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- 2016
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- 2016
- TV-14
- HBO
- 2016
- TV-14
- HBO
- 2016
- TV-14
- HBO
Any Given Wednesday with Bill Simmons
Season 1 Premiere: Jun 22, 2016
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7.1
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Top Cast
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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33% Positive
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44% Mixed
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22% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
51
33% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
44% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
22% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Simmons pushed back on Barkley’s rankings, as only a true fan can. It’s this informed jousting, the back and forth between devotees of sports that could make Any Given Wednesday appointment viewing for sports fans. ... It’s classic Bill Simmons, a man with questions and answers, with a new forum where he can drop the mic and let others do the same.
Wednesday has no demonstrable difficulties with keeping the show flowing despite the lack of commercial breaks (which offer their own particular rhythm to late night).
Outside of Affleck’s strangely compelling Tom Brady tirade, Any Given Wednesday’s pilot was almost aggressively chill--a pleasantly meandering antidote to the usual hot-take cauldron of sports TV.
Mr. Simmons stayed in his comfort zone almost exclusively, and the result was largely a televised version of what you might hear on sports talk radio, only with cursing. The cursing was the best part, actually. Mr. Affleck did most of it.
While Barkley was tolerable and the segments choppy but intriguing, Simmons’ interview with Ben Affleck about the New England Patriots and the scandal termed “Deflategate” turned into one of the most fascinating character studies I’ve seen on a talk show.
The debut of Any Given Wednesday was an odd and painful thing to watch.
Simmons, on the first episode of his new weekly talk show Any Given Wednesday, barely meets the camera’s gaze, and his delivery is stiff and halting; he seemed overmatched by the most basic aspects of TV talk.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 14 User Ratings
7.1
71% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 14 User Ratings
7.1
71% Positive
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
14% Mixed
2 Ratings
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14% Negative
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Initial Release Date: Jun 22, 2016
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-14
