Malibu Country

I can't say I laughed a lot, but I like the premise and kind of dig the sheer novelty of a show that doesn't have characters forever addressing the camera.

Reba's smile can warm almost anything. But it's not worth sitting through this recycled sitcom for it.

The comedy--anything but edgy--is one cee-ment pond and half a fancy eatin' table away from "The Beverly Hillbillies," and is rooted in the inevitable culture clash of a Tennessee family adjusting to life in Southern California.

The Nashville-meets-California jokes are pretty weak. [12 Nov 2012, p.46]

The pilot for Malibu Country isn't the very worst show of the new season. But it's easily the greatest waste of talent.

Every beat of the new show is so stale and familiar the audience can practically sing along to the punchlines--which, perhaps, is the point.

Reba McEntire stars in this unfortunately joyless sitcom about a woman who gave up her own singing career to support her husband's superstardom in country music.