I thought this series was a drama until I watched the commercials again. Rashida Jones plays a Los Angeles police detective. At first, I took her seriously. This series is spoofing and parody of crime dramas. That's one of the reasons I enjoy it so much. I'm tired of crime dramas that become redundant. Angie TriBeCa is an entertaining show with Jere Burns as her boss. There are familiar faces too like Kerry Kinney, James Franco, and others as well. Dean Cole is funny as her partner. They solve murders, ferret smuggling, and other crimes. It's a show that gives plenty of laughs and mocks the crime dramas. Nancy Walls and her husband Steve Carrell are executive producers too.
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Sylviastel29 February 2016
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DocEphraimBates17 January 2016This show is so funny that I have, lit'rally, lost my breath from laughing so hard. This show is a farce of the highest level. It should not be taken seriously by anyone at any time. The great thing about it is that the only ones that do take it seriously are the characters in the show that don't know they're in a farce. They think they're in an episode of Law & Order:Criminal Minds New York...Blue. And any topic is fair game. From the autopsy procedure with M.E. Dr. Scholls to the extreme stereotypes in every cop partner relationship with Tribeca and her partner, Jay Geils, to the secondary cop whose partner is a German Shepherd that barks like a dog but is understood like a regular human. Add to that every double entendre in the book and insanely bizarre and outrageous undercover scenes. Oh, and since this is a commercial free binge-a-thon, the blatant product placement is a riot in and unto itself. I love it, and this is just 5 episodes in!!
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I like parody. Like pizza, even when parody is mediocre, it is still good enough to consume. I did not have high hopes for this show.
But, I was pleasantly surprised. There was a nice mix of word-play, physical humor and total absurdity. Sure, it seems as if it was derived from David Rasche's SledgeHammer series, down to the superior officer who yells all the time. And, a lot of the gags seems to come directly from the Police Squad series. Making fun of cop shows will give you some overlap.
The character of Angie is funny enough. The running gags of the police dog and the vomiting rookie give you some laugh out loud moments. My recommendation: Watch them in order. -
arminbilefield21 May 2018I can't believe i'm only finding out about this show after there are already 3 seasons. It's literally in the Michael Scott sense of humor circle, it's so ridiculously funny, very similar to the works of David Wain, like Wet Hot American Summer, obviously wouldn't expect less from Steve Carell. I laugh my ass of in every episode. The scream in the first credits is just everything. And one of the best things about this show is the guest stars. Bill Murray is in episode 7. This show definitely deserves to be seen more, it is absolutely funny, entertaining and well made. These days good comedies are just really rare, both in cinema and tv. But this one delivers, of course you have to like it's postmodern sense of humor. If you're hesitant about it, watch Wet Hot American Summer 2001 or The Came Together 2014 by David Wain, and see if you liked those give this one a watch to laugh maybe twice as much. because the sense of humor is completely alike, but i like this one better. I became a fan just 4 episodes in and recommend it to people with ridiculous and weird sense of humor. I'm gonna go back to laughing my ass off... P.S: The one point i cut from this was because they stopped doing that first credits scream after season 1. That was like one of the funniest things about this show. I love them so much that i might edit them back in myself just so that i could enjoy it as i want.
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Dr_Sagan18 January 2016This is a TV comedic series in the fashion of movies such as Airplane! and The Naked Gun.
The jokes cover a broad range of humor, from subtle to caustic to plain ridiculous.
Most of them are idioms or metaphors that the characters meant literally (like "-This case stinks. -No it's me I ate garlic."). Lots of spoofing and puns delivered in deadpan face.
Sometimes you have to really pay attention to get the meta-humor like in the 8th episode where around 4:00 the series does some very deliberate continuity goofs to mock single-camera shows where the 2 characters talking change clothes, background action and even the ...actors (by exchange them with lookalikes) from one edit-cut to the next.
