Loop, The

Entertainment WeeklyKen Tucker

Finally, a clever new sitcom. [17 Mar 2006, p.108]

Detroit Free PressMike Duffy

It's a fresh, darkly comic workplace/social life farce peppered with good laughs.

Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen

A lively comedy.

NewsdayVerne Gay

Yes, "The Loop's" a winner, although let us be the first to admit that the usual attributes associated with "winning" are probably stretched beyond all recognition in this context.

The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley

It's funnier than a similar new Fox sitcom, "Free Ride," about a college graduate who moves back in with his parents. Partly that is because "The Loop" has a faster pace and bolder writing.

Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman

Presumably, the actors will settle into their roles and get a better grip on timing and volume. They're over-the-top for material that's already zany.

Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan

It may not have the subtlety or sophisticated wit of "Arrested Development," but it's not supposed to. It's more a combination of "The Office" and "Four Kings" -- with really good music and a distinctive, energetic visual style.

Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland

You probably can tell that this thing isn't bound for the sitcom hall of fame, but it's a good time.

Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin

The Loop's constant jokes about hot bodies and alcoholic excess would doubtless wear thin very quickly if not for a lunatic cast of young unknowns and gifted veteran character actors.

TimeJames Poniewozik

If the writing can rise to [Harrison's and Hall's] performances, The Loop could take flight.

Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert

The show moves along briskly, and it benefits from the lack of a laugh track. But you have to accept the relentless repetition of some flagrantly juvenile jokes to enjoy yourself.

TV GuideMatt Roush

The Loop is half funny.

Houston ChronicleMike McDaniel

A crude comedy filled with frat-boy humor.

SalonHeather Havrilesky

When you watch this show, you can almost hear some big, dumb executive animal saying, "We want a single-camera comedy that's weird and dark and fun, you know, like 'Arrested Development,' except with a young, sexy cast!"

USA TodayRobert Bianco

Seldom has a series expended more energy with less entertaining results.

San Jose Mercury NewsCharlie McCollum

There are some very funny lines and moments... Unfortunately, the good stuff isn't worth slogging through the rest of this sitcom.

Hollywood ReporterRay Richmond

A painfully contrived premise can't be glossed over by pretty faces and pithy dialogue.

New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley

"The Loop" is much more failure than success.

VarietyBrian Lowry

The show basically approximates that commercial where a young guy is working an office job and his dorky friends keep bugging him, as a generic twentysomething dude seeks to prove he can straddle adult obligations and youthful pastimes by partying all night and working all day. Sorry, but been there, drank that.

Los Angeles TimesPaul Brownfield

It's satirical all right, paced roughly like "Arrested Development," but not very funny or believable.

Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm

[Episode 2's] Jenna, we learn, has basically been drunk since January, which is probably a pretty good condition for anyone who wants to get real laughs out of The Loop.

New York PostLinda Stasi

The jokes are dismally unpleasant and vaguely depressing.

Washington PostChip Crews

The show is particularly misbegotten and -- fatal for a comedy -- not funny at all.

San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman

As for "The Loop," well, it's just heinous. True, we've said that before. But it can't be said enough. "The Loop": heinous.