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  • 2011
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  • 2011
  • CBS
Same Name

Summary Celebrities swap places with strangers who happen to have the same name. The first episode will feature David Hasselhoff, who goes to Lake Jackson, Texas to meet and trade places with an electrical technician. The celebrities and the strangers alike will get a peek into another world and what it's like to walk in each other's shoes.

  • 2011
  • CBS
  • 2011
  • CBS

Same Name

Season 1 Premiere: Jul 24, 2011
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
48
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 5 User Ratings
4.2
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Summary Celebrities swap places with strangers who happen to have the same name. The first episode will feature David Hasselhoff, who goes to Lake Jackson, Texas to meet and trade places with an electrical technician. The celebrities and the strangers alike will get a peek into another world and what it's like to walk in each other's shoes.

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
48
30% Positive
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60% Mixed
6 Reviews
10% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
48
30% Positive
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60% Mixed
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10% Negative
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70
Jul 22, 2011
The latest iteration of the genre of celebrity re-introduction--and one of its more amusing--is CBS' new show Same Name.
By David Knowles FULL REVIEW
67
Jul 18, 2011
The "real" Hasselhoff tries to fit in with his namesake's family without alluding to his TV shows or his big-in-Germany-ness every two minutes. (Spoiler: He fails.) Even cynically minded wisenheimers such as myself can recognize the show's heart when both Hasselhoffs learn lessons about what's really important in life (and the winner is..."family").
By Clark Collis FULL REVIEW
50
Jul 25, 2011
In the long run, our interest in the show will directly correspond to our interest in whatever celebrity is featured from week to week.
By David Wiegand FULL REVIEW
40
Jul 25, 2011
In short, Same Name is too respectful to both halves of its equation to be fully engaging by reality-TV standards.
By Brian Lowry FULL REVIEW
40
Jul 25, 2011
Some celebrities will surely offer better material to edit than Hasselhoff, famous and not. Future episodes promise encounters with Reggie Bush, Kathy Griffin, and Mike Tyson. Tyson in particular may bring just enough crazy to the table to tip the genre scales back to train wreck.
By Michael Landweber FULL REVIEW
40
Jul 21, 2011
Same Name is a show made for people who live and breathe E! and TMZ.com. Cynics need not tune in.
By Rob Owen FULL REVIEW
25
Jul 21, 2011
When you start doodling on the Internet instead of watching the show you are supposed to review, then either you, or the show, has a problem. I'm going with the latter.
By Verne Gay FULL REVIEW

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4.2
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60% Negative
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Production Company:
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Initial Release Date: Jul 24, 2011
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
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