Truth Be Told (2015)

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Season 1
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 16, 2015
Metascore
26

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 20
  3. Negative: 15 out of 20

Critic Reviews

  1. Uncle Barky
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    Oct 14, 2015
    50
    The principal cast members are appealing enough, providing perhaps some hope that the material will mature and measure up to them in future episodes. For now, though, it’s mostly hammer-over-the-head time.
  2. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    Oct 14, 2015
    50
    Truth Be Told doesn't let its issues come from the characters. The issues are the characters. Maybe future episodes will flesh out these people, but they initially serve as stick figures on which to hang "outspoken" opinions seeming not necessarily their own.
  3. Reason.com
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    Oct 18, 2015
    40
    Truth Be Told is more of a "look at me, I'm not PC!" shout of self-regard.
  5. Los Angeles Daily News
    Reviewed by: Rob Lowman
    Oct 15, 2015
    40
    Truth Be Told is probably not worth your time. While it tries to be edgy, most of its humor is fairly tame.
  6. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Oct 14, 2015
    40
    The cast works pretty hard to sell the material, but it’s awfully thin, and tackles the topical aspects less aggressively than NBC’s summer sitcom “The Carmichael Show,” which earned a renewal. The main problem is that nothing here feels remotely organic.

Awards & Rankings

22
#22 Most Shared TV Season of 2015

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User Score
4.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 30 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 30
  3. Negative: 16 out of 30
  1. outhere145
    Oct 27, 2015
    0
    Waste of a time slot. What to say? The jokes are regurgitated Internet humor. The cast dynamic is way off. Certainly nothing the family canWaste of a time slot. What to say? The jokes are regurgitated Internet humor. The cast dynamic is way off. Certainly nothing the family can watch together. It all appears very forced, from the dialogue to the relationships. NBC, do America a favor and cancel it.… Full Review »
  2. ProGamer7
    Dec 1, 2015
    0
    HAHAHAHAHA! Hold on give me a moment to recover after watching this... Alright, I'm good. This show is a joke, no I did not say that wrong.HAHAHAHAHA! Hold on give me a moment to recover after watching this... Alright, I'm good. This show is a joke, no I did not say that wrong. The show doesn't have jokes, it IS a joke. Wow, I had a great laugh after watching the show, not because it was funny, but because it took me by surprise that a show this bad could air on Television. I think I would rather watch a lizard crawling up a fat man's anus crack (whatever that is), than watch this show again. Nothing more to say here, 0/10… Full Review »
  3. Ashley33
    Nov 13, 2015
    1
    Two major flaws in this series from the onset: Canned laughter (which needs to be excised from television permanently), and both actresses.Two major flaws in this series from the onset: Canned laughter (which needs to be excised from television permanently), and both actresses. Is it important to be attractive in a sitcom? No. Is it necessary to understand the art of comedy? Yes. My advice... rewrite the show to center on the two men, possibly raising a child together (i.e. remake of My Two Dads?), and if you can't gather enough living people to laugh at your work, call the time of death.… Full Review »
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