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- CBS
- Feb 2, 2017
- CBS
- Feb 2, 2017
Summary The comedy from Bob Daily, Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan based on the Tracy Letts' play of the same name is about the relationship a Chicago donut shop owner (Judd Hirsch) has with his new younger employee (Jermaine Fowler) and his customers.
- CBS
- Feb 2, 2017
- CBS
- Feb 2, 2017
Summary The comedy from Bob Daily, Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan based on the Tracy Letts' play of the same name is about the relationship a Chicago donut shop owner (Judd Hirsch) has with his new younger employee (Jermaine Fowler) and his customers.
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Metascore
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Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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32% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
64% Mixed
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
5% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
56
32% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
64% Mixed
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
5% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
The flavor of Superior Donuts might be old-fashioned--but a baker’s dozen of the sitcom might do the trick.
The Superior Donuts recipe is as old as doughnuts--or Cheers, to which it's far from ready to be compared, but it's also just topical enough to feel fresh.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 33 User Ratings
4.3
27% Positive
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
33% Mixed
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
39% Negative
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 33 User Ratings
4.3
27% Positive
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
33% Mixed
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
39% Negative
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
'Superior Donuts' has some funny jokes and a very talented cast. However, everything seems so rushed that it falls to gain momentum. Despite this, it is still worth taking a look.
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SEASON 1
It doesn’t always work, but it has the potential to break through its own built-in limitations.
Superior Donuts may well get stale in a hurry. But it’s on a network that somehow has kept the idiotic and likewise eatery-themed 2 Broke Girls on the air for an astonishing six seasons. And this one is better than that.
Superior Donuts is far from unwatchable. The snappy repartee between the crusty old white owner and his hustling young black employee may not quite draw the blood that the thematically similar "Chico and the Man" did, but it's not without its chuckles. And Fowler brings a madly exuberant charm to his role that marks him for future stardom.
A bigger problem for Superior Donuts is that its humor feels as tired as Arthur appears to be. The comedy is based on a play by the talented writer and actor Tracy Letts, but at times, the watered-down Donuts feels as though it was dredged up from a comedy vault that closed decades ago.
This is a formulaic, laugh-track comedy that wastes the talents of its actors--Katey Sagal is a sharp-tongued Chicago cop--who deliver inane, see-them-coming-from-a-mile-away one-liners.
I like Judd Hirsch and I tuned in just to see him.
Sadly, this show is not nearly good enough to give it a pass.
It feels too calculated and uninspired. An old white guy with a young fast talking black guy.
Felt a little too stereotypical.
If it just were funny enough, I could have accepted all that, but it isn't.
It's run of the mill, a couple of oneliners and that's it.
Katey Sagal is in it, but she doesn't get good lines or a lot to do.
David Koechner is a bit more lucky, getting better lines.
I liked Maz Jobrani, though.
Still, the main characters and the supporting cast can't pull the show out of its mediocrity, to say it kindly.
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SEASON 1
While there are some amusing comedic moments, the overall show is just another situation comedy aided by a laugh track and standard one-liners. Judd Hirsch can be funny, as he proved in Taxi, when surrounded by a talented cast. Unfortunately Hirsch doesn't have the "Sunshine Cab Company" ensemble with this show. Instead of "Superior Donuts" the donuts are a bit stale.
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