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Mike and Molly: Season 1
  • Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 20, 2010
  • Season #: 1 , 2
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Metascore
63 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 23 Critics What's this?

User Score
6.2 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 51 Ratings

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  • Summary: Two people (Billy Gardell and Melissa McCarthy) meet and fall in love at an Overeaters Anonymous meeting.
  • Genre(s): Comedy

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 23
  3. Negative: 1 out of 23
  1. People Weekly
    Reviewed by: Tom Gliatto
    88
    Melissa McCarthy and Billy Gardell star in a sweet, old-fashioned sitcom. [Sep 27 2010, p.55]
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  2. Hitfix
    Reviewed by: Dan Fienberg
    60
    If you walk away from the Mike & Molly pilot and tell me that you hate it, because the only version you remember is the grating, pratfall-laden "laughing at" version, I can't say you're wrong. I can try to point you to the better parts of the pilot, like Mike's "share" to the Overeaters Anonymous group or his very different "share" to Molly's class of students, but as Chris Farley could have told you, those things don't get cheers like the "fat guy falls down" hijinks.
  3. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    25
    There are a lot of fat jokes in Mike & Molly. Unfortunately, all of them are easy, most of them are stupid and worse than anything is that they are spewed in what is being spun as a sympathetic look at people with eating problems.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 22
  3. Negative: 7 out of 22
  1. travelgal40
    9
    As a follower of CBS' Monday Night Line up, I was pleased to catch this show. I think that characters have several directions to go. The one-liners are great and even the supporting cast have a great presence. I am looking forward to more episodes to watch them grow.… Expand
    • 2 of 2 users said yes
  2. Tony
    4
    Melissa McCarthy's talent is squandered here by writing that is simply not funny. Her talents (so well displayed on "Gilmore Girls" and "Samantha Who?") are deserving of something much better than this.… Expand
    • 1 of 3 users said yes
  3. skantea
    3
    Based on my admiration for Melissa McCarthy I decided to check out the first season, and no. Couldn't make it through a single episode. there may be better ones than the one I started but just no. There's no way I'm using my time for that. In my estimation it's just background noise for people who never turn the television off (typical of the genre). Enjoyed McCarthy in Bridesmaids and the most recent SNL. Hopefully they'll revamp the show to feature her doing something that allows her to work closer to level ten than at the muted level two she's coasting at. 3/10… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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