Pepper Dennis: Season 1
  • Network: WB
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 4, 2006
  • Season #: 1
Metascore
37 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 21 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 21
  3. Negative: 12 out of 21
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  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    38
    The cast is pleasant enough, and Romijn certainly tackles her character with the abandon and conviction necessary to anchor a comedy-drama series. Were the show better written, these actors probably could deliver the goods with no problem.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    30
    [It] isn't terrible but doesn't pack much of a comedic wallop.
  3. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    30
    Romijin... [is] too cold and aloof to play the lead.
  4. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    30
    While there's nothing cringingly awful about this new WB series -- see Fox's ''Unan1mous" for that -- it nonetheless succumbs to one of the great TV sins: mediocrity.
  5. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    20
    A slight, cartoonish, and terribly, terribly obvious dramedy.
  6. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    20
    The show is a particularly awkward attempt at a "dramedy": It tries to make you care about Dennis' quest to become a news anchor and meet the right guy, yet it makes light of the fact that Dennis is shrill, superficial and a bit promiscuous.
  7. People Weekly
    Reviewed by: Tom Gliatto
    38
    The show is just as bad as several other recent WB shows (Modern Men, The Bedford Diaries), neither cartoonish enough nor realistic enough to register as anything more than a conceptual shell with a handful of dried peas rattling inside. [24 Apr 2006, p.39]
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  8. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    25
    "Pepper Dennis" is so poorly written that the hokey dialogue not only besmirches journalism, but television journalism, which really takes some serious hackery to accomplish.
  9. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    10
    The WB is lying when it boasts that Pepper Dennis signifies a new television life form, the one-hour comedy. Boring, yes; witless, definitely; trashy, oh my God yes. Comedy? Dream on, guys.
  10. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Alessandra Stanley
    30
    Ms. Romijn's hourlong show tries to combine the arch satire of "Desperate Housewives" with the chick-lit romance of "Grey's Anatomy," and falls short of both.
  11. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Tom Shales
    30
    One view of the skyline against Lake Michigan is breathtaking. It's kind of a bad sign when you wish there were more scenery in a show and fewer scenes with characters and dialogue and stuff like that.
  12. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    30
    Next week's episode comes across a lot like the part of the porn script that begs for the fast-forward button. Seriously, it's all there -- beautiful women in tight outfits, thick innuendo, weak setups and thin plot progression.

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User Score
8.9 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 105 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 81 out of 86
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 86
  3. Negative: 5 out of 86
  1. KatH
    10
    I absolutely loved this show and am still mourning the loss. I have also boycotted the CW and will continue to do so. even if it came back now there would still be a fan base.… Full Review »
  2. DanieleC.
    10
    I have seen in my country (i'm italian) this commedy and i'm enthusiast. Why do you have stop this series? A big sin!!! (sorry for my english)… Full Review »
  3. MaryA
    10
    This was the best show! Whoever canceled it should hate themselves for life!
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