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Worst Week: Season 1
  • Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 22, 2008
  • Season #: 1
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Metascore
62 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critics What's this?

User Score
6.1 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 41 Ratings

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  • 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

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 22
  3. Negative: 2 out of 22
  1. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    100
    You 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.
  2. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Robert Abele
    60
    Even 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.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    20
    The 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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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 11
  3. Negative: 3 out of 11
  1. DrewH
    10
    I absolutely LOVE this show. I do wonder how the writers will be able to keep it funny. You do see most of the disasters coming, however. I think it's worth a second season.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. frankv
    4
    The pilot was funny at first, but the humor started to get annoying towards the end. I was saying enough already with the stupid decisions and bad luck the main character was having. This kind of humor is funny for one episode, but its going to go downhill from here. Its amazing how writers would think this show to be successful. I will have to reevaluate myself or the rest of the tv viewing world if this show is picked up for another season because something must be wrong with one of us.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. JeffM.
    1
    The most predictable, unentertaining sitcom I have seen in a while. If this gets picked up, it's an atrocity. How it made it on NBC';s Monday night lineup is a mystery.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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