Vice Principals

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Season 1
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Jul 17, 2016
Season #: 2, 1
User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 94 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 72 out of 94
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 94
  3. Negative: 8 out of 94
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  1. LamontRaymond
    Jul 17, 2016
    4
    It's half as funny as Eastbound & Down - Gamby (McBride) has none of the endearing qualities that Kenny F'n Power had, and all the annoying ones. Walton Goggins seems like the far funnier & more watchable, but we saw very little of him in the pilot. Here's to hoping we get a good deal more of him. And that some of the supporting characters (like the new teacher who was looking out forIt's half as funny as Eastbound & Down - Gamby (McBride) has none of the endearing qualities that Kenny F'n Power had, and all the annoying ones. Walton Goggins seems like the far funnier & more watchable, but we saw very little of him in the pilot. Here's to hoping we get a good deal more of him. And that some of the supporting characters (like the new teacher who was looking out for the smart kid) get more prominent roles. Thought Gamby's daughter has potential to be funny, as does her new stepfather (Boardwalk Empire; All the Real Girls).… Expand
  2. NavyBean
    Jul 25, 2016
    5
    My brother and I watched this together and we said "first one to laugh is the loser." Ended up a tie 0-0.

    My cousin Sandi Buckles said she liked it because i reminded her of her hometown and I said, "You always talked about how you hated it there."

    And then she looked me right in the eye and said, "I think you're right."

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Metascore
56

Mixed or average reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 31
  3. Negative: 8 out of 31
  1. Los Angeles Daily News
    Reviewed by: Rob Lowman
    Jul 25, 2016
    30
    Vice Principals has some weird twists, like Russell’s home life, that keep the show vaguely watchable at times, but it doesn’t have enough laughs and or a satirical bite to keep it propped up.
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  2. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Jul 22, 2016
    20
    If F-bombs and infantile name-calling are your special vice, the very thought leaving you gasping with laughter, then maybe Vice Principals will seem like a gnarly, nasty treat. ... Some vices just can't be excused. [25 Jul-7 Aug 2016, p.15]
  3. Time
    Reviewed by: Daniel D'Addario
    Jul 18, 2016
    80
    It subversively places white resentment at its center and dares us to look away, telling us that arson, violence, and outright bigotry are light comedy even as something in our minds tells us that’s not quite right. The show comes closer, in its twisted way, to suggesting why Americans embrace the politics of division than does much on-the-ground journalism.
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