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A new sitcom from writer-producer Ed Yeager (“Still Standing,” the big-screen spoof “The Comebacks”), “Gary Unmarried” stars SNL vet Jay Mohr (“Action”) as a newly divorced dad. Hot Paula Marshall (“Cupid”) plays his ex; hot Jaime King (“The Class”) plays his girlfriend.

USA Today give it two and a half stars (out of four) and says:

… the show is funny enough, and the performers and setup are solid enough to hope CBS will give this working-class comedy a little time to work. Gary's best asset is the guy playing Gary: Jay Mohr …

Entertainment Weekly gives it an “C-plus” and says:

… Gary's uneven because it doesn't feel like a sitcom working for Mohr, but Mohr working for a sitcom. He doesn't make or break the jokes — he only delivers them, the comedic equivalent of the phrase ''Hey, I just work here.''…

The New York Times says:

… workmanlike …

The Los Angeles Times says:

… I don't mean to make it sound like "Gary Unmarried" is terrible. I mean, it is, but it also isn't. … Writer Ed Yeager has focused too much on "defining quirks" and not enough on "reason to watch." …

The Chicago Tribune says:

… formulaic …

The Washington Post says:

… Ed Begley Jr. steals every scene he has in the new sitcom "Gary Unmarried," but stealing scenes on this show is petty theft indeed. … There are errant laughs floating around, but for the most part "Gary Unmarried" is Gary Unfunny.

The San Francisco Chronicle says:

… CBS knows how to program. It knows what works and what its audience will like. But that doesn't make "Gary Unmarried" a good comedy. There are funny moments here, mostly coming from Mohr's agitated rantings. But the laugh track is mighty intrusive, which detracts from the average jokes by throwing them in your face (or down your ear, as it were). And there will certainly be a tinge of sadness from comedy fans as they compare the searingly brilliant work Mohr did in Fox's short-lived "Action" with his family-friendly fare on CBS …

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette says:

… This sitcom may elicit a few laughs, but the premiere episode is pretty lackluster overall, with obvious punchlines and predictable characterizations. Mohr is ill-suited to playing a "nice guy" and seems more engaged when he gets to be even slightly vicious, which isn't that often because the snarkiness he played in "Action" doesn't fit in what's ostensibly a family sitcom (even though some viewers won't find some of the jokes to be all that family-friendly).…

The Boston Globe says:

… the kind of dull-witted, over-laugh-tracked, artificial sitcom that makes you wonder if the Hollywood honchos ever got the memo about the 21st century and all. … has no creative urge at its core, just an executive hunger for a highly rated programming block.

The Associated Press says:

… It's fast-moving and clever, and feels like, in the future, it could take some unexpected twists. …

Variety says:

… Those looking for anything fresh, new or consistently amusing need not apply. … The prospects for transforming that slim premise into a satisfying show would seem less grim if those elements could survive a half-hour. Certainly, nothing in the prototype written by Ed Yeager -- rife with sex talk that tries but never quite rises to the level of smutty -- suggests there are vast humor reservoirs upon which to draw. …

The Hollywood Reporter says:

… Despite its 1980s ambiance, you can't simply dismiss the show. It has some genuinely funny lines … looks and feels terribly familiar, a throwback to an era when sitcoms were mostly defined by how slavishly they followed a rhythm of setups, jokes and beats. …

8:30 p.m. Wednesday. CBS.