Wipeout
ABC | Release Date: June 24, 2008
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
44
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
2
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Entertainment WeeklyJeff JensenJan 3, 2011
Season 4 Review: The sadistically hilarious summer fave returns for a new run filled with snowy, wintery obstacles (''Nana's House'' and ''Snowplow Sweeper'' are ice-cold brutal) and John Henson's subversively salty quips. Read full review
70
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Season 1 Review: Wipeout does have a crackpot obstacle course and its own sometimes hilarious commentators, John Anderson from ESPN's SportsCenter and John Henson from Talk Soup. Read full review
60
PopMattersRoss LangagerJun 28, 2012
Season 5 Review: Most of the time, Wipeout is quite wonderfully in touch with its unabashed silliness. Read full review
60
NewsdayVerne Gay
Season 1 Review: ABC hasn't provided much in advance to watch--smart network!--but there were some clips for Wipeout, and they were (seriously) hilarious. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron
Season 1 Review: In fact, the entire show consists almost entirely of spills, tumbles and falls, most of which fell short of being breathtaking, spectacular or catastrophic. Read full review
30
Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall
Season 1 Review: If you've watched ABC at all this summer, you've essentially seen all Wipeout has to offer: people of various shapes, sizes and ages all falling face-first into the mud while trying to complete an obstacle course that's been designed to be all but impossible to finish unscathed. Read full review
30
TimeJames Poniewozik
Season 1 Review: Even the contestants seemed to be trying too hard, screaming and making wisecracks for the camera, as if coaxed by the producers or, more likely, their agents. Read full review
10
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: Wipeout, a knockoff of a U.S. spoof of a Japanese show (how meta is that?), feels mean-spirited and heavy on rim shots. Read full review
10
SlateTroy Patterson
Season 1 Review: Wipeout dresses up the usual network idiocy with cable-style snark (think Best Week Ever) and an exuberant lack of decency that's pure Internet--a TMZ-esque disregard for mercy, an anonymous blog commentor's sense of self-restraint. Read full review
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