current TV Shows
By MetascoreBy User Score
1 92 The Pitt: Season 2
2 90 The Celebrity Traitors UK: Season 1
3 87 Hacks: Season 5
4 87 Industry: Season 4
5 87 Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal:...
6 85 The Beatles Anthology
7 85 The Traitors [UK]: Season 4
8 85 Bait: Season 1
9 84 Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
10 83 Lord of the Flies
11 83 Riot Women: Season 1
12 83 For All Mankind: Season 5
13 81 The Muppet Show (2026)
14 80 Outlander (2014): Season 8
15 80 The Other Bennet Sister: Season 1
16 80 The Mighty Nein: Season 1
17 80 The Comeback: Season 3
18 80 The American Revolution
19 80 One Piece (2023): Season 2
20 80 Dark Winds: Season 4
SEE ALL