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- Comedy Central
- Sep 15, 2005
- Comedy Central
- Sep 15, 2005
Summary The Showbiz Show with David Spade , hosted by television and movie funnyman David Spade, cuts past the glitz of Tinseltown and gets to the heart of the industry. David Spade’s irreverent brand of comedy puts a fresh spin on entertainment journalism, featuring interviews with guest stars and comedian correspondents.
- Comedy Central
- Sep 15, 2005
- Comedy Central
- Sep 15, 2005
The Showbiz Show with David Spade
Season 1
Season Premiere: Sep 15, 2005
41
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Summary The Showbiz Show with David Spade , hosted by television and movie funnyman David Spade, cuts past the glitz of Tinseltown and gets to the heart of the industry. David Spade’s irreverent brand of comedy puts a fresh spin on entertainment journalism, featuring interviews with guest stars and comedian correspondents.
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Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
41
17% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
33% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
50% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
The world of TV benefits from having another good show, with relaxed Spade at the desk, mocking the Stepford-like trance with which entertainment-news shows like "Access Hollywood" mindlessly idolize stars into saints and sinners.
The show’s greatest drawback, in fact, is Spade’s own influence: There are now a thousand TV comedians and a million Websites that toss off dismissive one-liners, so Spade’s snide voice is just one in a deafening din.
[The show] isn't bad, but it's the sort of humor that has become so institutionalized it feels safe.
The show can be wonderfully mean... but it's too spotty. [24 Oct 2005, p.41]
The premiere winds up misfiring more often than it connects with various jabs, hooks, sucker punches and haymakers, too often going in for outlandish spoof at the expense of cleverness and irony.
Essentially, this pancake-flat debut amounted to a 30-minute "Weekend Update" segment devoted entirely to Hollywood, filled with about three minutes of actual comedy.
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