Critic Reviews
| 80 |
Newsday Verne Gay
It's hilarious, really, and refreshing, and original and - absolutely - an acquired taste. |
| 75 |
Detroit Free Press Mike Duffy
Feresten makes a rather engaging talk show host. |
| 63 |
Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman
Scenes that work are funny... Scenes that fall flat are merely blah, rather than stupid. |
| 60 |
Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan
Feresten... is engaging in a slightly weird, self-mocking, Letterman-esque way, with only occasional forays into dippy post-frat humor. |
| 50 |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen
It all seems familiar, which isn't necessarily bad, but it makes the show somewhat stale. |
| 50 |
Los Angeles Times Paul Brownfield
The trouble with Feresten isn't his comedy; it's his difficulty creating any intimacy with the audience or the camera. He's got the irony down cold but the empathy not so much. |
| 30 |
Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert
Feresten's not awful, and the show he has built around himself with video segments has a few laugh-out-loud moments. But he clearly needs to find his identity behind the desk. |
| 25 |
New York Daily News David Hinckley
He's polite-looking and very likable - but aside from some quick ad libs during on-location segments, he doesn't get any chance to establish, much less assert, his personality. |
| 25 |
New York Post Adam Buckman
As a talk-show host... he's a rank amateur who exhibits no discernible skills. |
| 20 |
Variety Brian Lowry
If there's a silver lining, "Talkshow" will likely make its often-overlooked lead-in, "Mad TV," resemble "Your Show of Shows." |
| 20 |
Hollywood Reporter Ray Richmond
Pretty much everything gets tossed against the wall and precious little of it sticks, or even actually makes it as far as the wall. |
| 10 |
The New York Times Virginia Heffernan
Spike Feresten keeps emphasizing how bad and cheap and lame his new weekly show is on tonight’s debut... He’s right. |
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