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Bill Engvall Show, The

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Bill Engvall Show, The
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2.9 User Score:

Generally unfavorable reviews

Based on 7 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?

Based on 32 votes
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Show Info

Genre(s): Comedy

Created By: Bill Engvall
Michael Leeson

First Air Date: July 17, 2007

Summary

Starring Bill Engvall, Nancy Travis, Steve Hytner, Jennifer Lawrence, Graham Patrick Martin, Skyler Gisondo, and Tim Meadows

Bill Engvall is a family counselor with his own set of problems.

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...

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Hollywood ReporterRay Richmond

The show isn't particularly funny.

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40

TV GuideMatt Roush

This feels like the kind of show ABC used to churn out in its sleep.

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40

Washington PostTom Shales

There's a sort of comfort that comes from knowing you won't run into anything disruptively unconventional in a sitcom, and that would make Engvall as pleasantly lumpy as a dying couch.

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38

New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley

You know a show needs work when its show-stopper is the mime.

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30

VarietyBrian Lowry

This is decidedly slim and rarely funny fare.

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30

The New York TimesGinia Bellafante

There is a sense throughout that Mr. Engvall is betraying his core audience, and the whole blue-collar comedy ethos in particular, trading in one category of cliché for another.

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30

Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert

The wacky situations and jokes on The Bill Engvall Show seem almost willfully dated.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this show is 2.9 (out of 10) based on 32 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Bob S. gave it a0:
Very unfunny.

Todd M. gave it a1:
This is one of a few sitcoms I have seen that have managed to make me angry that anyone would think I would find the show the least bit funny or enjoyable in any way. Are these people even trying?

LaLa R. gave it a1:
This is a GENERIC still standing. Not funny at all, really dumb jokes....who wrote this a 10 yr old. really dumb show, show more family guy instead.

Greg A gave it a1:
I don't understand...Bill is funny on tour. How could this be soooo bad.

Brian M gave it a1:
Bill's acting seemnged forced and his costar the wife seems not really interested in acting at all. It seems like a comedian trying to cash in on the fame he archived riding on Foxworthys fame. From a clip show to this disaster.

[Anonymous] gave it an8:
I love this show. Bill Engvall is hilarious.

Wade T. gave it a3:
The Bill Engvall Show is a depressing display of gutless television. Clearly trying to be a generic family sitcom so as to not offend, the show ends up providing nothing of merit. There are moments from the pilot and other episodes I've seen where good actors are asked to do ridiculously embarrassingly lame scenes that lead to every predictable endings. Really, do the producers of this show honestly think they'll attract an audience?

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