Universal Basic Guys
FOX | Release Date: September 8, 2024
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
41
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
2
Negative:
3

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
55
Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewRob OwenSep 6, 2024
Season 1 Review: Fans of Fox’s existing male-­skewing animated comedy lineup will likely welcome “UBG,” which offers a similar comedic point of view: dumb dudes doing dumb things designed to make viewers laugh. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterAngie HanSep 9, 2024
Season 1 Review: The series, created by Adam and Craig Malamut, does reveal occasional glimmers of a potential to become something more distinctive — typically in moments when it ditches the road well-traveled for stranger, more outlandish and often downright fantastical detours. But such moments are spread too thin over the course of a 13-episode first season better described as fine than fun. Read full review
30
VarietyAramide TinubuSep 9, 2024
Season 1 Review: While the premise is interesting enough, the show is stuffed with tiresome jokes that fail to pack a punch. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubManuel BetancourtSep 4, 2024
Season 1 Review: Overall, its aggressively bro tone—especially as it’s often presented in quotation marks, winking at you that it knows what it’s doing even as it offers no commentary on which to hang that ironic posturing—remains strident and borderline obnoxious throughout. Read full review
20
DeciderJoel KellerSep 9, 2024
Season 1 Review: Simply put: Universal Basic Guys is a deeply unfunny show. And when it’s not funny, then all of the other problems the show has are amplified. Read full review
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