Advanced Search >
Help Me Search

TV

2009 Fall Season
2009 Summer Season
2008-09 Midseason
2008 Fall Season
2008 Summer Season
Best Of 2008
Best Of 2007
Best Of 2006
Best Of 2005

Recent/Upcoming
Movies & Specials

46 The Prisoner
AMC, 11/15

73 Collision
PBS, 11/15

70 Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags
HBO, 10/19

84 Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
IFC, 10/18

80 Occupation
BBC America, 10/18

Recent/Upcoming
Series Premieres

47 The Wanda Sykes Show
Fox, Saturday

67 V
ABC, Tuesday

54 The League
FX, Thursday

81 Friday Night Lights Season Four
DirecTV 101, Wednesday

77 Endgame
PBS, Sunday

78 White Collar
USA, Friday

20 The Jeff Dunham Show
Comedy Central, Thursday

47 Lock 'n Load
Showtime, Wednesday

74 30 Rock Season Four
NBC, Thursday

65 Nip/Tuck Season Six
FX, Wednesday

49 Secret Girlfriend
Comedy Central, Wednesday

62 Sherri
Lifetime, Monday

48 Three Rivers
CBS, Sunday

Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed shows.

Underground, The

EMAILPRINTSERIES: Showtime, Thursday 10:00p (30 minutes)

Underground, The
27
6.5 User Score:

Generally unfavorable reviews

Based on 12 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?

Based on 19 votes
Read user comments
Rate this show >

Show Info

Genre(s): Comedy

Created By: Damon Wayans

First Air Date: September 14, 2006

Summary

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."

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...

60

Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron

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

Read Full Review >
50

New York Daily NewsDavid 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.

Read Full Review >
38

People WeeklyTom Gliatto

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

30

VarietyBrian Lowry

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

Read Full Review >
30

The New York TimesVirginia Heffernan

This is not exactly groundbreaking.

Read Full Review >
25

Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman

Mostly unfunny.

Read Full Review >
20

Detroit Free PressMike Duffy

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

Read Full Review >
20

Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert

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

Read Full Review >
20

Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen 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.

Read Full Review >
20

Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen

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

Read Full Review >
16

Entertainment WeeklyMichael Endelman

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

0

TV GuideMatt Roush

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

Read Full Review >

What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this 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

Read more user comments >

Popular on CBS sites: SEC Football | NFL | Video Game Cheats | iPhone | Video Game Reviews | Notebooks | Antivirus Software

About CBS Interactive | Jobs | Advertise

© 2009 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. | Privacy Policy (UPDATED) | Terms of Use