5.2 /10 1 Votes
51% Metacritic Genre Sitcom Country of origin United States First episode date 27 October 2016 Program creator Mike Gibbons | 6.2/10 IMDb 46% Rotten Tomatoes Created by Mike Gibbons Original language(s) English Network CBS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Joel McHale
Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Chris Williams
Susannah Fielding
Christine Ko
Shaun Brown
Stephen Fry Composer(s) Ben Hoffman
Scott Hoffman Cast Joel McHale, Christine Ko, Susannah Fielding, Stephen Fry, Christopher Mintz‑Plasse Profiles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The great indoors
The Great Indoors is an American sitcom television series starring Joel McHale. CBS placed a pilot order on January 29 and a series order on May 13, 2016. The series premiered in the 2016–17 United States network television schedule on October 27, 2016, at 8:30 pm. On November 14, 2016, CBS picked up the series for a full season of 19 episodes. An additional three episodes were added on January 6, 2017, for a 22 episode season.
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The great indoors trailer 2016
Plot
Jack Gordon has made a name for himself as an adventure reporter for the magazine Outdoor Limits. His days of exploring the world end when the magazine's founder, Roland, announces its move to web-only publishing and assigns Jack to its headquarters in Chicago to supervise the Millennials who make up its online team.
Generation gap
The show explores a multigenerational workforce and the generation gap arising among the tech-savvy Millennial online team, their Gen X supervisor, played by Joel McHale, and the magazine's baby boomer publisher, played by Stephen Fry. The show attracted criticism for portraying Millennials as more easily offended and more sensitive than older generations.
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Reception
The Great Indoors has received generally mixed reviews from television critics. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 45% based on 29 reviews, with an average rating of 5.1/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "The Great Indoors serves up one repetitive, formulaic joke, though the cast performs respectably within the significant constraints of the material." Metacritic reported a score of 51 out of 100, based on 27 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
