Back to You: Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 19, 2007
  • Season #: 1 , 2
User Score
5.5 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 41 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 41
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 41
  3. Negative: 17 out of 41

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  1. DiggemtheFrog
    Sep 19, 2007
    2
    Oh boy, I get to be the first to comment on this show! Well, I was happy to see Christopher Lloyd'd name on the credits, but not Steven Levitan's. He was the creator of "Just Shoot Me," one of the more mean-spirited of the office sitcoms of the 90s, and now he seems determined to top himself in this department. This show's idea of humor is for the leading anchor lady to call her new co-star a "preening gasbag" in the last second before he goes on the air for the first time at her station in ten years. Well, he seems to deserve it, but still, how many half-hours of that could you take? I can't see this show outlasting "Anchorwoman."… Expand
  2. RogerS.
    Sep 20, 2007
    3
    Love Heaton and Grammer but the show is not funny. Poor writing, poor supporting cast, no passion. I was very disappointed.
  3. JeffS.
    Sep 21, 2007
    0
    I quit on this show forever after ten minutes, it making me long for the golden sitcom days of Wings and Cybil.
  4. PaulC.
    Sep 21, 2007
    1
    So much talent, so few laughs.
  5. KevinL.
    Sep 24, 2007
    2
    The premise of this show is just plain boring. Its not absolutely terrible nor is it any good of a comedy at all but this is a forgettable show. There is no line that is memorable and really grabs me.
  6. JoanF.
    Sep 27, 2007
    3
    What great actors! What crappy writing! SO disappointed with this show. I wouldn't bother watching another episode; however, with this line-up of actors, I have to give it one more chance. Stale, old comedy with laugh track - UGH!
  7. JeremyS.
    Oct 4, 2007
    3
    Why didn't Frasier just do his TV show in SF and just continue where he left off. Okay so he wanted a change, but from excellent to crap! Big shame.
  8. BrendanD
    Oct 4, 2007
    0
    Bleech. This is blander than "Everybody Loves Raymond" and twice as lame. The jokes only get smile because they're being delivered by Kelsey Grammar -- I mean, back in the day, this is a guy who turned the line "Look at me, I'm running with scissors!" into an all-time classic. But this is absolutely the nadir of television. That's not to say it's bad, or that people won't like it. Actually, a lot of people will, because it's Nilla-Wafer CBS garbage posing as an edgy FOX sitcom. It refuses to take risks, and it doesn't deviate at all from the sitcom formula, with the notable exception that these writers obviously understand the "situation" part of the world better than the "comedy" end. Nothing about this is worth watching -- which is why, unfortunately, it's probably going to last.… Expand
  9. PeggyS
    Oct 9, 2007
    2
    I feel like Roger S. Frasier was such a classic, hilarious, and entertaining show. Kelsey Grammer was incredible, but it was his supporting cast, like in all great comedies, that made the show so wonderful, funny and warm. The bond between Niles, Frasier and their father, Daphne and Roz like parts of the family.... funny without being cloying. The supporting cast on BTY is horrible! NONE of them are the least bit funny, endearing or talented. That Latina gas is a one joke nothing, the young guys who wants to be an anchorman is BORING, never cared for Fred Willard's buffoonish style and the news manager is just a fat, frustrated, loud characature. I had high hopes for this series when I first heard about it. My husband and I watched the first three episodes and yesterday, we turned it off in the middle of the third. What a tragedy especially with all the talent that went into coming up with this show. Are the writers in mourning??? It's NOT funny . Get help before it's too late, and get rid of some of those ridiculous supporting characers. You need some heart on this show!… Expand
  10. valh.
    Oct 9, 2007
    1
    Hate patricia heaten! hated her on Ray. I guess kelsey was bored and said "ok,why not"
  11. SamW
    Oct 11, 2007
    2
    Wow, this show is a waste of time. Grammer saves it from being a zero. We can now see that Patricia Heaton is nothing without Ray Romano and that cast from "Raymond". I think that most of the shows humor is written for 10 year old boys. I gave it 3 episodes, that was 2 too many !
  12. CraigB
    Oct 11, 2007
    3
    It just wasn't funny.
  13. helens.
    Oct 14, 2007
    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.
  14. AnnR
    Nov 1, 2007
    2
    I only watched the pilot. Chuck and Kelly were fighting too much. It was stressful to watch. Heaton's character was very annoying.
  15. RickE.
    Dec 12, 2007
    1
    I was tired of the show within 5 minutes. The whole show revolves around the tension between Grammer and Heaton. Unlike Frasier and Everybody Loves Raymond, where there were multiple tension points between the characters, which made for so many comedic moments.

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Metascore
58 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 27 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 27
  3. Negative: 4 out of 27
  1. Arizona Republic
    Reviewed by: Randy Cordova
    40
    Whenever the action drifts away from Heaton or Grammer, the show starts to feel slack.
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  2. 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]
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Barry Garron
    80
    There's no such thing as a sure thing when it comes to new TV series, but Back to You is as close as it gets.
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