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- Sundance Channel
- Aug 11, 2014
- Sundance Channel
- Aug 11, 2014
Summary The talk show inspired by New York Magazine's Approval Matrix page is hosted by comedian Neal Brennan.
- Sundance Channel
- Aug 11, 2014
- Sundance Channel
- Aug 11, 2014
The Approval Matrix
Season 1
Season Premiere: Aug 11, 2014
63
User Score
Generally Favorable
7.5
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Summary The talk show inspired by New York Magazine's Approval Matrix page is hosted by comedian Neal Brennan.
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Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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60% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
63
60% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
40% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Provocative and occasionally insightful--except with Whitney Cummings brays with laughter--The Approval Matrix is like "The McLaughlin Group" for pop culture junkies.
Rather than have the opportunity to respond to events in real time, the show is left to tackle broad themes like fame and television’s golden age. And often, the conversations are edited in a way that appears to clip discourse short just as it takes off.
Things get wonky but not always interesting--middlebrow, really.
Everyone talks fast, suspecting that if they pause to breathe, someone else will jump in. But it’s not too chaotic, and most of The Approval Matrix comes off as a discussion actual people could really have.
An easily digestible guide to pop culture that can make any water-cooler conversation more interesting (or interminable). But this television adaptation--if tonight's premiere is representative--does not work.
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Generally Favorable
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 4 User Ratings
7.5
75% Positive
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0% Mixed
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25% Negative
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