Carey himself is a fidgety guy. He doesn't just deliver a line — he kind of dances around it, shifting his weight from one foot to the other. At first I found this, combined with his habit of looking down and grinning fixedly when he speaks to someone, pretty annoying. But his lines are so amusing and his timing so sharp that I've come to like Carey's anti-acting style.

The show's weakness is a negligible supporting cast, particularly Diedrich Bader and Ryan Stiles.

Though Carey has friends, his show is no 'Friends'-style ensemble comedy. It's closer to a blue-collar 'Seinfeld,' a star vehicle purpose-built to exploit its star's best talents, which it does quite effectively. [13 Sep 1995]

Whether [Carey] can stretch beyond his stand-up work and move to another level, as have such comics-turned-sitcom-stars as Jerry Seinfeld, Brett Butler and Roseanne, remains to be seen.

Carey is likable enough, but The Drew Carey Show needs polishing if it's going to grow on America. [13 Sep 1995]

The crew-cut and heavy black glasses are more memorable than the series. [13 Sep 1995]

The concept is "Seinfeld," but with "regular guys"--"regular," in this case, meaning "dull, dull, dull." [13 Sep 1995]