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Happy Hour: Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 7, 2006
  • Season #: 1
Metascore
25 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 19 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 19
  3. Negative: 16 out of 19
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  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Virginia Heffernan
    70
    The idle, boozy time between one romantic relationship and the next turns out to be a sweet spot for a sitcom.
  2. Philadelphia Daily News
    Reviewed by: Ellen Gray
    40
    Thanks to some happy casting, the show's not actually unwatchable.
  3. Detroit Free Press
    Reviewed by: Mike Duffy
    40
    The few good laughs in an otherwise so-so show are supplied by the slyly wigged-out Beth Lacke.
  4. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Doug Elfman
    38
    It squanders committed acting and funny lines by draping them over a suspect premise.
  5. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Linda Stasi
    38
    A bad morph-job of "Seinfeld" and "Friends" but without the simplicity of the first, the chemistry of the second or the brilliance, timing, and writing of either.
  6. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    37
    There's not a moment or character that rings true, and the only joke you're likely to remember is an anatomical gag you'd probably rather forget.
  7. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    30
    This is merely another dead-on-arrival series to add to the mountain of failures Fox has hurled our way over the past few seasons.
  8. Kansas City Star
    Reviewed by: Aaron Barnhart
    30
    I don't get a kick out of you, "Happy Hour."
  9. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    25
    Lacke is the only person, or thing, in "Happy Hour" that made me laugh.
  10. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    20
    Both shows ["Happy Hour" and "'Til Death"] bill themselves as comedies, but really, it's hard to find two less funny half hours on the network schedule.
  11. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Paul Brownfield
    20
    "Happy Hour," or as I like to call it: "Really, Fox? This?"
  12. Time
    Reviewed by: James Poniewozik
    20
    The show is a warped copy of CBS' How I Met Your Mother... except that it's cynical, smug and utterly charmless.
  13. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Barry Garron
    20
    Given this straitjacket of a script, it's hard to know how good the cast could be with decent material.
  14. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    12
    Preposterously unfunny.
  15. Orlando Sentinel
    Reviewed by: Hal Boedeker
    10
    The fall's lamest new comedy.
  16. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    10
    Painfully familiar and virtually laugh-free, the series has one character with potential, but beyond that, it's hard to imagine Fox won't be yelling "last call" relatively soon.
  17. Newark Star-Ledger
    Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    10
    Larry, Henry and virtually every person to walk through "Happy Hour" are broad, obnoxious, lame caricatures, even by the standards of Fox's laughtracked sitcoms.
  18. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    10
    At least "'Til Death" has some known stars. The cast of "Happy Hour" will likely remain unknown, starring, as they do, in this dud.
  19. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Tom Shales
    0
    Sheer, excruciating pain.... "Happy Hour" stands a good chance of being named Worst New Show, or at least feeblest new sitcom.
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User Score
8.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 66 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 44 out of 52
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 52
  3. Negative: 7 out of 52
  1. AmyG
    9
    One of the best new sitcoms I've seen in years. I'm so disappointed that they pulled it off the air. Bad time slot, I say, because it was much more entertaining than Til Death and seemed to be for a totally different audience. I'd like to see CBS pick it up and pair it with The Class.… Full Review »
  2. billyb
    10
    This show is hilarious and has a perfect balance of smart comedy and romance.
  3. TV
    10
    Great show!
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