The Cho Show

Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloyd

To be sure, this is the sort of engineered reality in which things mostly happen because someone is there to film them, and not the other way around. But that it is only a partial, edited view of its star--she has, for one thing, a husband, artist-provocateur Al Ridenour, who is neither seen nor heard--doesn't mean that real thoughts and feelings don't come through. It's best when they do.

LA WeeklyRobert Abele

No one's telling her what to do or say anymore, but it's hard not to look at The Cho Show as the celebreality-era redo of All-American Girl.

Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron

Her way lets viewers glimpse at parts of her personal life (her house, her parents) but carefully withholds other details.

NewsdayVerne Gay

Cho has long been an acquired taste, and - while her fans will luxuriate in these 22 minutes--few newbies will acquire that tonight.

New York PostLinda Stasi

The best part of the show is watching Cho's standup act. Other than that, I really don't care to watch someone pick out clothes and talk to her "Glam Squad."

Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert

It amounts to little more than a hokey infomercial for her brand.

Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray

Liking Cho, I wanted to like The Cho Show. Liking Cho, I couldn't.

The New York TimesGinia Bellafante

If you didn’t already know that Ms. Cho has been a great friend to gay men, she makes that point often enough here. Unfortunately she doesn’t make many others.

VarietyBrian Lowry

Her latest showcase suffers from an increasingly common reality-TV deficiency: It's too staged to be convincing, and too unscripted to be reliably funny.

Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan

Most “celebreality” shows are probably staged to some degree, but Cho’s show seems more contrived than most.

Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin

The Cho Show is the television equivalent of anti-matter: no scripts, no punch lines, just Cho hanging out with her self-consciously weird entourage. What a waste of one of the most scandalously funny comedians in America!