 Critical reception for the show was mixed, with "Variety" and "The New York Times" both panning the show overall.The "Los Angeles Times" commented that the episodes focused more on being the "next 'it' spoof" rather than on the "original story and character", which detracted from the overall idea of the show.Harmon commented on the show's poor reception, saying that "Even the worst reviews, they always praise one or two of our sketches and say the other things are just shit.