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Anchorwoman: Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Aug 21, 2007
  • Season #: 1
Metascore
31 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 10 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
  3. Negative: 6 out of 10
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  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    75
    Anchorwoman turns out to be entertaining--even as it indicts the local TV news operation it pretends to value.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Barry Garron
    70
    The producers do a nice job of developing characters and delineating the conflict. It's so good that, with only a few tweaks here and a little better dialogue there, it could rival "The Office" as a faux documentary.
  3. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Neely Tucker
    40
    Anchorwoman is the sort of trailer-park television you wouldn't mark your calendar to watch each week, but if you channel-surfed across it, you couldn't help but watch.
  4. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    40
    It's got some charm and there's some humor here, too--mstly at Jones' expense. But seriously, don't you have something better to do tonight?
  5. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    30
    Actually, this comedy-reality concept is rather quaint.
  6. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    30
    Jones plays her clichéd role to the hilt, which is clear early on, when she paints her toenails pink while driving her car.
  7. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Adam Buckman
    25
    Hr stupidity's a put-on (for her sake, I hope so), as is this entire show, whose concept is so convoluted that Fox had to devise a clumsy new term--"a comedy/reality hybrid"--to describe it.
  8. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Doug Elfman
    0
    The result is a "partially scripted reality show" (whatever that means) that edits scenes so as to make people look ridiculous while clashing over artificial constructs.
  9. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    0
    Anchorwoman isn't much of a reality show, because most of the conflict is contrived.
  10. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mary McNamara
    0
    I just wanted everyone, including Jones, to rise up as one and throw the cameras and the whole Anchorwoman concept out of the newsroom and back to whatever airport strip bar provided its genesis.
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User Score
4.1 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 5 out of 7
  1. DiggemtheFrog
    3
    Anchorwoman's premise -- a former model and game show hostess decides to change careers and try her hand at newscasting -- must have sounded very promising on paper, especially to network executives who can't plan beyond one season, which is all this premise is good for. Well, at least they tried to do something different -- almost. It was worth a shot. You know, the wrong casting director could have cast Paris Hilton and turned this show into the latest season of “The Simple Life.” At least they had the good sense to cast a bimbo who is serious about her efforts – at least ostensibly – and a news team who can act effectively enough to make the drama seem less scripted than it really is. It just wasn’t very funny. I wasn’t really surprised to see it canceled after opening night. I did laugh at least twice. I laughed when Lauren Jones was out in the field (literally) and asked where the bathroom was, and I laughed when she goofed off in a cubicle, not realizing that she was visible on camera. I could see just about any rookie making that mistake their first week.… Full Review »
  2. patrickk
    8
    I think some people unfair with the show. after all it does shows what the news has become lately at least that what i been hearing.
  3. IanI.
    2
    Better than "The Loop" worse than everything else on TV.
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