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Dirt
EMAILPRINTSERIES: FX, Tuesday 10:00p (60 minutes)

Mixed or average reviews
Based on 29 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 106 votes
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Show Info
Genre(s): Drama
Created By: Matthew Carnahan
First Air Date: January 2, 2007
Summary
Starring Courteney Cox, Ian Hart, Josh Stewart, Jeffrey Nordling, Laura Allen, Rick Fox, Shannyn Sossamon, and Timothy Bottoms
Courteney Cox (in her first post-"Friends" series) stars in an FX original drama about the staff of a celebrity tabloid.
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...
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Frequently wickedly humorous, it can also be as flat-footed as the tabloid topics that it dramatizes. Like them, however, it's usually juicily watchable and addictive.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman
"Dirt" gets the ingredients right (the tone, acting and pacing are swell), but the dialogue doesn't make it addicting enough to watch, and the editing could be slicker more often.
Read Full Review >New York PostLinda Stasi
This is not to say that vapid and ruthless can't work on TV (think "Nip/Tuck"). But vapid and ruthless has to be redeemed by ridiculous and funny.
Read Full Review >New York MagazineJohn Leonard
There is nothing in Dirt to look at or think about that we haven’t looked at and decided not to think about before.
Read Full Review >Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker
Dirt is like a tabloid: The glossy surface lures you in, but there isn't a lot more there.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
Much of what's swept up in "Dirt," from gay action stars to sad sitcom actresses, seems more dusty than dirty.
Read Full Review >Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
It's a heavy soap opera that's so obsessed with the death of innocence, it forgets about the comic absurdities of decadence.
Read Full Review >New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
It's a show where neither the world being created nor the characters populating it are remotely convincing - or interesting.
Read Full Review >People WeeklyTom Gliatto
Cox... doesn't have the right vulgar relish to hold the show together. [8 Jan 2007, p.35]
San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
The whole series just misses its mark -- despite that mark being one of the fattest, ripest targets imaginable.
Read Full Review >USA TodayRobert Bianco
Sanctimonious yet salacious, tawdry yet preachy, and dull as, well, dirt, this haltingly comic drama has as much trouble finding a workable tone as it does making a coherent point.
Read Full Review >Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
A soapy, shallow look at how gossip is currency in Hollywood.
Read Full Review >San Jose Mercury NewsCharlie McCollum
A mishmash that wastes an interesting cast... and the few intriguing ideas it has.
Read Full Review >Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron
Although several characters are refugees from central casting, there is too much of an earnest streak running through "Dirt" to dismiss it as a breathless soap.
Read Full Review >SlateTroy Patterson
Dirt is quick-moving but painfully solemn, somehow constituting a plodding romp. At their very best, the first three episodes play like bad Kubrick.
Read Full Review >Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Cox and the shallow “Dirt” scripts fail to bring this woman to life.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloyd
Instead of examining the moralizing titillation that fuels the gossip press, "Dirt" just follows its lead.
Read Full Review >Kansas City StarAaron Barnhart
Unfortunately, the first two hours of “Dirt” give no sense that anyone wants to make an entertaining satire out of all this.
Read Full Review >Detroit Free PressMike Duffy
A tediously insipid show that is perilously low on wit, intelligence or imagination.
Read Full Review >SalonHeather Havrilesky
There's something distinctly disappointing about taking such sly, dark subject matter and making it so clunky and obvious.
Read Full Review >Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall
It's the first outright catastrophe of FX's post-"The Shield" era.
Read Full Review >VarietyBrian Lowry
The show falls thuddingly flat, feeling tired, gratuitous in its dirty doings and a trifle narcissistic.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this show is 7.2 (out of 10) based on 106 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Jasper gave it an8:
I watched all of the first season and was thoroughly entertained. Courtney Cox is beguiling and watchable. Having lived in Hollywood for many years I find the stories quite representative and the overall tone is authentic. It's a good effort.
Loving Dirt Dirt gave it a10:
I LOVE DIRT !!! I cant get enuff i havent missed an episode i ahve been waiting for it to come back on they really left us hanging on with so many questions. it is interesting to see courtney go from monica to lucy it just shows the talent she has bravo !! PLEASE EXTEND EPISODE PLEASE DO COMMERCIAL FREE this show could possible be up there with general hospital !!! please advertize more when is the new episodes going to begin why isnt the advertisements for the 2nd season rollin in maybe after the new year until then.... dont get dirty.
MEGAN gave it a10:
I love this show!!!! It is so refreshing to see an actress who has played a character like Monica Gellar for ten years go to a character such as Lucy Spiller and still be so convincing and exciting to watch! I just can't wait for DIRT to come back!!!
Craig gave it an8:
Interesting.
Karreno C. gave it a10:
You know, I gotta critique Variety and Newark Star Ledger for giving a such shitty review. I personally feel they're misjudging the series by only looking at the trailer. Perhaps a more attention to detail and critical examination will help them understand the thematic elements behind the series, and it's vision that goes beyond conservative values.
Jamie M gave it a10:
I thought it was entertaining and can't wait for another season!
Jessica gave it an8:
I can't wait for this show to come back. I like seeing Courtney Cox in such a contrast to her Friends character.
