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- Starz
- Aug 22, 2015
- Starz
- Aug 22, 2015
Summary British newsman Walter Blunt (Patrick Stewart) moves to Los Angeles with his manservant Harry (Adrian Scarborough) to host a cable news show in this comedy created by Jonathan Ames.
Created By: Jonathan Ames
- Starz
- Aug 22, 2015
- Starz
- Aug 22, 2015
Summary British newsman Walter Blunt (Patrick Stewart) moves to Los Angeles with his manservant Harry (Adrian Scarborough) to host a cable news show in this comedy created by Jonathan Ames.
Created By: Jonathan Ames
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
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40% Positive
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44% Mixed
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16% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
56
40% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
44% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
16% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
It's quite a combination of ideas, and what holds them together is the author's distinct, compelling voice, alongside Stewart's utter magnetism.
Stewart and Scarborough make Blunt Talk worth watching, as they’re an offbeat co-dependent pair who clearly have great affection and respect for each other, and watching Stewart embrace Walter’s often loony behavior is a treat.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 35 User Ratings
6.1
51% Positive
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18 Ratings
23% Mixed
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26% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 35 User Ratings
6.1
51% Positive
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
23% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
26% Negative
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
Patrick Stewart as Walter Blunt (a news personality with drooping ratings for a major network) reminds me, in tone, of his voice acting for American Dad. Authority and gravitas mixed with an amusing level of insanity. His manservant, Harry (Adrian Scarborough), evokes a somewhat more competent version of Baldrick from Black Adder or Woodhouse from Archer. The rest of the actors so far are essentially props, but I am quite amused by the concept of of a TV personality making a descent into madness and senility work for them. All the better that Sir Patrick is the one to depict it.
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SEASON 1
What’s funny is whatever makes you laugh. I laughed a lot and was smiling the rest of the time. Consistently bright, weird and witty; Blunt talk is a great showcase for Patrick Stewart’s remarkable comic talents. There is no pretense of realism here. It’s outlandish, goofy, even slapstick but there is a warmth amongst the characters even when they succumb to the worst in their own nature. I look forward to it every week.
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SEASON 1
Pilot episode aside, Ames doesn’t skimp on the inventively outlandish absurdity. But it’s the simmering, slowly bared pathos--the sense that these clownish people are constantly trying and failing to suppress something all-too-human about themselves--that distinguishes it from the cringe-comedy crop.
[Blunt Talk] is dull, depressing, charm-free, puerile and pointless. You’ll have more fun slapping yourself in the head with a spoon for a half-hour.
Scarborough and some of the guest stars (Gelman, Sharon Lawrence, Moby) make Blunt Talk better than its scripts. The problem is that as good as Stewart is, Walter Blunt wears out his welcome, and you can effectively counterbalance that with guest stars only so often.
The premiere starts with a rambunctious energy that temporarily promotes a sense of good will.... But from there, the series--which Ames produced with the seemingly ubiquitous Seth MacFarlane--pretty rapidly disintegrates, relying too heavily on Stewart’s madcap antics and an assortment of not particularly distinctive supporting players.
Perversely unpleasant workplace comedy. [10-23 Aug 2015, p.12]
Criteria 1: The pilot is funny. That's all I ask. The outrageous stuff is lots of fun, but there's also some subtle stuff, like how subservient and yet self-serving Blunt's staff is. They can keep doing what they've done so well so far for quite a while and keep me entertained. I liked it. Try it, maybe you will too.
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SEASON 1
Genuinely funny, and all except for the last episode of the season, which imho was unnecessarily zany, a whole lotta brilliant in a "fairyland wish of Los Angeles sort of way", where jealousy doesn't exist, and everything is just pretty groovy
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SEASON 1
Bluntly speaking, this show is disorganized trash. I am not one of those that holds contempt for a project just because Seth MacFarlane is involved. In addition, I found Jonathan Ames' last show, "Bored to Death," somewhat amusing and charming. But they combined to make an unwatchable mess in "Blunt Talk." Patrick Stewart deserves better.
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SEASON 1
This disgusting, trashy show is so far beneath Patrick Stewart it's just sad. It's pretty much ruined his other works for me. Honestly it made me wonder if he has a touch of dementia himself to agree to appear in a show that wallows in such crudeness and filth. I truly hope that this is not his last contribution to entertainment and that he finds a way to redeem himself in the future.
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