Undercover Boss
CBS | Release Date: February 7, 2010
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
7
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
58
Boston HeraldMark A. Perigard
Season 1 Review: Undercover presents a wonderful tribute to the working man and woman. Middle managers are the villains here, sitting at desks and docking workers for clocking in late at lunch. The hour ends with the predictable reveal. Read full review
50
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: The presence of camera crews is explained by saying it's for a documentary about entry-level jobs, allowing the CEO to secretly interact with several parts of his company before the big reveal. There's some power in that, but the premiere's emotional crescendos come across as surprisingly muted. Read full review
50
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: A "reality" show so huggy-weepy that it will put even the most enraged domestic abuser to sleep. Read full review
50
People WeeklyMichelle Tauber
Season 1 Review: I want to root for a reality series that uplifts, but for this one to work, it either needs to be more fun or more real. [15 Feb 2010, p.43]
50
The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley
Season 1 Review: Undercover Boss, a CBS reality show that turns the tables on management, seems tailor-made for the anticorporate rancor of the times, but if anything, it paints too rosy a picture of white-collar benevolence. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyKeith Staskiewicz
Season 1 Review: Instead of being uplifting, Boss feels opportunistic and condescending in a way that something like Dirty Jobs never does. Read full review
40
SalonHeather Havrilesky
Season 1 Review: You'd have to have ice water flowing through your veins not to enjoy this elaborate P.R. experiment in spite of yourself. Read full review
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