White Famous
SHOWTIME | Release Date: October 15, 2017
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54
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
9
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydOct 16, 2017
Season 1 Review: It feels altogether too on-the-nose, a rigged game in which almost all the points are awarded to Floyd. ... Pharoah, an "SNL" veteran who has not done much straight acting, pulls his weight throughout, but working with Rapaport, as with Coleman and the low-key excellent Jacob Ming-Trent as Floyd's wisdom-dispensing friend and roommate Ron Balls, lifts him to that vaunted next level. Read full review
60
Los Angeles Daily NewsRob LowmanOct 12, 2017
Season 1 Review: Pharoah, though, almost makes it worth it. He has a solid presence that lifts the show. You just wish it were a better show. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushOct 12, 2017
Season 1 Review: The promising White Famous delivers a more agreeable take on industry satire. ... Floyd is almost too good to be true. [16-29 Oct 2017, p.15]
60
The Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergOct 4, 2017
Season 1 Review: Consistently watchable due to a versatile and charismatic lead performance by Jay Pharoah, White Famous still feels like an impersonal relic of television past. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandOct 10, 2017
Season 1 Review: The show tries to do too much and isn’t always sure if it’s satire, a straight-on sitcom or an African American “Entourage.” Pharoah has a lot of heavy lifting to do, but mostly carries it off. Read full review
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CNNBrian LowryOct 13, 2017
Season 1 Review: One suspects star power had plenty to do with Showtime giving the go-ahead to this once-over-lightly version of making it in Hollywood -- the kind of material that, in comedy terms, feels more like open-mic night than a headliner. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyDarren FranichOct 6, 2017
Season 1 Review: White Famous is the oldest trick in Hollywood's book, a phony Horatio Alger story that's really a vanity project struggling to validate its own vanity. [13 Oct 2017, p.48] Read full review
40
The New York TimesMargaret LyonsOct 12, 2017
Season 1 Review: The problem with White Famous is its lack of problems. Every potential conflict resolves itself without consequence or development. Read full review
40
VarietySonia SaraiyaOct 10, 2017
Season 1 Review: [There] are the few instances where that Floyd offers up a goofy, introspective side to his character. The rest of the time, he’s a stubbornly shallow protagonist in a stubbornly shallow show. Read full review
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