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  • Aug 21, 2005
Barbershop

Summary Barbershop, based on the successful MGM feature films, was adapted for television by writer/director John Ridley ("Three Kings," "Platinum," "Undercover Brother"), who is very active in television and films, in addition to being a prolific novelist. Robert Teitel and George Tillman, Jr., who also produced both the "Soul Food" movie and t...

  • SHOWTIME
  • Aug 21, 2005
  • SHOWTIME
  • Aug 21, 2005
Barbershop
Season 1
Season Premiere: Aug 21, 2005
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
64
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Summary Barbershop, based on the successful MGM feature films, was adapted for television by writer/director John Ridley ("Three Kings," "Platinum," "Undercover Brother"), who is very active in television and films, in addition to being a prolific novelist. Robert Teitel and George Tillman, Jr., who also produced both the "Soul Food" movie and t...

Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Feb 6, 2006 • 30 m
Get Your Hand Out of My Womb
Episode 2 • Aug 21, 2005 • 29 m
Nigger Lovers
The neighborhood is up in arms when a clothing store owned by blacks but managed by Asians sets up shop; a local entrepreneur (Page Kennedy) wants Romodal as spokesman for a hip-hop record label
Episode 3 • Aug 28, 2005 • 28 m
Madonna Is a Ho
Episode 4 • Sep 4, 2005 • 29 m
Whose Pussy Is That?
Episode 5 • Sep 11, 2005 • 29 m
What's Good for the Cos...
Episode 6 • Sep 18, 2005 • 29 m
A Black Man Invented the Stop Light
Episode 7 • Sep 25, 2005 • 28 m
Family Business
Episode 8 • Oct 2, 2005 • 24 m
Debates and Dead People
Episode 9 • Oct 9, 2005 • 26 m
The Politics of Money
Isaac's ego gets him fired from the barbershop; Jimmy tries to raise funds for his campaign; Calvin puts up his shop as collateral to get Romadal out of jail; Yinka finds sanctuary with Vivian at Jen's bed and breakfast.
Episode 10 • Oct 16, 2005 • 29 m
Crimes of the Heart
Isaac and Terri finally consummate their relationship; Calvin is concerned he will lose the shop once Romadal jumps bail; Yinka learns that Vivian is a not-so-innocent victim; Jimmy seeks Eddie's endorsement.

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
64
53% Positive
8 Reviews
47% Mixed
7 Reviews
0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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53% Positive
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47% Mixed
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90
Apr 20, 2014
There's a vibrancy here, and a clarity, that we haven't seen in network sitcoms in ages. The way ABC's "Lost" reconfigured dramatic storytelling, Showtime's Barbershop so invigorates the humor format that we hate to call it a sitcom. It's entirely its own animal. And that's evolution of a kind everyone can get behind. [12 Aug 2005, p.]
By Diane Werts FULL REVIEW
83
Apr 16, 2014
Barbershop is inventively edited, consistently funny and decidedly not for kids. [14 Aug 2005, p.3]
By Ed Bark FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 19, 2014
Pretty funny. Pretty profane, too, but still funny, and a better-realized weekly program than last week's Showtime comedy premiere, "Weeds."
By Rob Owen FULL REVIEW
63
Apr 20, 2014
What it lacks, unfortunately, is style -- some sense of smart, well-executed, up-to-date design. You can almost see the corners being cut, from the inconsistent casting to the cheap reliance on sex to the blatantly fake back-lot sets that are trying to pass for Chicago. You may not expect originality in a movie transfer, not when familiarity is what's selling the show. But you do expect Barbershop to display enough style of its own to avoid looking like a cheap knockoff.
By Robert Bianco FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 20, 2014
[It] isn't awful. Mostly, it's just too tightly packed, like those peanut cans kids open and giant toy snakes spring out. [11 Aug 2005, p.49]
By Doug Elfman FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 20, 2014
Barbershop's tarty makeover - surprising, because three of the films' producers, including star Ice Cube, are behind this - does more than just sex it up for premium cable. The good will has been snipped from the franchise. [11 Aug 2005, p.53]
By Mark A. Perigard FULL REVIEW
40
Apr 19, 2014
In its first episode, Barbershop drops the ball, mistaking mere profanity for edginess and digging for laughs in dull, typical sitcom fashion. [14 Aug 2005, p.5]
By Connie Ogle FULL REVIEW

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