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


7.2

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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.

GENRE(S):	Drama
CREATED BY:	Matthew Carnahan
FIRST AIR DATE:	January 2, 2007

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...

Wall Street Journal Dorothy Rabinowitz

Slick and entertaining.

Miami Herald Glenn Garvin

Delirious, dizzy, decadent and altogether delicious.

Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan 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.

Washington Post Tom Shales

A wickedly entertaining show.

Chicago Sun-Times Doug 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.

New York Post Linda 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.

New York Magazine John 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.

Orlando Sentinel Hal Boedeker

Dirt is like a tabloid: The glossy surface lures you in, but there isn't a lot more there.

Philadelphia Daily News Ellen Gray

Much of what's swept up in "Dirt," from gay action stars to sad sitcom actresses, seems more dusty than dirty.

Slant Magazine Sal Cinquemani

Dirt's not just dirty, it's messy.

Slant Magazine Sal Cinquemani

Dirt's not just dirty, it's messy.

Entertainment Weekly Gillian Flynn

It should be fun, and it isn't.

Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert

It's a heavy soap opera that's so obsessed with the death of innocence, it forgets about the comic absurdities of decadence.

The New York Times Alessandra Stanley

Cox is strangely wooden and bland.

New York Daily News David Hinckley

It's a show where neither the world being created nor the characters populating it are remotely convincing - or interesting.

People Weekly Tom Gliatto

Cox... doesn't have the right vulgar relish to hold the show together. [8 Jan 2007, p.35]

San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman

The whole series just misses its mark -- despite that mark being one of the fattest, ripest targets imaginable.

USA Today Robert 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.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen

A soapy, shallow look at how gossip is currency in Hollywood.

San Jose Mercury News Charlie McCollum

A mishmash that wastes an interesting cast... and the few intriguing ideas it has.

Hollywood Reporter Barry 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.

Slate Troy 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.

Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan

Cox and the shallow “Dirt” scripts fail to bring this woman to life.

Los Angeles Times Robert Lloyd

Instead of examining the moralizing titillation that fuels the gossip press, "Dirt" just follows its lead.

Kansas City Star Aaron Barnhart

Unfortunately, the first two hours of “Dirt” give no sense that anyone wants to make an entertaining satire out of all this.

Detroit Free Press Mike Duffy

A tediously insipid show that is perilously low on wit, intelligence or imagination.

TV Guide Matt Roush

An embarrassing dud that's both trashy and self-pitying.

Salon Heather Havrilesky

There's something distinctly disappointing about taking such sly, dark subject matter and making it so clunky and obvious.

Newark Star-Ledger Alan Sepinwall

It's the first outright catastrophe of FX's post-"The Shield" era.

Variety Brian Lowry

The show falls thuddingly flat, feeling tired, gratuitous in its dirty doings and a trifle narcissistic.

The average user rating for this tv 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.

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

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