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10 Items Or Less
EMAILPRINTSERIES: TBS, Monday 11:00p (30 minutes)
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 13 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 26 votes
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Show Info
Genre(s): Comedy
Created By: John Lehr
First Air Date: November 27, 2006
Summary
Starring John Lehr, Kirsten Gronfield, Roberta Valderrama, Chris Payne, Robert Clendenin, Christopher Liam, Greg Davis Jr., and Jennifer Elise Cox
This mostly-improvised workplace comedy is set in an Ohio grocery store.
Episode Guide & More Info: More about this show at TV.com
Also On The Web: Official Show Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Christian Science MonitorGloria Goodale
"Items" is like NBC's "The Office" on laughing gas - the same kind of poker-faced dysfunction in a crushingly ordinary setting, but faster and funnier.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
10 Items or Less is a quick hit of inanity, as close to The Office as anything else.
Read Full Review >Entertainment WeeklyHannah Tucker
It's as much miss as hit. [1 Dec 2006, p.75]
Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron
There are no deep belly laughs here but you can count on a steady stream of chuckles, more from the characters than the situations.
Read Full Review >Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
"10 Items" isn't a great comedy yet, but it often takes time.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles TimesPaul Brownfield
The show, in its way, is too slight to be totally fulfilling, tending to collapse into slapstick, but it can get by on moments.
Read Full Review >San Jose Mercury NewsCharlie McCollum
While you have to give them credit for trying something at least a little different, the creators and cast try way too hard to pull laughs out of the situation and the show comes off as forced and unbelievable.
Read Full Review >TV GuideMatt Roush
It's partially improvised, which comes off looking like they're having more fun than we are.
Read Full Review >New York PostAdam Buckman
The improvisations are sometimes so forced that I swear you can actually see the actors thinking about what to say next.
Read Full Review >Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker
Most of the time, [Lehr] and the show are insufferable.
Read Full Review >VarietyBrian Lowry
"10 Items or Less" labors too hard at being clever and occasionally teeters into shrill mode where a half-dozen characters are all yelling at each other simultaneously.
Read Full Review >Washington PostTom Shales
Bluntly put, neither the writers nor the actors are good enough at what they're trying to do to justify trying to do it. They'd all be better off making "10 Items" a traditional scripted show, because then it would stand a better chance of making sense.
Read Full Review >Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Yet another doomed and dreadful attempt to bring improv comedy to television.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this show is 5.5 (out of 10) based on 26 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Kevin S gave it a1:
I've only watched an episode, but the attempts at humor seem to be more amusing to the characters themselves than to me. It was pretty painful to watch and even the plot of the episode in addition to its lack of humor made it about as bad as paid programming.
Cyndi H gave it a5:
This show was better last season. Skits seemed a bit strained to get thru sometimes. And if I have to see one more Glade, hand lotion, etc. plug embedded in the script I will puke!
Dan H gave it a9:
This show is awsome. Check it out if you havn't seen it.
Becky B gave it a9:
I think it has a wonderful thing going for it: There are no new episodes of anything else on...at all...anywhere. Even if it's ripping off The Office, I'm so hungry for something new and vaguely amusing that this is looking good to me. I'm sure that it will blend into the bleak background when the strike is resolved. But until then God Bless Greens & Grains.
Blatantly U. gave it a0:
I watched an entire episode, to be able to say that I did. Wow. No laughing, no chuckles, not really even a smile. I'm surprised anyone could compare it to The Office, which is hilarious. This show is not. It's not even just odd humor, it's just no humor.
Andrew S gave it a6:
The series isn't too bad. It has a touch of Arrested Development in it, but all contained within a food mart.
Jackie E gave it a10:
I love this show. I think it is so hilareous. I dont know if it is because i work for a grocery store my self but i think this show is great and you guys should keep with more episodes. PLS!!!!!
