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Big Shots
SERIES: ABC, Thursday 10:00p (60 minutes)


8.1

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Starring Christopher Titus, Dylan McDermott, Joshua Malina, Michael Vartan, Nia Long, Amy Sloan, Paige Turco, Jessica Collins, and Peyton List

These big-time CEOs talk shop and complain about their love lives.

GENRE(S):	Drama
CREATED BY:	Jon Harmon Feldman
FIRST AIR DATE:	September 27, 2007

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Miami Herald Glenn Garvin

Big Shots matches affecting characters with genuinely funny stories and dialogue.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen

A light-hearted, comedic drama about four wealthy guys with women troubles and work problems.

The New York Times Ginia Bellafante

One of television’s rare examples of successful farce.

San Jose Mercury News Charlie McCollum

Shots has some potential. The leads - Michael Vartan ("Alias"), Dylan McDermott ("The Practice"), Joshua Malina ("The West Wing"), Christopher Titus ("Titus")--have chemistry, and there are some funny lines and situations.

Detroit Free Press Mike Duffy

Big Shots isn't brilliant. And despite that attractive, well-matched male ensemble, the so-so series premiere lacks sufficient creative zing.

New York Post Linda Stasi

Terrific cast, some fun, but overall the writing is often as dead as Walter.

Variety Brian Lowry

Jon Harmon Feldman’s naughty script doesn’t develop much chemistry among the guys.

Washington Post Tom Shales

Big Shots tries way too hard to be shocking and raunchy. The actors resemble kiddies at school trying to impress one another with the latest naughty word learned in gym class.

Arizona Republic Randy Cordova

The hunk quotient is pretty high. But that doesn't overcome the fact that the show is dumb and uninvolving.

Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman

It suffers from too much gloom and glam.

USA Today Robert Bianco

The problem with Big Shots is that the men don't sound like anyone at all, male or female.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland

We're all for handsome guys exploring their feminine side, but we want posters of them holding babies, not being them.

Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron

When all is said and done, the series feels less like Wisteria Lane than "Stand By Me" channeled through Danielle Steel.

San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman

The worst offense is that it seems to have been pitched as the male version of you-know-what without any real interest in speaking to the notion of what it means to be a man or, if you'd like, what men think, feel and say.

New York Daily News David Bianculli

Big Shots is a big waste.

Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm

There's nothing funny about tonight's Big Shots.

Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert

Big Shots is an extremely unflattering showcase for these actors, particularly McDermott, whose overacting as the show’s bad boy puts the mug in smug.

Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan

It's just awful.

Los Angeles Times Mary McNamara

Feldman has created a quartet of rich guys so insufferable, self-centered and whiny that they make the men of feminist masterwork "The Golden Notebook," or even "The Nanny Diaries," look positively heroic.

Newark Star-Ledger Alan Sepinwall

Big Shots, an obnoxious waste of time that's likely the season's worst new show.

Philadelphia Daily News Ellen Gray

I'd prefer you'd forget that one, and in coming years, I'll bet stars Dylan McDermott, Christopher Titus and Michael Vartan will hope to forget it, too. It's not worth your time or theirs.

Newsday Diane Werts

No matter where the goofy "Desperate Housewives" goes, it's not into the toilet, which is where Big Shots spends its time both literally and figuratively.

The average user rating for this tv show is 8.1 (out of 10) based on 85 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Torrence M. gave it a10:
I look forward to watching this show every week. It makes me laugh. It is time we see male bonding on tv. I was dissapointed when it was off the air. It is enjoyable.

Linda K. gave it a10:
You get a good show and then u take it away.

Terri D gave it a9:
LOVE IT, laugh out loud every time. How can this be canceled? Maybe I miss the ridiculousness of "you know what and the city" but it is funny to see the true colors of the other species and what they try to get away with, at the same time a sliver of their "obstacle" of meaningful relationships.

Brenden M. gave it a9:
This show is entertaining; if you do not like it do not ruin it for those who do by voting. If you do the show will end up just like Studio 60 which was a great show that was cancelled after one season.

ALVIN gave it a10:
Great show for men and for males all around the world who want to live the American Life.

Ernie C. gave it a10:
This show was great! I think ABC should read these reviews and poll some white collar men. I hope they reconsider.

Trish gave it a10:
I love this show. I can just sit back, relax and enjoy! It completes my Thursday night.

Big Shots SERIES: ABC, Thursday 10:00p (60 minutes)

Big Shots
SERIES: ABC, Thursday 10:00p (60 minutes)