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Factory: Season 1
  • Network: Spike TV
  • Series Premiere Date: Jun 29, 2008
  • Season #: 1
Metascore
63 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Tom Shales
    80
    Factory is the network's first try at a situation comedy and, surprisingly enough, it's neither perfunctory nor primitive. It is, in fact, one of the few pleasant surprises of the summer.
  2. Kansas City Star
    Reviewed by: Aaron Barnhart
    80
    The comedy has a loose, improvisational feel to it, but is still pretty fast-paced. And the four characters are at their funniest just in the room alone, swapping lines with each other, an experience a lot of dudes in their 20s can relate to... or so I'm told.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    70
    Clearly flung at the Spike's male demo–-"Get More Action" is the network tagline, which implies a viewership not getting as much as it would like--it has a slightly sour edge that some will just read as The Way Things Are.
  4. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Adam Buckman
    63
    With its loosey-goosey improvisations, Factory plays like a work-in-progress instead of one that was actually finished and really ready for prime time.
  5. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    60
    It's not clear what this factory produces. But the show may be creating exactly the product its audience wants.
  6. Variety
    Reviewed by: Stuart Levine
    60
    The humor is sexist, racy and often falls flat, but when it does work, it connects in a way a male-centric audience--and that's Spike's bread and butter--will appreciate.
  7. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    50
    It's a mixed bag of un-PC attempts at blue collar humor as four guys yak and try to avoid doing their jobs.
  8. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Ginia Bellafante
    40
    The mood of dark comedy isn't sustained. Factory quickly devolves into a meaningless slapstick of goofy faces and a forced awkwardness that suggests the vision of someone who has watched "Curb Your Enthusiasm" over and over but has still not figured out what makes it so funny.
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