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- 2008
- TV-MA
- FX
- 2008
- TV-MA
- FX
Summary Testees is a comedy about two friends in their early thirties who act as medical guinea pigs.
- 2008
- TV-MA
- FX
- 2008
- TV-MA
- FX
Testees
Season 1 Premiere: Oct 9, 2008
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8.3
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Summary Testees is a comedy about two friends in their early thirties who act as medical guinea pigs.
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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17% Positive
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58% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
37
17% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
25% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
58% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
The two-zany formula still works for movie after movie, and the occasional TV show. Case in point: Tonight's Testees, airing on the risk-happy FX network; the comedy doesn't push boundaries so much as trounce and trash them.
I don't know that there's a long-running series here--even the pilot runs out of steam before the end--but I did laugh several times.
The crass gags--some of which I laughed at--ultimately overwhelm everything else. Better to dole out the tastelessness carefully, so that each crude zinger has some value.
All of this might be vaguely defensible if “Testees” were trying to satirize the abuses of Big Pharma, or the limited opportunities for dumb white men, or really if it were trying to satirize anything at all. But it just sits there, inert, like a patient on a gurney.
It's horrible, horrible, horrible, and you will hate yourself for laughing--although I'm afraid you will.
There's no need to go any further. Testees makes "Kath & Kim" look smart and savvy, a nearly impossible feat.
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Universal Acclaim
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User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 6 User Ratings
8.3
67% Positive
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Production Company:
- Blueprint Entertainment
- Cinefornia
- Testy Productions
Initial Release Date: Oct 9, 2008
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-MA
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Awards
Gemini Awards
• 3 Nominations
