- Network: NBC
- Series Premiere Date: Oct 11, 2006
Critic Reviews
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I will be rooting for this series to improve, but not watching it.
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Everything about the show seems designed to misuse its stars and erase our memories of the better work they've done.
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Viewers who like their comedy broad, loud and silly might take a liking to this "Odd Couple"-like sitcom.
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The jokes in "Twenty" are both predictable and telegraphed.
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What's particularly appalling is the way Lithgow is allowed to go way, way over the top in his performance.
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"Twenty Good Years" is based on the premise these two comedy warhorses can make just about anything work, but this tired vehicle proves too much -- or rather, too little -- for even them.
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If "Twenty" proves anything, it's that even gifted performers can't conceal the flaws of a truly uninspired script, though they can distract from them here and there.
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There's nothing inherently wrong with the premise... But what's been done with it, on the evidence of the pilot, is weak, and slightly embarrassing to watch.
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If it weren't for [Lithgow's] shameless bellowing, "20 Good Years" would be excruciating, instead of the (very) occasionally amusing hackfest it's turned out to be.
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It is so ancient - in approach, tone, style and energy - that you can almost see the dust bunnies tumble across the set.
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It is a male version of “The Golden Girls,” but with weaker writing, and older viewers are not saps.
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Despite Lithgow and Tambor's capabilities, the series sags badly amid the moldy excesses of generic, over-the-top slapstick.
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"Twenty Good Years" is so bad, its pilot doesn't contain 20 good seconds.
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This is the same kind of odd-couple pairing that TV has been trying to sell for decades, and, like most every odd-couple concept after the actual Odd Couple, the premise has not even Twenty Good Minutes of humor in it.
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This show just isn't funny. At all. Ever. Under any circumstances.
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If you last through 20 minutes of "Twenty Good Years," NBC's new sit-no-com, you are either a saint, a madman or in a tragic and irreversible coma.
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The show is just awful.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 22 out of 38
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Mixed: 3 out of 38
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Negative: 13 out of 38
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billybFeb 10, 2007When watching this show, I just sat there waiting for a punch line that never came.
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nilmDec 31, 2006Very differend and funny tv show. Must see.
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RhondaBNov 26, 2006Excellent show - love it. I was enjoying it more w/ each episode.