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Big Day
EMAILPRINTSERIES: ABC, Tuesday 9:00p (30 minutes)

Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 25 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 19 votes
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Show Info
Genre(s): Comedy
Created By:
Josh Goldsmith
Cathy Yuspa
First Air Date: November 28, 2006
Summary
Starring Marla Sokoloff, Josh Cooke, Wendie Malick, Kurt Fuller, Miriam Shor, Stephen Rannazzisi, and Stephnie Weir
Imagine "24" as a sitcom about a wedding day, and you have the gist of this new serialized romantic comedy.
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...
Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron
Husband-and-wife team Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa pack the half-hour with oddball characters, zany circumstances and loads of physical comedy, but it's all grounded in enough reality to be utterly believable and irrepressibly funny.
Read Full Review >The New York TimesVirginia Heffernan
“Big Day” is marvelously cast, and the actors, especially Wendie Malick, manage, like the cast of “24,” to convey a sense of urgency that almost belongs on the stage.
Read Full Review >New York PostLinda Stasi
Normally, this should be as much fun as pulling out your own fingernails, but the cast for the most part makes it tolerable and fun.
Read Full Review >Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall
The larger problem may be whether there's enough material to cover an entire season.
Read Full Review >Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
"Big Day" doesn't feel like a big hit, but it is intermittently amusing.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
Whether you'll want to go the distance with "Big Day" will probably rest on how close you feel to the family.
Read Full Review >Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Too often, “Big Day” evokes the unpleasantness of pre-wedding stress, without mining the nuptial process for creative, original laughs.
Read Full Review >Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker
Big Day is forced and tiring, although Wendie Malick is a delirious hoot as the bride's pushy mom.
Read Full Review >Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Despite its formal ambition, "Big Day" is disappointingly ordinary.
Read Full Review >People WeeklyTom Gliatto
There are small funny moments along the way. [4 Dec 2006, p.39]
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
The question, still open, is whether the writers can pack enough comic caffeine into the next 21 weeks to keep viewers along for the ride.
Read Full Review >Washington PostTeresa Wiltz
"Big Day"... doesn't have an original bone in its carefully constructed body, which would be a pardonable offense if it were actually funny. Which, alas, it is not.
Read Full Review >Variety
With too many one-note jokes and characters, insufficient barrel laughs and too much controlled chaos, "Big Day" will be lucky if it even makes it to the afternoon let alone a walk down the aisle.
Read Full Review >Entertainment WeeklyGillian Flynn
Big Day has no likable characters. [1 Dec 2006, p.72]
Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman
One of the most puzzling things about TV this year is the mere existence of this catastrophe. It is a huge, huge pile.
Read Full Review >TV GuideMatt Roush
Big Day should be retitled "The Longest Day," as it spends an entire season showing us how many dreadfully unfunny complications can spoil a single wedding day.
Read Full Review >San Jose Mercury NewsCharlie McCollum
The situations are predictable, the writing is unfunny and the cast is forced to overplay every scene in hopes of generating something resembling a chuckle.
Read Full Review >Kansas City StarAaron Barnhart
A stinking pile of unlikely plot twists, brain-dead dialogue and cardboard characters.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles TimesPaul Brownfield
"Big Day" is basically bad community theater with music clearances.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this show is 7.5 (out of 10) based on 19 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
CJ Burkart gave it a10:
This show is the funniest comedy on television currently. It different and very clevery, something that is drastically missing from television these days. If ABC cancels this show, its a disgrace. Give it time. None of my family or friends have even heard of it.
francesca d gave it a10:
Great show!
Bryan C gave it a10:
Awesome! Hilarius. Hope they air the final episode or release it on DVD. Another season would be great too.
aj klarkson gave it a10:
Best show ever
Christie W gave it a10:
I think this show is really funny show with great casting and good writing. I am wondering where did it go? I hope that ABC will let it go the distance and gain viewers with time. Not everything is an overnight hit and takes time to catch on. REmember seinfeld was almost canceled.
Neal S. gave it an8:
Not many good comedies on anymore. This one is clever, unique and at times amusing. No, it is not Seinfield or even Two and a Half Men. But it is not bad.
said b gave it a10:
Its pretty good it just has to go a different way if there is more than one season
