The new Hulu legal drama series All's Fair, starring Kim Kardashian, has been getting overwhelmingly negative reviews since its premiere yesterday, with some even hailing it as the worst TV show of the year.
The project marked Kardashian's first starring role in a scripted series. For the last few years, she has been exploring her actress side as she played a major supporting role in American Horror Story: Delicate and voiced a role in the Paw Patrol movies. All's Fair is seen as a test of whether she can carry a scripted series as the main lead.
However, the series has been eviscerated by critics since its premiere. Let's explore the negative reviews it's been getting.
Is All's Fair the Worst TV Show of the Year? Investigating the Negative Reviews from Critics
As of the writing of this article, All's Fair has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 0%, based on the eight reviews that they gathered so far from various websites.
Most of the criticisms were made toward its writing, tone, and Kardashian's performance as the main lead. Some are already hailing it as the worst TV show of the year.
Angie Han of The Hollywood Reporter wrote in her review, "Kardashian’s performance, stiff and affectless without a single authentic note, is exactly what the writing, also stiff and affectless without a single authentic note, merits."
Meanwhile, Lucy Mangan of The Guardian called the series "fascinatingly, incomprehensibly, existentially terrible" and "it’s so awful, it feels almost contemptuous."
Ed Power of The Daily Telegraph noted in his review that showrunner "Ryan Murphy is the high priest of tacky, tasteless television, and this year he has outdone himself with a show of mind-bending horror sure to trigger nightmares in the unsuspecting viewer."
Medium's Jeanine T. Abraham described in her review that "All's Fair makes every single Tyler Perry project look like Shakespeare."
This is not an encouraging sign for the series on its premiere day, as it raises a question about whether it will be able to last longer than the first season.
What Do Audiences Think of All's Fair?
A lot of audiences who have seen the first three episodes of All's Fair have weighed in on social media, sharing their thoughts on the quality of the new series so far.
However, unlike the critics, most of them have somehow embraced the series for its campy tone. While they acknowledged that it was not high-level quality, they still found it to be entertaining.
X user @biscuit_ersed wrote, "I’ve started watching All’s Fair, and it’s gloriously silly. Selling Sunsets meets Suits meets Real Housewives. I’m addicted."
Meanwhile, X user @axhleighlouise wrote that "All's Fair is my type of nonsense camp show. Sorry I LOVE this type of ridiculousness. Diamonds, fashion, bad bitches and it's sexy."
X user @TheStevenDwayne wrote, "Maybe I’ve just seen worse, but All’s Fair isn’t as bad as the internet makes it seem. I’m not looking to be intellectually stimulated. Sometimes I just want to escape reality. That’s what this show gives. A very fashion forward Tyler Perry project. A soap opera. Rich folks mess."
It would be interesting to see what its streaming viewership would look like in the coming weeks. While the critics may have disliked the series, perhaps the support from audiences might make it possible to get renewed for a second season.Keep it locked on Epicstream, your go-to site for film, TV, and celebrity coverage!