Happy Hour

The New York TimesVirginia Heffernan

The idle, boozy time between one romantic relationship and the next turns out to be a sweet spot for a sitcom.

Detroit Free PressMike Duffy

The few good laughs in an otherwise so-so show are supplied by the slyly wigged-out Beth Lacke.

Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray

Thanks to some happy casting, the show's not actually unwatchable.

New York PostLinda Stasi

A bad morph-job of "Seinfeld" and "Friends" but without the simplicity of the first, the chemistry of the second or the brilliance, timing, and writing of either.

Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman

It squanders committed acting and funny lines by draping them over a suspect premise.

USA TodayRobert Bianco

There's not a moment or character that rings true, and the only joke you're likely to remember is an anatomical gag you'd probably rather forget.

Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland

This is merely another dead-on-arrival series to add to the mountain of failures Fox has hurled our way over the past few seasons.

Kansas City StarAaron Barnhart

I don’t get a kick out of you, “Happy Hour.”

New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley

Lacke is the only person, or thing, in "Happy Hour" that made me laugh.

Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron

Given this straitjacket of a script, it's hard to know how good the cast could be with decent material.

Los Angeles TimesPaul Brownfield

"Happy Hour," or as I like to call it: "Really, Fox? This?"

Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan

Both shows ["Happy Hour" and "'Til Death"] bill themselves as comedies, but really, it's hard to find two less funny half hours on the network schedule.

TimeJames Poniewozik

The show is a warped copy of CBS' How I Met Your Mother... except that it's cynical, smug and utterly charmless.

San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman

Preposterously unfunny.

Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker

The fall's lamest new comedy.

Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall

Larry, Henry and virtually every person to walk through "Happy Hour" are broad, obnoxious, lame caricatures, even by the standards of Fox's laughtracked sitcoms.

VarietyBrian Lowry

Painfully familiar and virtually laugh-free, the series has one character with potential, but beyond that, it's hard to imagine Fox won't be yelling "last call" relatively soon.

Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen

At least "'Til Death" has some known stars. The cast of "Happy Hour" will likely remain unknown, starring, as they do, in this dud.

Washington PostTom Shales

Sheer, excruciating pain.... "Happy Hour" stands a good chance of being named Worst New Show, or at least feeblest new sitcom.