Watching Ellie

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Season 2
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Feb 26, 2002
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
36

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 22
  3. Negative: 14 out of 22

Critic Reviews

  1. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Tom Shales
    Jun 20, 2014
    50
    If the material were better, she wouldn't have to mug and grimace and cavort so strenuously; push wouldn't have to keep coming to shove. ... It's an in-your-face affair, and after a while, your face gets tired. [15 Apr 2003]
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  2. Detroit Free Press
    Reviewed by: Mike Duffy
    Jun 20, 2014
    50
    Despite the dependably daft charms of Julia Louis-Dreyfus, all the tinkering that's been done to "Watching Ellie" may leave you feeling like something funny has been lost. [15 Apr 2003]
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  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Bianculli
    Jun 20, 2014
    50
    The change of format doesn't bring with it any sense of assurance. To amp up the canned laughter while simultaneously lowering the intelligence level of the humor isn't a recipe for success. [14 Apr 2003]
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  5. People Weekly
    Reviewed by: Terry Kelleher
    Jun 28, 2013
    42
    Dreyfus... seems to be laboring to turn a so-so show into the I Love Lucy of the 21st century.
  6. San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa Times
    Reviewed by: Charlie McCollum
    Jun 20, 2014
    40
    Unfortunately, what hasn't changed is that this comedy about the life of a neurotic nightclub singer simply isn't very funny. [14 Apr 2004]
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