2005
CBS

2005
CBS

Summary OUT OF PRACTICE is a comedy about a family of doctors who share little in common other than their professions. The family consists of Ben Barnes, a couples counselor who is not considered to be a “real” doctor by the rest of the family; his brother Oliver, a good-looking, self-absorbed plastic surgeon; and sister Regina who works as a d...

Comedy

Created By: Joe Keenan, Christopher Lloyd

2005
CBS

2005
CBS

Out of Practice

Name: Out of Practice
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2005-09
Rating: 53
Cast: Christopher Gorham, Paula Marshall, Ty Burrell, Henry Winkler, Stockard Channing

Season 1 Premiere: 2005

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 24 Critic Reviews

User Score Overwhelming Dislike Based on 5 User Ratings

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Created By: Joe Keenan, Christopher Lloyd

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22 Episodes • 2005

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Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 24 Critic Reviews

46% Positive
11 Reviews

29% Mixed
7 Reviews

25% Negative
6 Reviews

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Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 24 Critic Reviews

46% Positive
11 Reviews

29% Mixed
7 Reviews

25% Negative
6 Reviews

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Mixed Reviews
Negative Reviews

L.A. Weekly

In Keenan and Lloyd’s world of dizzy, barb-tossing sophisticates, this group is confident and well-armed: Channing’s patented ladies-who-lunch tartness, Winkler’s nervous defensiveness, Burrell’s blasé arrogance, Marshall’s droll delivery and Gorham’s frustrated sensitivity all mix like a well-shaken cocktail, even if it’s the kind that gets tossed in somebody’s face.

By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW

Detroit Free Press

"Out of Practice" is that increasingly rare old-fashioned sitcom that delivers decent laughs.

By Mike Duffy FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

With its superb cast, impeccable direction and mostly sharp writing, "Out of Practice" demonstrates simultaneously how polished and professional a sitcom can be and why TV comedy, with a few notable exceptions, is in such a funk.

By Barry Garron FULL REVIEW

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

It isn't as funny as it should be.

By Melanie McFarland FULL REVIEW

Boston Globe

If someone turns down the volume, ''Out of Practice" has the potential to become a likable, if conventional, sitcom.

By Matthew Gilbert FULL REVIEW

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"Out of Practice" relies on trite misunderstandings and crude dialogue, both go-to gags for uninspired sitcom scribes.

By Rob Owen FULL REVIEW

Kansas City Star

Shockingly unfunny.