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Anchorwoman
EMAILPRINTSERIES: Fox, Wednesday 8:00p (30 minutes)
Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 10 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 9 votes
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Show Info
Genre(s): Reality (Non-Competitive)
Created By: Brian Gadinsky
First Air Date: August 22, 2007
Summary
Starring Lauren Jones, Phil Hurley, Annalisa Petraglia, Dan Delgado, and Michelle Reese
Former WWE and "The Price is Right" model Lauren Jones hopes she doesn't sink while anchoring the news desk in this reality show.
Episode Guide & More Info: More about this show at TV.com
Also On The Web: Official Show Site
What The Critics Said
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New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Anchorwoman turns out to be entertaining--even as it indicts the local TV news operation it pretends to value.
Read Full Review >Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron
The producers do a nice job of developing characters and delineating the conflict. It's so good that, with only a few tweaks here and a little better dialogue there, it could rival "The Office" as a faux documentary.
Read Full Review >NewsdayVerne Gay
It's got some charm and there's some humor here, too--mstly at Jones' expense. But seriously, don't you have something better to do tonight?
Read Full Review >Washington PostNeely Tucker
Anchorwoman is the sort of trailer-park television you wouldn't mark your calendar to watch each week, but if you channel-surfed across it, you couldn't help but watch.
Read Full Review >Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Jones plays her clichéd role to the hilt, which is clear early on, when she paints her toenails pink while driving her car.
Read Full Review >New York PostAdam Buckman
Hr stupidity's a put-on (for her sake, I hope so), as is this entire show, whose concept is so convoluted that Fox had to devise a clumsy new term--"a comedy/reality hybrid"--to describe it.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman
The result is a "partially scripted reality show" (whatever that means) that edits scenes so as to make people look ridiculous while clashing over artificial constructs.
Read Full Review >Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Anchorwoman isn’t much of a reality show, because most of the conflict is contrived.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles TimesMary McNamara
I just wanted everyone, including Jones, to rise up as one and throw the cameras and the whole Anchorwoman concept out of the newsroom and back to whatever airport strip bar provided its genesis.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this show is 4.1 (out of 10) based on 9 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Diggem the Frog gave it a3:
Anchorwoman's premise -- a former model and game show hostess decides to change careers and try her hand at newscasting -- must have sounded very promising on paper, especially to network executives who can't plan beyond one season, which is all this premise is good for. Well, at least they tried to do something different -- almost. It was worth a shot. You know, the wrong casting director could have cast Paris Hilton and turned this show into the latest season of “The Simple Life.” At least they had the good sense to cast a bimbo who is serious about her efforts – at least ostensibly – and a news team who can act effectively enough to make the drama seem less scripted than it really is. It just wasn’t very funny. I wasn’t really surprised to see it canceled after opening night. I did laugh at least twice. I laughed when Lauren Jones was out in the field (literally) and asked where the bathroom was, and I laughed when she goofed off in a cubicle, not realizing that she was visible on camera. I could see just about any rookie making that mistake their first week.
patrick k gave it an8:
I think some people unfair with the show. after all it does shows what the news has become lately at least that what i been hearing.
Ian I. gave it a2:
Better than "The Loop" worse than everything else on TV.
Mary H. gave it a0:
Absolute waste of time. that sports Diva was just horrible. Please---no more! Oh good I see they canceled it. She should stay with WWW. I like that.
Nancy N. gave it an8:
Very entertaining as well as hysterical...which is what TV is all about. I hope somebody picks this up so we can see more. You didn't even give this show a chance!!
Robert H. gave it a0:
Ha ha. This show already got canceled. Ha ha!
