Why Not? with Shania Twain

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Season 1
  • Network: OWN
  • Series Premiere Date: May 8, 2011
Metascore
62

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5

Critic Reviews

  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    May 4, 2011
    83
    Sound gaggy? It's not. Twain is incapable of treacle: She travels, talks, and even sings!
  2. People Weekly
    Reviewed by: Tom Gliatto
    May 9, 2011
    75
    She discusses her problems with a warm directness that makes them sound as if they could be anyone's. The show is less authentic when she learns about recovery from non-celebrities blindsided by tragedy. [16 May 2011, p.48]
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  3. Boston Herald
    Reviewed by: Mark A. Perigard
    May 9, 2011
    58
    Why Not? With Shania Twain rings of a last-ditch effort to avoid counseling.
  5. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jon Caramanica
    May 9, 2011
    50
    An odd and sympathetic show beginning Sunday that's part episodic biography, part comeback tale and part confrontation therapy.
  6. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: David Knowles
    May 4, 2011
    50
    The result is a sometimes compelling, sometimes turgid program that feels equal parts emotional rescue and public relations coup.