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- ABC
- Sep 17, 1996
- ABC
- Sep 17, 1996
Summary Michael Flaherty (Michael J. Fox), Deputy Mayor and right-hand man to Mayor Randall Winston (Barry Bostwick), keeps his co-workers and City Hall under complete control while his personal life often spins completely out of control.
Created By: Gary David Goldberg, Bill Lawrence
- ABC
- Sep 17, 1996
- ABC
- Sep 17, 1996
Summary Michael Flaherty (Michael J. Fox), Deputy Mayor and right-hand man to Mayor Randall Winston (Barry Bostwick), keeps his co-workers and City Hall under complete control while his personal life often spins completely out of control.
Created By: Gary David Goldberg, Bill Lawrence
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 24 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 24 Critic Reviews
71
63% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
38% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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As you watch the smart, sophisticated, sharply written and slickly
directed Spin City strut its stuff, memories of Murphy
Brown's early days may come to mind. Dominating a volatile, high-profile workplace and supported by a crackerjack cast, Fox demonstrates superb and crafty comic timing in a tailor-made role. [17 Sept 1996, p.1D]
But most importantly, Spin City should be a hit because of Fox, who's never been more likable than he is here. [17 Sept 1996, p.6D]
It's one of those premiere episodes that look and feel as if the best is yet to come. [17 Sept 1996, p.E1]
Everything about City does not spin with equal balance. The pilot's plot (the mayor stumbles into a gay rights controversy) is so hackneyed and out-of-touch, it makes you wonder if the writers have been to New York in the last decade. But the spin doctors at Spin City insist the plot's creakiness is an aberration - and so many other things in the show go well, I'm inclined to believe them. [17 Sept 1996, p.D-4]
Just about everybody in this cast is superb. Maybe the production team, headed by Gary David Goldberg, who did Fox's "Family Ties" and the cuddly "Brooklyn Bridge", will fix all the first episode's flaws. Too many halfhearted gay and orgasm jokes bring to mind too many of last year's tired Friends imitators.[17 Sept 1996, p.D01]
The bigger question will be whether viewers accept the new character - and whether the writing, so far uneven, can match Fox's exertions. [17 Sept 1996, p.9E]
In this disappointing opener, though, the pace is more frantic
than fun, and the plot about the token gay is neither clever
nor funny...The one cinch about Spin City is that Fox wants a
hit just as much as ABC wants one. They'll just have to try
harder; you can bet they will. [17 Sept 1996, p.1]
User Score
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 User Ratings
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85% Positive
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