Worst Week
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 41 Ratings
- Summary: In this remake of a British comedy, everything that can go wrong will go wrong in the life of Sam Briggs (Kyle Bornheimer).
- Genre(s): Comedy
- Show Type: Ended
- Season 1 premiere date: Sep 22, 2008
- Episode Length: 30
- Air Time: 09:30 PM
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Positive: 12 out of 22
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Mixed: 8 out of 22
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Negative: 2 out of 22
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100You can't go wrong with Smith ("That '70s Show") or Lenehan, pros with impeccable comic timing, which leaves relative newcomers Bornheimer and Hayes. Thumbs-up here, too. Worst Week may be the best new comedy on network TV this season.
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80The show moves fast without seeming to rush you. The timing, on the part of actors and editors alike, is excellent--both Bornheimer and Smith are good physical comedians--so that even while you can set your watch by the Next Bad Thing About to Happen, tension is created, suspense maintained.
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60Even though it's obviously well-made and Bornheimer has a flinty wit that prevents him from being just another Ben Stiller–ish sap....if I'm being truthful, the original British version of this series was funnier.
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20The lesser problem is that all the gags are telegraphed. We see them coming long before they arrive. The bigger problem is that when they get here, they all feel forced, as if someone thought of the gag first, then tried to manufacture a situation, however contorted, that would lead to it.
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Positive: 7 out of 11
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Mixed: 1 out of 11
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Negative: 3 out of 11
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DrewH10
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ChristopherK.8
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EliasC.7A guilty pleasure. Repetitive as it it, it is still more amusing than most sitcoms.
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frankv4
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