Critic Reviews

Tucker, whatever its modest comedic achievements, feels like a retread.

While a little more crude and silly than Malcolm, Tucker isn't nearly as imaginative. [2 Oct 2000]

For the most part, a well-chosen cast has been imprisoned in two-dimensional roles. [2 Oct 2000]

Marienthal is appealing, but Tucker, like the rest of the characters here, is not very sharply drawn.

Lame. [2 Oct 2000, p.E-7]

Tucker is my candidate for the first cancellation of the fall: bad show, bad time period, bad lead-in ("Daddio"). [2 Oct 2000, p.E1]

Aside from a fleeting homage to "The Invasion of the Body Snatchers," Leon's broadly played antics are the only thing even approaching humor in this grubby half-hour that goes for style while trying mightily to emulate Fox's infinitely smarter and funnier "Malcolm in the Middle." Fat chance.

Tucker, despite having Katey Sagal from "Married . . . With Children" as Aunt Claire, plays as a weak copy of Malcolm. [2 Oct 2000, p.1E]

Tucker will be lucky if viewers don't run screaming from the room. [2 Oct 2000, p.B-10]

Tucker tries to be cutting edge by doing away with the studio audience, "Malcolm" style. But sometimes the absence of a laugh track is a bad thing, for if someone shoots a comedy and nobody laughs at all, is it really a comedy? [2 Oct 2000, p.D1]