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Carpoolers
EMAILPRINTSERIES: ABC, Tuesday 8:30p (30 minutes)

Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 23 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 50 votes
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Show Info
Genre(s): Comedy
Created By: Bruce McCulloch
First Air Date: October 2, 2007
Summary
Starring Jerry O'Connell, Fred Goss, Faith Ford, Jerry Minor, Tim Peper, Allison Munn, and T.J. Miller
Are Jerry O'Connell and Co. stuck in traffic?
Also On The Web: Official Show Site tv.com
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...
Kansas City StarAaron Barnhart
From what I can tell, it’s going to be the same show every show.
Read Full Review >Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Carpoolers isn’t terrible; it’s tolerable and even mildly funny at times.
Read Full Review >Washington PostTom Shales
Carpoolers has a certain loopy cuteness to it, but the show lacks a beating heart, some strong central figure to care about and root for.
Read Full Review >Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
The show doesn't aim very high. It's only a little bit more than just another network sitcom about marital conflict and about how men will be men.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman
At first, this new comedy about four mostly wimpy dudes seems just stupid, but some of it is decent.
Read Full Review >Detroit Free PressMike Duffy
A decent, potentially appealing cast -- one that includes Fred Goss ("Sons and Daughters"), Faith Ford and Jerry O'Connell--has to make do with ho-hum storylines and writing that lacks anything resembling real snap and imagination.
Read Full Review >San Jose Mercury NewsCharlie McCollum
It could develop (its creator is Bruce McCulloch from "Kids in the Hall"), but right now, it's only so-so.
Read Full Review >Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall
There's some amusing material on the margins of the show--the guys use OnStar to settle a debate about the lyrics to a song on the radio, Dougie admits his marriage isn't perfect and his wife "sometimes she gets up in the middle of the night and bakes in her sleep"--but outside of Jerry Minor's winning performance as the overextended but always cheerful Aubrey, it's completely forgettable.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
Unless the writers figure out a way to step away from the car without stepping away from the funny, I'm not sure how long the show can stay there before it's pulled over.
Read Full Review >Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Carpoolers, are at least amusing even if equally socially maladroit. Carpoolers is a genially oddball comedy.
Read Full Review >Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker
The carpoolers are funniest when they just sing along with the radio--not a good sign.
Read Full Review >Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
There's little that's surprising let alone interesting about Carpoolers despite the best efforts of an enthusiastic cast, most notably O'Connell.
Read Full Review >Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron
The best thing in the show's favor is its single-camera style and a cast that knows its way around a punchline, though these are few and far between. In general, stories are contrived and exaggerated, and they fail to deliver even a mild comedy payoff.
Read Full Review >New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Carpoolers, despite a few likable cast members and passable jokes, is in so much trouble, it's pulled over, on the shoulder.
Read Full Review >PopMattersDaynah Burnett
Carpoolers opted to careen straight into a gender war minefield, with stock male characters looking hapless amid a seeming pack of controlling, lazy, and deceitful women.
Read Full Review >The New York TimesGinia Bellafante
The women here aren’t foils for male inferiority; they’re just dragging the boys down further with their alternately lazy, nutty or emasculating ways.
Read Full Review >NewsdayDiane Werts
Carpoolers is like a flimsy "Saturday Night Live" skit pounded home and running on beyond endurance. Actors sputter their lines, dither and whimper like some 1950s sitcom.
Read Full Review >San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Mainly Carpoolers uses the cheap conceit of four guys sharing time in the car (confiding in each other, getting away from their troubles at home) to distract you from the fact this is merely another unfunny comedy of forced antics, cliched jokes and unbelievable characters.
Read Full Review >USA TodayRobert Bianco
The show is so painfully witless and dull, your daily commute may begin to seem entertaining in comparison.
Read Full Review >VarietyPhil Gallo
Carpoolers is shockingly dull and unfunny with Fred Goss shoehorned in an uninspiring role.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Well, a lot of thought and money goes into advertising, and basing a show on characters that emerged from that effort and expense is no more bogus on its face than making up ridiculous excuses for human beings out of thin air, like the men in Carpoolers.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this show is 8.2 (out of 10) based on 50 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Dan Lampert gave it a10:
Marmaduke is the funniest character on TV.
Suzy Q gave it a10:
Love it! It's FUNNY! Jerry O'Connell is hilarious (and the only Actor on the show who's work I'm familiar with; AND the reason I first tuned in) - he seems to be having a lot of fun with his 'bad boy' role. ;) The show has a lot of laughs and a lot of potential for more laughs to come; I don't miss an episode. It's a breath of fresh air, amidst all the daily comedy re-runs that play all week long at my house! (Still watch Cheers, Everybody Loves Raymond, Frasier, According to Jim, Friends, Two and a Half Men, Still Standing, Maude, etc. re-runs for that second layer of comedy - the one you catch the next time you watch the same episode.) Keep authorizing more episodes, ABC - it's the ONLY reason I tune in to your station Tuesday Night.
Robert B. gave it an8:
Pretty funny and seems to be getting better week to week!
Henry C gave it a10:
This, along with "The Office", is the funniest show on TV... Marmaduke is hilarious. "The Code" is quite possibly the funniest half hour I had all of last year. I hope this show doesn't get canceled....I also cant wait til it comes out on dvd.
[Anonymous] gave it a10:
10+!!! I watch very little tv anymore due to lack of time and lack of anything good. I make time to watch this on the net always more than once. It is by far the best thing out in years. Funny, just funny.
Ron C. gave it a7:
Potential is there, a la Sunny in Philadelphia
Matthew M. gave it a10:
Hilarious.
