Metacritic TV

Thank God You're Here

SERIES: NBC, Wednesday 8:00p (60 minutes)

Starring David Alan Grier (host), and Dave Foley (judge)

Genre(s): Comedy

FIRST AIR DATE: April 9, 2007

Overall Metascore

This is a weighted, normalized average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

39 / 100

Critic Reviews

63 Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman
NBC's new "Thank God You're Here" doesn't start out as strong as I'd hoped. It has potential, though.
60 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen
The show is gently entertaining in a way reminiscent of variety shows of old.
60 TV Guide Matt Roush
Cheerfully cheesy.
50 People Weekly Tom Gliatto
Innocently goofy. [30 Apr 2007, p.37]
50 San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman
There's much to recommend in "Thank God You're Here!," but the show could be vastly improved by giving viewers at home a little more credit.
50 Christian Science Monitor Gloria Goodale
The show will have to loosen up to succeed.
30 Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron
There are clever moments in NBC's new improv series "Thank God You're Here," but you can get awfully restless waiting for them.
30 Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan
There are a few funny moments, I guess, but the show is certainly nothing to plan your evening around.
30 Variety Brian Lowry
Hit-miss in the way improv almost invariably is, the show feels flabby at an hour.
30 Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert
A very hit-or-miss improvisational exercise, with miles of miss for every inch of hit.
20 Los Angeles Times Mary McNamara
It's more like sitting in on an embarrassing portion of an acting class.
10 Washington Post Tom Shales
Almost anything sounds preferable to NBC's "Thank God You're Here."

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