If you know Brooklyn-9-9 (which by the way might share the same police precinct/stage) Angie Tribeca is 100 times more quirky and surreal.
The cast is capable but in my opinion Alfred Molina's performance is the one that stands out, in a small but funny role, playing an M.E.
There are some well known guest stars including Bill Murray and James Franco but they seem like haven't got too much (of a script) to work with.
The first 3 episodes seemed like more organized and inspired. Later the writers turned to a rhythm one-joke-every-second that might be overwhelming for most viewers.
Overall: Like the movie genre which is the inspiration for this (The Naked Gun franchise) you either love it or hate it. Personally I will keep watching. -
MdlndeHond28 May 2016If you didn't grow up in the 90s with PoliceSquad and Naked Gun this might be new and innovative. It's so close
to both that I suspect a tribute more than a knock off. The deadpan humour still works. Maybe not material to fill 10 seasons; it definitely is a good laugh.
Jones will always be hilarious. The drawback of these kind of shows is that the style becomes a one trick pony of situational humour and word games. Once you figured it out it becomes predictable. Until then it is absolutely still worth it as a 80ies tribute.
Having had my share of Flying high, naked gun and police Squad it's a little too obvious. -
leavacommrnt23 February 2016Just started watching the show. Honestly wasn't sure how to take it at first but after the last show I am a big fan.
Reminds me a LOT of the humor found in Airplane movie series, but cleaner. I was just watching the Commissioner Bigfish episode and stopped the recording for a minute since I was laughing so hard my side was literally hurting. Rashida Jones is my favorite of the cast. I know it probably isn't for everyone - my wife doesn't care for it, but I love the sometimes fast joke-after-joke fast pace of the dialogue.
However I know that it will get canceled since EVERY time I like a show a lot from the beginning that seems to be what always happens! -
SnoopyStyle20 May 2019Angie Tribeca (Rashida Jones) is a member of the Really Heinous Crimes Unit in the LAPD. DJ Tanner (Deon Cole), Jay Geils (Hayes MacArthur), and canine David Hoffman are her fellow investigators. Chet Atkins (Jere Burns) is her boss. Monica Scholls (Andree Vermeulen) is the medical examiner.
This is an outlandish network cop show spoof from TBS. It's extremely silly done with a straight face. It's cute. It's fun. It's got a great cast led by Rashida Jones. It's CSI done with Airplane! sensibilities. It's nice. -
zuma-3150619 January 2016Remember those movies like "Top Secret" and "Airplane", where you actually had to pause sometimes to catch all the jokes that were thrown at you from the screen? Well, "Angie Tribeca" is a proud follower of this tradition.
This show is a little like the American version of "A touch of cloth", which aired in 2012 in Britain and made fun of British police procedural series. "Angie Tribeca" here, correspondingly, is an absurd parody of the stereotypical American detective shows, and is probably a bit lighter in the mood than "A touch of cloth".
Rashida Jones plays a detective who represents every possible cliché: she's a tough cookie, a lone-wolf, who hates team-work yet somehow develops feelings for her newly assigned manly hot-headed partner, she talks exclusively with phrases out of typical cop shows, and strangers compliment her on her appearance saying it's a pity she wastes it working as a detective. Together Tribeca and her partner keep their city safe, dealing with very silly cases in a lot of very silly ways.
The cast don't shine with charisma, but they are reasonably pleasant to look at, especially Rashida Jones, whose features are not just beautiful in the usual sense, but also lively and interesting, which is a very good thing for a comedy. And of course there's the dazzling smile some of you might remember from "Parks and Recreation". As for the others, they perfectly fulfil their main task, - which is to parody the stereotypical characters from cop shows.
If you've seen at least one show like "Bones" or "Castle" or "CSI" or "Law and Order" or - you name it! - give "Angie Tribeca" a try.
