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Somebodies: Season 1
  • Network: BET
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 9, 2008
  • Season #: 1
Metascore
60 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
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  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    80
    Sweet, lyrical and a little cracked, it's worth seeking out.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    70
    The episodes don't really go anywhere, but the star-writer-producer has a genial Everyman presence and surrounds himself with a rich array of characters.
  3. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Joanna Weiss
    70
    It's a single-camera comedy that comes close, at times, to feeling like a live-action cartoon. It's not as hilariously cutting as "Chappelle's Show" used to be. But the tone is entertaining, and the format fits.
  4. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Ray Richmond
    70
    The single-camera Somebodies concept is gentle and easygoing and character-driven, which potentially makes it a pleasant, earnest little outpost, if not necessarily anything that's going to push primetime in bold new directions.
  5. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    40
    The phrase "all over the place" barely begins to cover it.
  6. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Teresa Wiltz
    40
    The show, though, never quite jells.
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