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- 2016
- TV-PG
- CBS
- 2016
- TV-PG
- CBS
Summary An injury sidelines adventure reporter Joel (Joel McHale) to a desk job with the digital department for "The Great Outdoors" magazine he works for.
Created By: Mike Gibbons
- 2016
- TV-PG
- CBS
- 2016
- TV-PG
- CBS
The Great Indoors
Season 1 Premiere: Oct 27, 2016
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Summary An injury sidelines adventure reporter Joel (Joel McHale) to a desk job with the digital department for "The Great Outdoors" magazine he works for.
Created By: Mike Gibbons
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Based on 27 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 27 Critic Reviews
51
30% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
44% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
26% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
McHale, as he proved on “Community,” has great timing, and he’s aided by his office colleagues, especially the delightfully deadpan Ko and Fry, who combines sweet and weird. With its office-as-asylum atmosphere, Great Indoors echoes “NewsRadio,” not a bad influence.
Neither [Man With a Plan or The Great Indoors] is groundbreaking or particularly exciting; both are quite likable and solidly constructed.
If The Great Indoors can maintain a balance of smart, and not tired, barbs lobbed between “the human version of dial-up” and the “stupid twentysomethings” with whom he must now work, there surely is a show here.
Whether Roland's cuddling a bear cub in Thursday's pilot or joking with Jack about the best ways to drink your own urine, he [Stephen Fry], and his chemistry with McHale, are the least tired things about a show that's still finding its way in a brave-ish new world.
This is a hilariously staid, old-school, laugh-track sitcom about a man whose only purpose is to grit his teeth and gripe about young people. It’d be funny, if it weren’t so, well, unfunny--hokey stereotypes just don’t make for compelling comedy.
The problem is that the show and its humor are relics of an increasingly unsuccessful formula for TV comedy.
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Based on 33 User Ratings
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User Score
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Based on 33 User Ratings
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45% Positive
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Production Company:
- Gibbons Brothers
- Shiny Brass Lamp Productions
- CBS Television Studios
Initial Release Date: Oct 27, 2016
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-PG
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Awards
Art Directors Guild
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
People's Choice Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
