Trust Me
TNT | Release Date: January 26, 2009
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
9
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
NewsdayVerne Gay
Season 1 Review: A fun show, but where, oh where is all this heading? Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: Mainly, underneath the sitcom setups and witty banter, this show moves to the pulse of the ad game. The mystique and power of raw ideas push this story as surely as they push the characters of "Mad Men." Read full review
80
The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley
Season 1 Review: Trust Me, a TNT series set in a Chicago advertising agency, is clever and likeable. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterRay Richmond
Season 1 Review: The first pair of episodes augur a breezily entertaining addition to the TNT stable of dramatic originals. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamara
Season 1 Review: Hunt Baldwin and John Coveny, who created Trust Me (and have been writers on “The Closer") are former admen themselves; they chose the milieu to explore the creative process among a group of people with a collective-neuroses score high enough to maintain a smart and breezy comedy. Read full review
80
New York Magazine (Vulture)Emily Nussbaum
Season 1 Review: Trust Me is a neat spin on this ancient tradition--and in fact, I shall grandly state that it is, in both its lovable and off-putting elements, a workplace drama for our time. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalNancy DeWolf Smith
Season 1 Review: Everything happens quickly -- scenes, cameos, comments and quips fly by. But nothing is throwaway or stupid, and in the midst of laughter, the emotion, when it comes, feels real. That's good acting. It also happens only when writers respect their audience. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Season 1 Review: Right out of the gate, the series is surprisingly solid. What it ultimately becomes bears watching. Read full review
70
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: No, it's not "quality cable TV" or Top 10 list material, and it's marred by lapses into character cutesiness. But still, I liked it. It's likable. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: As it is, Trust Me, which perks along energetically but lacks emotional heft, may be one of those shows that stacks up on my TiVo, along with other shows I don’t get around to viewing. Read full review
60
Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker
Season 1 Review: The show is a modern Mad Men, but without the mystery or the allure. Trust Me all too often feels like going to work. Read full review
60
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: For fans of "Mad Men," Trust Me offers a modern, more recognizable ad agency world but the tone of TNT's series is completely different. It is not "Mad Men: The Next Generation," not by a long shot. And the show's quality lags leaps and bounds behind. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyKen Tucker
Season 1 Review: This is an hour-long drama trying to cross Mad Men with Aaron Sorkin-style walk-and-talk dialogue. It’s a clever concept that curdles with cutesy self-consciousness. Read full review
50
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: The series isn't bad. It just isn't all that good. Read full review
50
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: "Mad Men" is the genre's gold standard, and the inevitable thematic comparisons just accentuates Trust Me's flaws, making the show seem even more dispensable. Read full review
50
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: While it's nice to see McCormack and Cavanagh back in episodic form, their similarities diminish their interplay, inasmuch as it's not a reach to envision both in either role. Everyone else pretty much falls into predictable archetypes, from the nerdy young creative team to Griffin Dunne as the constantly frazzled boss. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesMisha Davenport
Season 1 Review: Though it features dialogue delivered rapid-fire like the best David Mamet plays, the show isn't quite sure what it wants to be. Read full review
50
PopMattersCynthia Fuchs
Season 1 Review: Cavanagh and McCormack bring what you know they will--an effective mix of fast talk and easy delivery to pitch the partners’ situations, which range from silly to predictable. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineLen Sousa
Season 1 Review: The series is set in a world that praises the lie, and if the creators can mine that vein for inspiration and avoid falling for the conventional TV drama traps, they could have a better show to sell to their advertisers. Read full review
30
Washington PostTom Shales
Season 1 Review: Trust Me shares another characteristic of those series("Nip/Tuck" and "Mad Men": dumb, numbing soullessness. It has the emotional intricacy of a Ritz cracker. Read full review
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