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Mad Love: Season 1
  • Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Feb 14, 2011
  • Season #: 0 , 1
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Metascore
60 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 24 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 22 Ratings

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10 out of 10
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  • Summary: The comedy follows the lives of two couples, one madly in love and the other who hate each other.
  • Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 24
  3. Negative: 1 out of 24
  1. People Weekly
    Reviewed by: Tom Gliatto
    Feb 15, 2011
    88
    Mad Love [is] a relationship sitcom with real chemistry. [21 Feb 2011, p.41]
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  2. Zap2it (Inside the Box)
    Reviewed by: Mikey O'Connell
    Feb 15, 2011
    60
    Mad Love is not a bad show, but, judging from its first outing, it's not immediately deserving of the caliber of actors it managed to secure for its primary quartet.
  3. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Phillip Maciak
    Mar 8, 2011
    38
    Seeking to replicate the success of sweet-n'-sour sitcoms like How I Met Your Mother, Will and Grace, and the BBC's Gavin and Stacey, Mad Love never seems invested in its main characters, and so we, as viewers, are absolved of any investment as well.

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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. sGabe4
    9
    The almost all-star comedian cast and the undeniable resemblance to How I Met Your Mother (TV's once best comedy) make this show almost great. Certainly worth the wait. Looking forward to the rest of the episodes. But if it becomes a gimmicky romantic crap, I will quit watching.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. Dingleberry
    8
    If you can get through the first ten minutes, and I grant you it'll challenge your patience, the show suddenly blossoms into something entirely funny. I'll watch it again.… Expand
    • 2 of 2 users said yes
  3. jrmint
    5
    I like the idea of this show but there's a failure to launch. After watching the first couple episodes, I no longer cared about which couple was going to stick or why any of these people were friends with each other in the first place, so I lost interest and moved on. Yes, it is trying to be like HIMYM, but that show is clever, witty and layed with humor - especially building over time. This show was the opposite.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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