Dr. Ken received highly negative reviews from television critics. The
review aggregator website
Rotten Tomatoes reported a 7% approval rating, based on 42 reviews, with an average rating of 2.5/10. The website's consensus reads, "Somebody please get
Dr. Ken a doctor; seeking any signs of life. Or humor." On
Metacritic, the series has a score of 26 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".
Indiewire TV Critic Ben Travers and TV Editor Liz Shannon Miller, both negatively ranked the trailer released for
Dr. Ken. Marc Berman of
TV Media Insights gave the new series very low odds of survival. During the 2015 Television Critics Association press tour, Ken Jeong defended against a comparison drawn between his series and the ill-fated
All American Girl starring
Margaret Cho, claiming that he would have more creative control as both a writer and producer of
Dr. Ken.
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