Extras: Season 1
  • Network: BBC-2 , BBC Two
  • Series Premiere Date: Jul 21, 2005
  • Season #: 1 , 2 , 3
Metascore
81 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 24 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 24
  3. Negative: 1 out of 24
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  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    100
    If you loved "The Office" you may have grave doubts that any followup comedy could be as good and as quote-the-dialogue funny. "Extras" is that - another triumph, and a perfect Sunday-night companion piece for "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
  2. People Weekly
    Reviewed by: Tom Gliatto
    100
    A looser show [than The Office], another comedy of frustration, but with a feckless sweetness (which is exactly what My Name Is Earl lacks). [17 Oct 2005, p.39]
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  3. The New Republic
    Reviewed by: Lee Siegel
    100
    The most original and brilliant show on television.
  4. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Ray Bennett
    100
    Incisive, fearless and laugh-out-loud funny, "Extras" will appeal to anyone who liked "The Larry Sanders Show" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
  5. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    90
    At once more modest and more ambitious than its predecessor; more focused on detail and yet more expansive. It is also excruciatingly funny, with an emphasis on excruciating.
  6. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Alessandra Stanley
    90
    A worthy and exhilarating new HBO companion to "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
  7. Slate
    Reviewed by: Dana Stevens
    90
    Even if Extras never accedes to The Office's heights of comic sublimity, it's still a rare find on American TV: a series that combines the ascendant genre of cringe comedy with Gervais' rich comic gifts, and his trademark humanism.
  8. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Tom Shales
    90
    It's got edge galore, but it's the kind that sneaks up on you and proves again that Gervais has the subtlest kind of brilliance, hard to categorize but easy to enjoy.
  9. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    90
    'Extras" is far less terminally existential than ''The Office," less depressing to watch.
  10. Detroit Free Press
    Reviewed by: Mike Duffy
    88
    An instant chucklehead classic.
  11. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Eric Neigher
    88
    Not quite The Office II, not quite a wholly different breed, Extras should nevertheless please Gervais aficionados and newcomers alike.

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User Score
8.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 54 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 30
  3. Negative: 3 out of 30
  1. Longbottom94
    9
    Although it may not match the brilliance of there first outing with 'The Office' it is still a fantastic look into the world of the celebrity. Andy Millman's character is fascinating to me because, he is our view into fame and it is a deliberately shallow and bitter world to live in. A show that uses celebrity cameos not to promote itself but to cast a negative shadow over the celebrity obsessed culture that we live in today.… Full Review »
  2. tpm94
    9
    Another great show from the Gervais, Merchant comedic duo. If you enjoy comedies that have something to say, fame isn't all that its cracked up to be' you'll enjoy this show.… Full Review »
  3. WhiteTalpa
    8
    Amazing UK comedy Ricky and Steve have done it again this was a joy to watch i will agree with other tho that it wasn't as good as the office but it is still amazing.… Full Review »
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