P.S. A piece of advice: if you watch it, don't be lazy. This isn't one of those shows you can watch while cleaning the house, throwing a glance at the TV now and then. Catch every frame, look at every street sign, because jokes are hiding everywhere. -
The first huge mistake was taking this show out of the police station and making it a mobile unit, with several new and poor characters.
Their next mistake was letting Geils go. The show wasn't the same without him.
Their final mistake was replacing the writers with new ones in season 4 (I am assuming, from its lack of humor and painfully awkward scenes sometimes).
Watch seasons 1-3 and skip 4. -
zool-9903219 January 2016Truly ghastly.
I really, REALLY, wanted to like this show. And I tried.
But the sight gags and language tricks were pale imitations of Police Squad! gags, with throw-up and other grossities (talking with your mouth full HAHAHAHAHA! Broken compound fracture at the knee HEEHEEHEEHEE!! Throwing up at the crime scene HOHOHOHOHOHO!!!) tossed in to make sure they were just NOT FUNNY.
I am sure there are 8-year olds out there that will find this hilarious.
The only possible truly new funny part is the police dog and they didn't even go there in the first 3 episodes.
If I want to throw up while watching a show I will watch reruns of "Fear Factor." If I want silly comedy, I still have almost all Mel Brooks' movies as well as the Naked Gun movies and reruns of Police Squad! -- all 3 of which are funnier in their driest moments than tribeca is at its funniest. -
knittelboomer24 January 2016This is only for people who love spoof humor similar to naked gun! I consider the humor as very literal. For example, he will say, grab a seat. They will then proceed to pick up a chair. Or a bartender will say, here is a drink on the house, and serve a drink on top of a little house... Almost every line and minute of the show is one joke right after another, and they don't all hit, but about 99% of them hit for me! If you like the promos you will like the show. Just realize this is not a serious show, it is a spoof! So you can't take it seriously. An episode goes quickly and makes you laugh! Give it a shot! The second season starts soon, and it will definitely have me as a viewer!
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After a satire of tough female role and blatant product placement in just five minutes, it's clear that Angie Tribeca doesn't follow normal procedural rule, or any coherent rule for that matter. However, it does follow in the footstep of Naked Gun, while this is nice since the slapstick comedy hasn't had any addition for a while, there are some lingering crude moments that might just be too unsavory for the comedy to properly work.
This is a psychical comedy in heart, mocking the cop shows in an unapologetic fashion. Honestly, it's rather expected that a parody of CSI and the likes would appear. Angie Tribeca has some good moments, it's nice to see this kind of brash humor once in a while. The nifty parts offer funny approach and commentary of the typical more serious shows, a few surprising guest stars like Lisa Kudrow or Alfred Molina is oddly appreciated.
The main problem is the jokes used are heavy-handed and repetitive. This might be fine if said jokes hit the mark, something like the bits with the dog might be fun to watch, but if it fails then audience is left with one or two long minutes of seeing the same joke ham-fisted over and over again. Most of the humor comes from physical, played in the exaggerated manner to draw any interest or attention, but also inconsistently thrown out there.
Angie Tribeca mainly has a few ideas of humor and shoots them wildly and eccentrically. When it hits, it could be highly entertaining, but if it doesn't audience is left with graceless drunken exhibition of slapstick, but the all-in attitude might just work in their favor. -
camilla_w_ras17 January 2016I really liked Rashida Jones in Parks and Recreation and while the trailer didn't exactly look amazing, I figured it was worth a shot. This entire show is written by the kind of people who like things "ironically".
The show sets out to make fun of a genre that has become very popular these past few years but does it very, very poorly. Not only is the show poorly written, the jokes are also poorly delivered and they have managed to not have a single scene with good comedic timing.
The worst part is that you can really see what the show is trying to do. The basic idea of the show - a comedy parody of the popular "lone wolf" crime show - is a decent one, but they're just not getting there. It's a shame. -
jowoho31 December 2018You almost have to watch each episode twice to catch all the jokes. But that's why you watch with a DVR or steam-so you can rewind. I was hooked from the first episode I watched from season 3. Yep, late to the party as usual; but found other seasons on Hulu.
