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- NBC
- Nov 30, 2015
- NBC
- Nov 30, 2015
Summary The workplace comedy from The Office producer Justin Spitzer features America Ferrera, Ben Feldman, Mark McKinney, Lauren Ash, Colton Dunn, Nichole Bloom and Nico Santos as workers at a big-box superstore.
Created By: Justin Spitzer
- NBC
- Nov 30, 2015
- NBC
- Nov 30, 2015
Summary The workplace comedy from The Office producer Justin Spitzer features America Ferrera, Ben Feldman, Mark McKinney, Lauren Ash, Colton Dunn, Nichole Bloom and Nico Santos as workers at a big-box superstore.
Created By: Justin Spitzer
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6 Seasons
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
58
55% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
27% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
18% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
58
55% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
27% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
18% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Superstore is funny enough to be well worth your while.
The show could certainly stand to find some more rhythm to its comedy, as it hammers out the right tone for the tricky comedy of minimum-wage Middle America. It’s neither the wildly confident (and brilliant) “Carmichael Show” nor the wildly predictable (and bad) “Undateable,” both on the same network. But even its raw edges and sticking points are appealing.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 73 User Ratings
7.6
81% Positive
59 Ratings
59 Ratings
5% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
14% Negative
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 73 User Ratings
7.6
81% Positive
59 Ratings
59 Ratings
5% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
14% Negative
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
This big-box comedy is stocked full of broad and easy laughs familiar though they may be.
The commercials are funny, but they also have the effect of reducing a charismatic cast to little more than the grinning faces next to dubious deals like trick-or-treating knockoffs and Halloween merchandise repurposed for Thanksgiving.
Created by writer Justin Spitzer, Superstore has its funny moments as it alternately mocks People of Wal-Mart types while trying to protect the dignity of the store’s employees. It’s difficult for the show to have it both ways. Superstore is at its funniest when it’s also at its most ruthless and offensive, but those moments are few.
Superstore improves somewhat, or at least becomes faster-paced, in two more episodes provided for preview, including one that will air second Monday night. It also becomes cruder and more outright bizarre, which is probably a promising sign. In the early going, though, it isn't quite as funny as something you'd see in a real big-box store in St. Louis any given weekend.
Virtually every joke lands with a resounding thud.
While it borrows parts and character archetypes from other, more important sitcoms like The Office and Parks & Recreation, the show manages to stand on its own due to the sheer strength of its humor alone. Whether it's the brief vigenettes of shoppers exhibiting totally Walmart behavior or one of the humorous misadventures undergone by the staff, Superstore is a complete laugh riot. Later seasons may suffer from a noticeable drop in quality, but this first outing with the employees of "Cloud 9" is some of the funniest television I've ever experienced.
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SEASON 1
Overal a 3
Plot:
A guy drops out from university and comes to wallm* sory cloud9. This is a typical american shopping store such as target. There he is the most handsoem and inteleggent guy and everyone "befriends" themselves and therefore a americna sitcome takes plays where they show episodes with variosu content and at the same time tagggle political/religious topic.
Story: 3
The story may be interesting for a comedy the setting is something a lot of peopel could relate to. However the hole thing is very chsritian as typicla for american filmindsutry, a mean to propagate their christian culture. Throught the whole show there various instances wher eit gets very christian actually the manager himself is supposed to be a hardcore christian. However they present them as harmelss and let him do stuff which no Christain woudl actualyl do instea dtehy would burn the people. There comes the next issue, they portray bullieing, racisms and sexism as something funny, and sensivity as something which should not be taken serious. I asume the person did never work, a work environemnt is nothing like this show insuslts from superiors etc such as "slut" are not funny. This is the next issue the whoel power abuse, social situation is made fun of and the conculsions are often that the store is write the american system is great, and I asked myself did they get payed by teh stores to do this show??? Propably like from the church.
Also the typicla american thing where the only native american hawaien is portrayed as a dumb person who is bullied is realy disgusting cosndiering that the heads are chrsitians whcih burned and killed billions of people millione opf natives. The whoel cast does not reflect any store btw, since I know peopel who work in such store.
So why did I watch it even though it is a pile of garbage payed by the Christian Financial lobby of America?
Becaue there were small scenes which I could love, 1 scene every two episodes which actually could reflect are work scenes, these scenes were typical really based on the store and not on racisms, sexisms or propmotion of american christian coroporate abusive system.
The characters: They act okay. Some times the main chara wears to much make up, one can see it at his skin.
All together I recommend this show if you are bored and look for maybe one laughter and you do not knwo what tow atch because every show is filled with almost the same ****
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SEASON 1
As someone who has worked many years in retail, I wanted to like this show. However, after watching the first season, I could not sit through one more episode. This show's potential is diminished by the toxic amount of political correctness cheaply disguised as comedy. Aside from the spoon fed political agenda, the poor writing and mediocre acting was superficial and unrelatable. Sadly, this show consisted of fundamental emotional connection that it's predecessor delivered.
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SEASON 1
I wanted to like this show, but I couldn't. I gave it a 1, because each of the two episodes I watched had exactly 1 joke I laughed at. In fact, there were times in the show where I actually looked away, as if I was embarrassed for the actors. It was stupid comedy. It wants to be a statement on our politically correct society, but it's not. The characters are not even likable, much less lovable. They are tolerable. I'm shocked the critics have given it these high marks. I suspect a few of them received really nice Christmas, sorry Holiday gifts from the producers.
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