I am – Hercules!!

The great Amy Heckerling once wrote and directed a terrifically entertaining movie titled “Clueless,” which starred Alicia Silverstone as a rich lawyer’s daughter who enjoys playing matchmaker. Years later, the talentless and leech-like Darren Starr (“Beverly Hills 90210,” “Melrose Place,” “Central Park West,” “Sex and the City,” “The $treet”) “created” the NBC hourlong “Miss Match,” which stars Alicia Silverstone as a rich lawyer’s daughter who enjoys playing matchmaker. Huh! Wonder where he got that idea!

The upshot seems to be that Silverstone is great in the new series, even though it feels like it was written by, well, the fellows who gave us “The $treet.”

TV Guide says:

If the word adorable doesn’tscare you off, make a date with this appealing romantic comedy – perfect end-of-the-week fluff.

The Hollywood Reporter says:

"Miss Match" is pretty darn adorable thanks to the singularly irresistible Alicia Silverstone, who is back in her flirty and sassy "Clueless" mode … The hour romantic comedy feels comfy from the outset, with just the right blend of warmth and edge to keep you interested. … exec producer Jeff Rake's pilot script exposes a few plot holes at the outset that prove a bit confounding. Kate Fox (Silverstone) is supposed to be a ball-busting barrister in her daddy Jerry's (O'Neal) law firm, but she's clearly a neophyte without much of an established reputation. And while her cupid thing is all very unofficial she still apparently accepts money for the service.

Variety says:

It's a shame that she's stuck with such wafer-thin material here, because Silverstone is undoubtedly a fun, perky presence on the small screen. But the conceit of "Miss Match" is so slight that the premise seems old by the end of the pilot. It would make a charming bonbon of a made-for, but extending the storyline over numerous episodes seems redundant. … just like "Clueless," she spends more time as a yenta than focusing on her own love life … If it sounds almost unbearably cute, that's because it is. Silverstone has adopted a number of patented Meg Ryan facial ticks to play the part, including the exasperated eye-roll and faux aghast jaw-drop. It's to her credit that it comes off more sparkly than cloying. Her co-stars, including Ryan O'Neal as her father and James Roday as her co-worker, counteract all the adorableness by being respectively brusque and annoying. … Due to its wispy premise, show threatens to turn into not much more than a disaster-of-the-week dating show. Reality TV can and does play this angle much better. … The legal scenes bog down the pace and require implausible plot twists to resolve.

USA Today gives it three stars (out of four) and says:

If Miss Match reminds you a little of Clueless, the producers have done their job. …Silverstone is cast once again as a good-hearted girl who is better at running other people's love lives than her own. Her every scene seems designed to remind us why we fell in love with her in Clueless. And darned if we probably won't all over again. … Even for a lighthearted bit of weekend fluff, Match is making do with terribly thin plots, and there are times you feel the show is relying a bit too heavily on its star's adorability. Still, she is awfully adorable, and she and her show are an awfully good match. That may be enough to let Miss Match live happily ever after — or at least happily for a while.

The Los Angeles Times says:

Made to be merely charming and delightful, it is both. … Having left her Ralph Bellamy-type boyfriend in the pilot episode, we know it is only a matter of time — but how much time? — before she gets around to claiming hunky architect David Conrad for herself instead of continually setting him up with the next Girl of the Week. The mechanics of this consensual delayed gratification — consensual, that is, between the actors and the audience — are no less rewarding for being so obvious. … Silverstone … is cuteness cubed, and dressed as if for a window display yet convincingly in charge of herself and her surroundings …

8 p.m. Friday. NBC.