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Showbiz Show With David Spade, The
EMAILPRINTSERIES: Comedy Central, Thursday 10:30p (30 minutes)
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 6 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 7 votes
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Show Info
Genre(s): Comedy, News & Talk
First Air Date: September 15, 2005
Summary
Starring David Spade (host)
"The Showbiz Show" attempts to do for entertainment news what "The Daily Show" does for news and politics. Former SNL cast member David Spade hosts the show and offers his take on the headlines from behind a desk, supplemented by taped features.
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...
Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman
The world of TV benefits from having another good show, with relaxed Spade at the desk, mocking the Stepford-like trance with which entertainment-news shows like "Access Hollywood" mindlessly idolize stars into saints and sinners.
Read Full Review >New York MagazineAdam Sternbergh
The show’s greatest drawback, in fact, is Spade’s own influence: There are now a thousand TV comedians and a million Websites that toss off dismissive one-liners, so Spade’s snide voice is just one in a deafening din.
Read Full Review >Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
[The show] isn't bad, but it's the sort of humor that has become so institutionalized it feels safe.
Read Full Review >People WeeklyTom Gliatto
The show can be wonderfully mean... but it's too spotty. [24 Oct 2005, p.41]
Hollywood ReporterRay Richmond
The premiere winds up misfiring more often than it connects with various jabs, hooks, sucker punches and haymakers, too often going in for outlandish spoof at the expense of cleverness and irony.
Read Full Review >VarietyBrian Lowry
Essentially, this pancake-flat debut amounted to a 30-minute "Weekend Update" segment devoted entirely to Hollywood, filled with about three minutes of actual comedy.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this show is 6.5 (out of 10) based on 7 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Heather E gave it a10:
love the show!
Joseph B gave it a7:
You can't call the "inventer" of a comedy bit derivative because everyone has copied him. No one delivers the snark like Spade, and the longer format should yield some interesting shows as David gets more comfortable working solo.
Justin C gave it a10:
Spade pulls no punches, and rightly so. In fact, If he ever get tired of punching stupid, superficial starlets in the ego, he can look me up! I would gladly sub for 'em! ROCK ON!
Ryan C gave it a2:
This was great as a 5 minute skit with in SNL 15 years ago, but now, it seems old, tired, and thin.
