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Courting Alex
SERIES: CBS, Monday 9:30p (30 minutes)

Courting Alex
Critic Score
Metascore: 39 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
3.8 out of 10
based on 19 reviews
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Starring Jenna Elfman, Dabney Coleman, Hugh Bonneville, Josh Randall, Jillian Bach, and Josh Stamberg

Jenna Elfman stars as a workaholic single attorney who works for her father's law firm.

GENRE(S): Comedy
CREATED BY: Fred Barron
FIRST AIR DATE: January 23, 2006

What The Critics Said

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70
Miami Herald Glenn Garvin
Elfman establishes herself as one of the major female comic presences on television.
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60
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen
The acting talent here is marginal compared to the sitcom it replaces, "Out of Practice" (returning later in the season), but I found "Courting Alex" more enjoyable.
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60
Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron
Simultaneously sexy and relatable, Elfman wins us over with a convincing performance that shows vulnerability just beneath a placid surface.
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50
Variety Brian Lowry
An inoffensive but not particularly distinguished half-hour.
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50
Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman
The cast is a fine one. The chemistry works between Elfman and Randall. The weakness of "Alex's" premiere -- and not future episodes, I hope -- is the overwrought script.
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50
New York Daily News David Hinckley
"Courting Alex" is courting disaster by the way it plays against Elfman's, and Coleman's, strengths.
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50
Los Angeles Times Robert Lloyd
Neither a disaster nor a triumph.
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42
Entertainment Weekly Nicholas Fonseca
[A] limp sitcom. [27 Jan 2006, p.77]
40
Washington Post Tom Shales
She's not bad, just flat; not annoying, just weak.
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40
New York Magazine John Leonard
Jenna Elfman really has to put a bag over it--her notorious “cute,” I mean.
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38
USA Today Robert Bianco
Courting Alex is nothing if not dull.
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38
Detroit Free Press Mike Duffy
A tepid traditional sitcom.
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30
Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert
A charmless sitcom with absolutely nothing original in it.
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25
San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman
"Courting Alex" is sadly predictable and unfunny at pretty much every turn.
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25
New York Post Adam Buckman
I doubt I will ever watch a single episode of "Courting Alex" beyond this first one.
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20
Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm
Elfman and Coleman do their best to inject some fun into the same old stuff.
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20
The New York Times Alessandra Stanley
[A] tepid, paint-by-numbers series.
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20
TV Guide Matt Roush
Worth watching? First you’d have to stay awake.
20
Chicago Tribune Sid Smith
Unimpressive and bland.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this tv show is 3.8 (out of 10) based on 25 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Keane G gave it a1:
Very disappointing, the show seems to be struggling to come up with its own original new jokes. For example the fever Alex's father had was similar to the one off of Friends when Monica was ill. They both try to pretend that they are not ill but unfortunately it was only funny the first time. This time is just a drag! Sorry but this show seems as though it is going to flop like the Joey spin off.

Orion Fan gave it a2:
A 2 only because can watch Jenna. Othewise dull, and awful. I enjoyed Dharma much more. Finally turned the second episode off halfway thru. Very disappointing.

charlotte r gave it a0:
this show is just terrible. out of practice as so much fun to watch.

Don H gave it a9:
I enjoyed Elfman and of course Coleman, their doing a good job at that time slot. It's an enjoyable quick half hour.

Leonard J gave it an8:
Jenna once again shows us her talent in this fresh comedy.

J Warner gave it a0:
The comedy is absolutely missing and you dont even have eyecandy to at least keep you entertained for the 30 mins.

Bill S gave it a3:
I so wanted to be able to rate this show high. I kept looking, almost struggling to laugh. This shows that you can have great actors and still not be funny. I'll give it one more chance, but last episode my wife had to wake me up half way through the show. How dissappointing.

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