MacGruber (2021): Season 1

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Peacock | Season Premiere Date: December 16, 2021

Summary: MacGruber (Will Forte) is finally released from jail after 10 years and with help from Vicki St. Elmo (Kristen Wiig) and Dixon Piper (Ryan Phillippe), seeks to stop Brigadier Commander Enos Queeth (Billy Zane) from destroying the world.

Genre(s): Comedy, Action & Adventure

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IndieWire Steve Greene

Dec 16, 2021

Goofy dresses, goofy names, goofy voices, or that trusty tape deck, “MacGruber” has everything you could want from a comedy homecoming nearly a dozen years in the making. Read full review

Liz Shannon Miller

Dec 15, 2021

There’s an awful lot of classic James Bond in the mix here as well, if James Bond drank Molsons and talked a lot about his dick. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Nick Allen

Dec 16, 2021

"MacGruber" the show is about as stupidly funny as you would hope. ... When it gets back to Forte and whatever dimwitted plan is forming in MacGruber's head, this series proves why the character deserves such an epic resurrection, and a second season. Read full review

Daniel D'Addario

Dec 15, 2021

In all, whether “MacGruber” works for you, or doesn’t, will depend on your patience for sophomoric puns and your knowledge of and deep interest in soldier-of-fortune flicks. But while much of the show can leave the uninitiated cold, its unity of tone, and its ability to keep spinning its simple premise into madness, are genuinely impressive. Chalk up another win for Forte’s unkillable hero. Read full review

Alan Sepinwall

Dec 15, 2021

MacGruber on Peacock, for all its flaws, has the same batting average the character has always had. He is, for good and for ill, the same at any length. Read full review

Jesse Hassenger

Dec 15, 2021

The show still goofs amusingly on how the one-man-army brand of patriotism sold by so many action movies is actually just raging narcissism, and Forte remains an expert at poor attempts to disguise a tantrum as laconic cool. ... It’s a shame, though, that this supersized version can’t sustain its satirical ambitions or its goofy emotional notes as well as, say, a longer-form Ferrell effort like Talladega Nights. Read full review

Brian Lowry

Dec 16, 2021

An unnecessary reminder that not everything that's funny for three minutes works for two hours, much less four. Read full review

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Sonnyjunk

Dec 31, 2021

Didn't expect much but man this is funny.. just like the movie.. Glad they kept it over the top dumb and easy to watch. This kind of humor is what the world needs right now.

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cantbelieve

Dec 29, 2021

Looks great, but where are Forte and Wiig? I just forced myself to finish episode 5. Nice helicopters, I guess? Wiig is allowed barely a pair of 30-second gags (they are wonderful, classic Wiig, both her opening number and her "ad libbed" speech a few episodes later). However, the wholeLooks great, but where are Forte and Wiig? I just forced myself to finish episode 5. Nice helicopters, I guess? Wiig is allowed barely a pair of 30-second gags (they are wonderful, classic Wiig, both her opening number and her "ad libbed" speech a few episodes later). However, the whole thing feels like it's resting just a bit heavy on the humor inherent in many of the situations. Too much of the dialogue is just exposition. If I were a professional critic or comic, I might take the time to go back, rewatch this plodding excuse for a talkie, come up with a few more devastating turns of phrase, and list the dozens of missed opportunities for this film's all-star cast to have landed any number of the kinds of quips we all know and love them for. Please do better next season. I want to hear "30 seconds, MacGruber!" at least twice in every episode, not once in five. I want about a thousand times more expert engineering and Tandying by Forte. And maybe pick up the pace in the editing room. Do I make myself perfectly clear? I love you all very much. (Last Man on Earth should have gotten another twenty seasons, change my mind.)… Expand

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Voodoo123

Feb 2, 2022

Silly yet entertaining with a surprising high production value to it. Worth a watch if you dont mind switching off for some cheap jokes.

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Skeletor71

Dec 28, 2021

It's Will Forte being Will Forte. He can play only one way. I liked it for a bit in The Last Man on Earth, but it's growing stale now.

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mlou24

Dec 21, 2021

Not funny with stale material and very predictable jokes. That about sums it up.

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UncleWillard

Dec 16, 2021

I didn't find it funny on SNL, so it's a no for me. In fact, outside of a few cameos, I don't find Will Forte very funny. He's great when he shows up as a secondary character in a skit or on someone else's show, but I don't think he's solid enough to carry a show by himself. Take Last Man onI didn't find it funny on SNL, so it's a no for me. In fact, outside of a few cameos, I don't find Will Forte very funny. He's great when he shows up as a secondary character in a skit or on someone else's show, but I don't think he's solid enough to carry a show by himself. Take Last Man on Earth for example. The real winners were everyone else on the show, tbh. He was just the annoying foil to them, but never really grew as a character. I guess that could be funny, but more often than not, it was just plain annoying.… Expand

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  Air Date: December 16, 2021
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