Stars Earn Stripes: Season 1
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Aug 13, 2012
  • Season #: 1
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Metascore
51 out of 100

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User Score
4.4 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 11 Ratings

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  • Summary: General Wesley Clark (retired) and Samantha Harris host the competitive reality show where Laila Ali, Dean Cain, Terry Crews, Nick Lachey, Todd Palin, Dolvett Quince, Picabo Street and Eve Torres compete in military-inspired missions for charity.
  • Genre(s): Comedy

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Hank Stuever
    Aug 13, 2012
    70
    Once they stop jawin', the competitors in Stars Earn Stripes put on quite a show, and that's the only point of reality television.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    Aug 13, 2012
    60
    Whatever else you make of it--and it's enough to say that if you like this sort of thing, you will like this thing--it's all, or partly, for a good cause.
  3. Uncle Barky
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    Aug 13, 2012
    58
    [The show] results in a picturesque endeavor that otherwise suffers from a lot of padded redundancy.
  4. Salon
    Reviewed by: Willa Paskin
    Aug 14, 2012
    30
    When grenade launchers, automatic weapons and war games substitute for salsa and swing dancing, the results are less wholesome entertainment and more armed-forces propaganda.

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  1. Positive: 1 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. USBP1969
    10
    As a rule I do not watch TV (Too many commercials), but do watch a few programs on my PC. After just about wearing out my DVD of "ACT OF VALOR" I really didn't expect much from this program, but I was quite surprised. The show is extremely well designed and executed (no pun). Just seeing Chris Kyle, a military icon, in action was worth it and Todd Palin was amazing to say the least. If iTunes will sell the season, I'll be sure to purchase it. Respectfully - Kent Williams (US Border Patrol - retired)… Expand
  2. MarcDoyle
    5
    It's somewhat entertaining - and I admire the fact that all of the winnings are going to veteran charities - but the show is a little clunky. It reminds me of another show (Combat Wars?) that had special forces operators competing against one another - and that was an excellent show. Todd Palin is the stud on this show, though, as the operators stated, calling him Rambo.… Expand

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