| 70 |
The New York Times Virginia Heffernan
The idle, boozy time between one romantic relationship and the next turns out to be a sweet spot for a sitcom. |
| 40 |
Detroit Free Press Mike Duffy
The few good laughs in an otherwise so-so show are supplied by the slyly wigged-out Beth Lacke. |
| 40 |
Philadelphia Daily News Ellen Gray
Thanks to some happy casting, the show's not actually unwatchable. |
| 38 |
New York Post Linda Stasi
A bad morph-job of "Seinfeld" and "Friends" but without the simplicity of the first, the chemistry of the second or the brilliance, timing, and writing of either. |
| 38 |
Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman
It squanders committed acting and funny lines by draping them over a suspect premise. |
| 37 |
USA Today Robert Bianco
There's not a moment or character that rings true, and the only joke you're likely to remember is an anatomical gag you'd probably rather forget. |
| 30 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland
This is merely another dead-on-arrival series to add to the mountain of failures Fox has hurled our way over the past few seasons. |
| 30 |
Kansas City Star Aaron Barnhart
I don’t get a kick out of you, “Happy Hour.” |
| 25 |
New York Daily News David Hinckley
Lacke is the only person, or thing, in "Happy Hour" that made me laugh. |
| 20 |
Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron
Given this straitjacket of a script, it's hard to know how good the cast could be with decent material. |
| 20 |
Los Angeles Times Paul Brownfield
"Happy Hour," or as I like to call it: "Really, Fox? This?" |
| 20 |
Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan
Both shows ["Happy Hour" and "'Til Death"] bill themselves as comedies, but really, it's hard to find two less funny half hours on the network schedule. |
| 20 |
Time James Poniewozik
The show is a warped copy of CBS' How I Met Your Mother... except that it's cynical, smug and utterly charmless. |
| 12 |
San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman
Preposterously unfunny. |
| 10 |
Orlando Sentinel Hal Boedeker
The fall's lamest new comedy. |
| 10 |
Newark Star-Ledger Alan Sepinwall
Larry, Henry and virtually every person to walk through "Happy Hour" are broad, obnoxious, lame caricatures, even by the standards of Fox's laughtracked sitcoms. |
| 10 |
Variety Brian Lowry
Painfully familiar and virtually laugh-free, the series has one character with potential, but beyond that, it's hard to imagine Fox won't be yelling "last call" relatively soon. |
| 10 |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen
At least "'Til Death" has some known stars. The cast of "Happy Hour" will likely remain unknown, starring, as they do, in this dud. |
| 0 |
Washington Post Tom Shales
Sheer, excruciating pain.... "Happy Hour" stands a good chance of being named Worst New Show, or at least feeblest new sitcom. |
