SummaryCelebrities swap places with strangers who happen to have the same name. The first episode will feature David Hasselhoff, who goes to Lake Jackson, Texas to meet and trade places with an electrical technician. The celebrities and the strangers alike will get a peek into another world and what it's like to walk in each other's shoes.
Same Name
Season 1 Premiere:
Jul 24, 2011
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48
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Jul 22, 2011
70
The latest iteration of the genre of celebrity re-introduction--and one of its more amusing--is CBS' new show Same Name.
Jul 18, 2011
67
The "real" Hasselhoff tries to fit in with his namesake's family without alluding to his TV shows or his big-in-Germany-ness every two minutes. (Spoiler: He fails.) Even cynically minded wisenheimers such as myself can recognize the show's heart when both Hasselhoffs learn lessons about what's really important in life (and the winner is..."family").
Jul 25, 2011
50
In the long run, our interest in the show will directly correspond to our interest in whatever celebrity is featured from week to week.
Jul 25, 2011
40
In short, Same Name is too respectful to both halves of its equation to be fully engaging by reality-TV standards.
Jul 25, 2011
40
Some celebrities will surely offer better material to edit than Hasselhoff, famous and not. Future episodes promise encounters with Reggie Bush, Kathy Griffin, and Mike Tyson. Tyson in particular may bring just enough crazy to the table to tip the genre scales back to train wreck.
Jul 21, 2011
40
Same Name is a show made for people who live and breathe E! and TMZ.com. Cynics need not tune in.
Jul 21, 2011
25
When you start doodling on the Internet instead of watching the show you are supposed to review, then either you, or the show, has a problem. I'm going with the latter.
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