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Momma's Boys
SERIES: NBC, Tuesday 10:00p (60 minutes)
The latest dating show has three eligible bachelors looking for love with the help of their mothers.
| GENRE(S): |
Reality (Competitive)
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| CREATED BY: |
Ryan Seacrest
Andrew Glassman
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| FIRST AIR DATE: |
December 16, 2008 |
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
40
Los Angeles Times Robert Lloyd
Apart from the Oedipal twist, it seems to be pretty much your standard "Bachelor"-style hookup show, the women all bunged up together in a fancy dormitory.
40
Washington Post Tom Shales
Momma's Boys is truly and sometimes horrifically fascinating, a deluxe example of sumptuous trash that takes the concept of "guilty pleasure" to a new extreme.
30
Variety Brian Lowry
All told, it's the most familiar of reality concepts with all the usual tricks--barely deviating from established programs, patterned after a movie ("Monster-in-Law," anyone?) and relying upon a pithy name to spare the marketing guys from working too hard selling it.
30
The New York Times Ginia Bellafante
A denial of our brand new day is reflected even more egregiously in Momma’s Boys (Mondays on NBC), which arrived amid controversy last week when the show turned out to be “The Bachelor” with race baiting.
25
Baltimore Sun David Zurawik
Last week, I complained about NBC's plan to turn its 10 p.m. hour over to Jay Leno five nights a week. I take it all back. If this is the alternative, Leno can't arrive soon enough.
20
Philadelphia Daily News Ellen Gray
I once wrote that "Joe" was "far from the worst TV dating show" I'd seen, and I suppose I could say the same about Momma's Boys, but only because I've seen a lot of dreck since then.
16
Entertainment Weekly Ken Tucker
This putrid reality competition works a racist mom into the mix: So, in addition to a parade of mostly inarticulate, cheerfully stereotypical bimbos--the usual bunch of shrieking morons you encounter in this desperate-dating genre--there's plenty of moral ugliness as well.
10
Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert
The show, executive produced by self-labeled momma's boy Ryan Seacrest, is totally stupid, but you knew that already.
10
Hollywood Reporter Ray Richmond
Seacrest and his cohorts do everything they can to ratchet up the artificial tension and drama, following in the footsteps of so many primetime abominations that have preceded Momma's. Here's the good news: Come fall 2009, 10 o'clock shows like this will be obsolete on NBC, replaced by five nights a week of "A Man Named Jay" (or whatever they choose to call it).
10
Time James Poniewozik
Momma's Boys is produced by Ryan Seacrest--who also proudly brought us "Keeping Up with the Kardashians"--who is seemingly trying to perpetuate a final stereotype: that reality producers are willing to stoop as low as necessary for a hit. Good work on that one.
0
Newsday Verne Gay
Momma's Boys is so dreadful that it effectively neuters critical disembowelment before the operation even begins.
0
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen
Executive produced by Ryan Seacrest, this sucking wound of a show introduces three guys and their moms who move into a house filled with women.
 The average user rating for this tv show is 4.5 (out of 10) based on 16 User Votes
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