Powerless
Season 1 Premiere:
Jan 1, 2017
Metascore
Mixed or Average
57
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Mixed or Average
5.8
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
35% Positive
9 Reviews
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62% Mixed
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4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Jan 30, 2017
100
The comedy pokes appropriate fun at the superhero genre and is one of the freshest sitcoms to come along in a long time.
Feb 2, 2017
70
On the basis of its pilot--the sole episode available for review--it's a pleasant show, a little on the old-fashioned side formally. With a quality cast that includes Vanessa Hudgens, Danny Pudi, Ron Funches, Alan Tudyk and Christina Kirk, it seems crafted to sit compatibly alongside the returning "Superstore."
Jan 27, 2017
67
Powerless wants to be more than a typical workplace comedy, but its own premise (hey, isn't superhero fatigue hilarious?) is its kryptonite. [Feb 3/10 2017, p.101]
Feb 3, 2017
50
Powerless has a high-flying concept indeed. Too bad it fails to take off.
Feb 1, 2017
50
Most of the jokes miss their mark; the show is at its best when it portrays the casual indifference that the citizens of Charm City have developed to their daily doses of chaos.
Feb 2, 2017
40
The new show has permission from DC Comics to poke fun at DC superheroes, but what comes across more forcefully is a weariness with the superhero-overload in TV and movies right now.
Jan 31, 2017
0
It’s plotless, humorless, laughless and pointless. The less said, the better.
User score
Mixed or Average
45% Positive
39 Ratings
39 Ratings
26% Mixed
23 Ratings
23 Ratings
29% Negative
25 Ratings
25 Ratings
Feb 6, 2021
7
A show that was so much better than anyone ever dared give it credit for. Definitely flawed but definitely one of the better sitcoms. R.I.P.
