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Back to You: Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 19, 2007
  • Season #: 1 , 2
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Metascore
58 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 27 Critics What's this?

User Score
5.4 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 40 Ratings

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10 out of 10
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  • Starring: Fred Willard, Kelsey Grammer, Patricia Heaton
  • Summary: Kelsey Grammer's back on TV, this time as an anchorman returning to Pittsburgh after an on-air incident ruins his career in LA.
  • Genre(s): Comedy
  • Creator: Christopher Lloyd, Steven Levitan
  • Show Type: Ended
  • Season 1 premiere date: Sep 19, 2007
  • Episode Length: 30
  • Air Time: 08:00 PM
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 27
  3. Negative: 4 out of 27
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    83
    I'd rather just watch Grammer and Heaton trade barbs in the newsroom. [21 Sep 2007, p.71]
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  2. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    60
    Absolutely nothing about it is original or seeks to transform the half-hour genre. Still, the fact that it is executed by sure-footed comedy veterans more than makes up for the sin of familiarity.
  3. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: John Leonard
    30
    After twenty years of stalwart service, Kelsey Grammer should be allowed back on television whenever he likes. But on a show like this, why would he want to be?

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 34
  3. Negative: 15 out of 34
  1. ThomasH.
    10
    Excellent, fresh, and imaginative. This show has definate potential. Good to see Kelsey Grammer back on the box :)
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  2. BrianT.
    5
    Not terrible, but I expected something a lot sharper, considering the people involved. Kelsey Grammer, Patricia Heaton, and Fred Willard are fine, they can deliver an insult with the best of them. But something is really missing here. There is no originality, no edge. It stays very safely within the confines of the sitcom format, a dumb character, a nervous character just like Miles in Murphy Brown, and a pompous character. The writing is very conventional and only mildly funny. The sitcom genre has definitely seen better days.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. helens.
    3
    Its, just barely ok....the reason to me is this. In Frasier an Raymond, there was family chemistry, some drama and lots of very clever interplay. This is a show of one liners - not to my liking even though I love the stars.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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