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- 2010
- TV-PG
- CBS
- 2010
- TV-PG
- CBS
Summary In this hidden-camera show an executive goes undercover in his or her own company to get a raw look at how people really work. The series will premiere on CBS after Super Bowl XLIV.
- 2010
- TV-PG
- CBS
- 2010
- TV-PG
- CBS
Undercover Boss
11 Seasons
Season 1 Premiere: Feb 7, 2010
60
4.8
Summary In this hidden-camera show an executive goes undercover in his or her own company to get a raw look at how people really work. The series will premiere on CBS after Super Bowl XLIV.
All Seasons
11 Seasons
Top Cast
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
60
47% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
47% Mixed
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7% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
60
47% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
47% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
7% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
The personalities are so appealing, and the jobs are so humbling, that this would have been a great one-shot documentary. Can they keep up the impact week after week? Or will we suffer from empathy fatigue sooner rather than later?
Undercover Boss isn't spectacular TV. But its real appeal lies in the exercise itself: watching a CEO meet actual workers and realize they work hard at jobs often made harder by petty rules and policies.
Watching home-office stiffs bomb in the real world is part of the fun of this reality show. [27 Jan 2012, p.68]
Undercover presents a wonderful tribute to the working man and woman. Middle managers are the villains here, sitting at desks and docking workers for clocking in late at lunch. The hour ends with the predictable reveal.
I want to root for a reality series that uplifts, but for this one to work, it either needs to be more fun or more real. [15 Feb 2010, p.43]
Instead of being uplifting, Boss feels opportunistic and condescending in a way that something like Dirty Jobs never does.
What we get instead is a hollow catharsis for a nation already strung out on the futility of resenting those who occupy CEO suites.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 6 User Ratings
4.8
33% Positive
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33% Mixed
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33% Negative
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 6 User Ratings
4.8
33% Positive
2 Ratings
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33% Mixed
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33% Negative
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Production Company:
- All3Media America
- Studio Lambert
Initial Release Date: Feb 7, 2010
Number of seasons: 11 Seasons
Rating: TV-PG
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Awards
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 2 Wins & 7 Nominations
BMI Film & TV Awards
• 6 Wins & 6 Nominations
Critics Choice Television Awards
• 6 Nominations
