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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
- 2015
- TV-MA
- Starz
- 2015
- TV-MA
- Starz
Blunt Talk
Season 1 Premiere: Aug 22, 2015
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6.3
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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
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
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42% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
42% Mixed
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11 Reviews
15% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
56
42% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
42% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
15% 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.
There is a tenderness that runs through the series and makes the trip worth taking, however improbable the road.
Created by Jonathan Ames (Bored to Death), Blunt Talk’s media satire is by turns sly and stale. Blunt isn’t a convincing anchorman avatar, though he works as a metaphor for pampered celebrity. The show begins to find itself as an inspired comedy about redemption in a post-self-help, post-hot-mess culture in the third episode.
[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]
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 39 User Ratings
6.3
51% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 39 User Ratings
6.3
51% Positive
20 Ratings
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26% Mixed
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23% Negative
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Production Company:
- Fuzzy Door Productions
- Media Rights Capital (MRC)
Initial Release Date: Aug 22, 2015
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
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Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Critics Choice Television Awards
• 1 Nomination
