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Underground, The
EMAILPRINTSERIES: Showtime, Thursday 10:00p (30 minutes)
Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 12 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 19 votes
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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."
Episode Guide & More Info: More about this show at TV.com
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...
Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron
Although the writing is not always even, the cast is absolutely first-rate.
Read Full Review >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 >People WeeklyTom Gliatto
Most of the show's humor remains submerged. [18 Sep 2006, p.39]
VarietyBrian Lowry
This latest sketch exercise plays like warmed-over improv stew that labors way too hard to shock.
Read Full Review >Detroit Free PressMike Duffy
A relentlessly raunchy chucklehead stew of lewd crudity and cheap, easy ethnic stereotypes.
Read Full Review >Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
"The Underground" doesn't flesh out its envelope-pushing concepts with writing or piquant characterization.
Read Full Review >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 >Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
"The Underground" plays like a rerun, an unfunny, overly gross one at that.
Read Full Review >Entertainment WeeklyMichael Endelman
A cafeteria of crap. [15 Sep 2006, p.68]
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
