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Underground, The
SERIES: Showtime, Thursday 10:00p (30 minutes)


6.5

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Starring Damon Wayans, Will Bowles, Mikey Day, Gabrielle Dennis, Josh Flaum, Vincent Oshana, Edi Patterson, and Aries Spears

Damon Wayans created, hosts and stars in this weekly sketch comedy program, which was envisioned as an update of "In Living Color."

GENRE(S):	Comedy
CREATED BY:	Damon Wayans
FIRST AIR DATE:	September 14, 2006

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Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron

Although the writing is not always even, the cast is absolutely first-rate.

New York Daily News David Hinckley

[It is] designed to elicit not shock and awe, but shock and guffaw. "The Underground" generates both - but not often, and not necessarily at the same time.

People Weekly Tom Gliatto

Most of the show's humor remains submerged. [18 Sep 2006, p.39]

Variety Brian Lowry

This latest sketch exercise plays like warmed-over improv stew that labors way too hard to shock.

The New York Times Virginia Heffernan

This is not exactly groundbreaking.

Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman

Mostly unfunny.

Detroit Free Press Mike Duffy

A relentlessly raunchy chucklehead stew of lewd crudity and cheap, easy ethnic stereotypes.

Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert

"The Underground" doesn't flesh out its envelope-pushing concepts with writing or piquant characterization.

Philadelphia Daily News Ellen Gray

As a viewer, what gets under my skin is seeing a funny guy with all the freedom in the world - because it's hard to imagine greater freedom existing on TV than that granted to Wayans by Showtime - not being able to come up with anything funnier than jokes about so-called private parts.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen

"The Underground" plays like a rerun, an unfunny, overly gross one at that.

Entertainment Weekly Michael Endelman

A cafeteria of crap. [15 Sep 2006, p.68]

TV Guide Matt Roush

The freedom to be crude and vulgar seems to have robbed him of creativity.

The average user rating for this tv show is 6.5 (out of 10) based on 19 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Zach M gave it a10:
Outstandingly funny show! Unbelieveable antics with new comedy that other comics would think twice about doing. Insanely funny with inovative skits. I'd like to see the show extend to an hour! Super funny cast!! A++++

matt c gave it a1:
What a waste. Not shocking-- just stupid.

John M gave it a10:
One of the best!

Mike gave it a10:
I have my favorite sketches like the N-word slinging white guys, balls out jeans, and south bronx. It would be unfair to compare this to In Living Color because that was a different time and a different cast. I don't always have to fall out of my chair to rate a comedy top notch! It's clever and the cast is great!

daniel c gave it a9:
how can you rely on critics? they're just intellectual A-holes that can't do any thing there selves!

Devyn S gave it a2:
Very disappointing. In Living Color was 300% better was the start of Many Blockbuster talents today and they coudnt even cusson that show. I guess Keenan was the Brains behind that show

Carlos Ivan Mireles P gave it a10:
I'm from coahuila, mexico and I see it every trusday It's the best tv show I've ever seen in english

Underground, The SERIES: Showtime, Thursday 10:00p (30 minutes)

Underground, The
SERIES: Showtime, Thursday 10:00p (30 minutes)