| 83 |
Entertainment Weekly Ken Tucker
Finally, a clever new sitcom. [17 Mar 2006, p.108] |
| 75 |
Detroit Free Press Mike Duffy
It's a fresh, darkly comic workplace/social life farce peppered with good laughs. |
| 70 |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen
A lively comedy. |
| 70 |
Newsday Verne Gay
Yes, "The Loop's" a winner, although let us be the first to admit that the usual attributes associated with "winning" are probably stretched beyond all recognition in this context. |
| 70 |
The New York Times Alessandra Stanley
It's funnier than a similar new Fox sitcom, "Free Ride," about a college graduate who moves back in with his parents. Partly that is because "The Loop" has a faster pace and bolder writing. |
| 63 |
Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman
Presumably, the actors will settle into their roles and get a better grip on timing and volume. They're over-the-top for material that's already zany. |
| 60 |
Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan
It may not have the subtlety or sophisticated wit of "Arrested Development," but it's not supposed to. It's more a combination of "The Office" and "Four Kings" -- with really good music and a distinctive, energetic visual style. |
| 60 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland
You probably can tell that this thing isn't bound for the sitcom hall of fame, but it's a good time. |
| 60 |
Miami Herald Glenn Garvin
The Loop's constant jokes about hot bodies and alcoholic excess would doubtless wear thin very quickly if not for a lunatic cast of young unknowns and gifted veteran character actors. |
| 60 |
Time James Poniewozik
If the writing can rise to [Harrison's and Hall's] performances, The Loop could take flight. |
| 50 |
Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert
The show moves along briskly, and it benefits from the lack of a laugh track. But you have to accept the relentless repetition of some flagrantly juvenile jokes to enjoy yourself. |
| 50 |
TV Guide Matt Roush
The Loop is half funny. |
| 50 |
Houston Chronicle Mike McDaniel
A crude comedy filled with frat-boy humor. |
| 40 |
Salon Heather Havrilesky
When you watch this show, you can almost hear some big, dumb executive animal saying, "We want a single-camera comedy that's weird and dark and fun, you know, like 'Arrested Development,' except with a young, sexy cast!" |
| 38 |
USA Today Robert Bianco
Seldom has a series expended more energy with less entertaining results. |
| 30 |
San Jose Mercury News Charlie McCollum
There are some very funny lines and moments... Unfortunately, the good stuff isn't worth slogging through the rest of this sitcom. |
| 30 |
Hollywood Reporter Ray Richmond
A painfully contrived premise can't be glossed over by pretty faces and pithy dialogue. |
| 25 |
New York Daily News David Hinckley
"The Loop" is much more failure than success. |
| 20 |
Variety Brian Lowry
The show basically approximates that commercial where a young guy is working an office job and his dorky friends keep bugging him, as a generic twentysomething dude seeks to prove he can straddle adult obligations and youthful pastimes by partying all night and working all day. Sorry, but been there, drank that. |
| 20 |
Los Angeles Times Paul Brownfield
It's satirical all right, paced roughly like "Arrested Development," but not very funny or believable. |
| 20 |
Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm
[Episode 2's] Jenna, we learn, has basically been drunk since January, which is probably a pretty good condition for anyone who wants to get real laughs out of The Loop. |
| 12 |
New York Post Linda Stasi
The jokes are dismally unpleasant and vaguely depressing. |
| 10 |
Washington Post Chip Crews
The show is particularly misbegotten and -- fatal for a comedy -- not funny at all. |
| 0 |
San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman
As for "The Loop," well, it's just heinous. True, we've said that before. But it can't be said enough. "The Loop": heinous. |
