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The Life & Times of Tim: Season 1
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 28, 2008
  • Season #: 0 , 1 , 2 , 3
Metascore
57 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 13
  3. Negative: 3 out of 13
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  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    100
    The Life & Times of Tim--is flat-out brilliant and easily one of the funniest newcomers to television.
  2. Slate
    Reviewed by: Troy Patterson
    80
    The show gets under the skin, somehow, with its loose Web-clip vibe and looser philosophy of life.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Linda Stasi
    75
    The Life & Times of Tim, their new, offbeat, animated series, is one that works like crazy--and no, it doesn't hurt to be crazy to love this show.
  4. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    70
    Tim's world is so consistently outlandish as to be difficult to resist, especially since Dildarian plays the whole thing with the understatement of Bob Newhart's old phone routines.
  5. Newark Star-Ledger
    Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    70
    The jokes that do hit on "Life and Times of Tim" suggest that Dildarian might be onto something really good if given time to fix the slow spots.
  6. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    70
    Sophomoric and crude, The Life & Times of Tim may be a viable alternative for fans of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim.
  7. Time
    Reviewed by: James Poniewozik
    70
    The opening episodes are uneven but show a lot of potential.
  8. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    50
    I didn't find much of it funny, but on a kind of purely analytical level I can see how the jokes are supposed to work, and might well work on some.
  9. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    40
    This is sporadically funny, but Tim is too slight -- the back-to-back episodes are only 10 to 12 minutes long -- and relies way too much on the supposed shock value of cartoon characters uttering four-letter words to be consistently entertaining.
  10. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    40
    The animation is primitive, and so is the straining-to-be-hip writing in this deadpan sitcom.
  11. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    30
    The animation is rudimentary and the jokes aren't much better.
  12. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    30
    The animated comedy, which premieres on HBO tomorrow at 11 after Little Britain USA, is unnecessarily slow and slack.
  13. Salon
    Reviewed by: Heather Havrilesky
    10
    The Life & Times of Tim isn't even as well written as that show, and it's far more amateurish and deeply, alarmingly stupid to boot.
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User Score
7.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 44 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. [Anonymous]
    9
    Refreshing alternative to Adult Swim shows, brilliantly written comedy that makes you cringe at times due to the sheer absurdity of the situations.
  2. WillM.
    10
    This is some really good stuff.
  3. RonP.
    10
    One of the best shows on TV right now. A mix between The Office and a little Family Guy.
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