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2 Broke Girls: Season 1
  • Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 19, 2011
  • Season #: 0 , 1
2 Broke Girls Image
Metascore
66 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critics What's this?

User Score
6.3 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 107 Ratings

Your Score
10 out of 10
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  • Summary: Caroline (Beth Behrs) is forced to find a job after her trust fund is emptied and she ends up at the Williamsburg Diner, where she meets veteran server Max (Kat Dennings).
  • Genre(s): Comedy

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. People Weekly
    Reviewed by: Tom Gliatto
    Sep 9, 2011
    88
    The girls' chemistry should keep the show breakdown free. [19 Sep 2011, p.59]
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  2. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    Sep 19, 2011
    83
    The well-written pilot has a couple of brazenly vulgar sight gags, but nothing that will shock "Two and a Half Men" fans.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    Sep 20, 2011
    60
    It could be that, like a lot of sitcom pilots, Broke Girls is trying too hard. But when the jokes work, they're funny, so there's hope.

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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 36
  3. Negative: 14 out of 36
  1. javis10
    10
    The T.V. show is rough and it is sometimes a little perv, but it makes me laugh, indeed, it is ironic, funny, hilarious, but it fails in the lines. It makes you curious.… Expand
    • 2 of 3 users said yes
  2. vernondudley
    5
    Going for every obvious joke in the book, the first season of Two Broke Girls provides light entertainment, but nothing more. Two charismatic lead actresses are the main advantage of an otherwise mediocre show which cannot hope to match established comedies like How I Met Your Mother or The Big Bang Theory, and even if it closely trumps Two And A Half Men, it is far from being a must-see show.… Expand
    • 2 of 2 users said yes
  3. Owl
    3
    Really, critics LIKE this show? The writing was lame. Obvious jokes and conflicts. The leads do have charisma, but they are being fed TERRIBLE lines. And the ethnic stereotyping borders or reaches, the offensive level. The Chinese-American character calls himself Bryce Lee?! Really? Sigh.… Expand
    • 5 of 7 users said yes

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