Based on the first episode of the show, Pat Stacey of the
Evening Herald asserted that Ó Sé and Byrne have no chemistry between them.
The Irish Times TV review said it is "a panel show, and the idea – I think – is to be more heavyweight than Derrane and discuss the social and political events of the day, or, as they said, what people are talking about. Except there's also a pointless phone-in poll, a mortifyingly stupid quiz, consumer items and other random bits and bobs" and that it had missed a huge opportunity when
Michael Kennedy TD of the
Fianna Fáil political party stated he was in support of
Tom Kitt's suggestion that the
Taoiseach's leadership of the party needed to be discussed by the party, a major coup for the new show hampered by a "confused" and "lightweight" format. The set was also described as "old fashioned" and "clunky". ==References==