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garymcintosh-4977824 April 2020The first few seasons were good and the 4th season wasn't the best. If you like humor like naked gun , then you will enjoy this , if not you will probably hate it. I enjoyed watching it , but like I said the final wrap up season was rushed and not too funny.
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JakeBrinkman20 February 2020Note: I stopped watching during season 4, and I have no intention of watching further.
This show was designed for fans of Airplane!, The Naked Gun, Top Secret, and comedies of that sort. As one of those fans, it was a happy relief to see the style return. Angie and cast continously fire off play-on-words jokes with stoney faces that contrast the utter absurdity of the situation.
Season 1 - Every single line is a joke, is setting up for a joke, or has a joke going on in the background. The rapid barrage of witty hilarity will force you to pause frequently or stifle your laughter so your laughs don't drown out the next joke. Brilliantly written to keep you in stitches. 9/10
Season 2 - While it's clear the writers spent all their best jokes in the first season, season 2 is still good for several laughs per episode (the astronaut had me laughing so hard I couldn't breathe). I recommend you stop watching after this season. 7/10
Season 3 - Clearly low on jokes, the entire show shifts away from the witty/senseless humor of the previous seasons. Instead, it focuses on parodying the detective genre, making this feel almost like an entirely different show than the previous seasons... and this show isn't nearly as funny. 4/10
Season 4 - Now officially out of jokes, they desperately turn to parodying several TV series popular at the time that this season was airing. 3/10 -
NexusFields22 January 2016"Angie Tribeca" is a half hour law enforcement spoof that wasn't so much created as copied from two classic 80's series, namely "Police Squad!" and "Sledge Hammer!" The former is well known as the launch pad for "The Naked Gun" film series. The other is an off kilter satire of "Dirty Harry" with political overtones that starred David Rasche.
While "Angie Tribeca" claims to lampoon the modern CSI style procedural, the show adheres more to the 80's buddy cop formula. The pilot story is similar to the aforementioned "Sledge Hammer!" in which Angie Tribeca is a lone wolf investigator forced to take on a partner after the Mayor falls victim to extortion. (Another similarity to "Sledge Hammer!" is the season one finale of "Tribeca" featuring a cliffhanger about diffusing a bomb.) Rashida Jones portrays the eponymous title character, but there isn't much character there. Angie Tribeca exists as a mere stick figure and is devoid of personality. Had someone like Mariska Hargitay played the part, then the residual baggage from her previous straight roles would have carried over in the same manner that made Leslie Nielsen such a delight. As is, Jones is left stranded in sea of relentless sight gags and madcap wordplay. The scripts are a nonstop salvo of jokes without individual points of view so it doesn't matter which of the cardboard characters says them. "Sledge Hammer!" featured an unhinged title character surrounded by straight arrows in a very real world, making the series easier to sustain.
"Angie Tribeca" tries for the hyper-kinetic joke machine style perfected by Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams and David Zucker which in itself was like a Mel Brooks' movie on steroids. The batting average was always solid. Unfortunately, the writing for this show is inexpert and derivative. The show blitzkriegs through tired and familiar vaudevillian verbal riffs as well as antiquated visuals such as hoary old chalk outline gags.
Most distressing is how much material is lifted from other sources. The "say " routine from "Police Squad!" where the other person repeats everything after "say " has been ripped off here. A sequence from "Sledge Hammer!" with increasingly messy foods being eaten during an interrogation was also appropriated. Ice cream trucks and Native Americans converging on a crime scene is a direct lift from "Naked Gun 2 ½." The overt product placement gags are straight out of "Wayne's World." This series performs more lifts than a plastic surgeon.
A few reviews have claimed "Angie Tribeca" is an homage to "Police Squad!" and "Sledge Hammer!" But by offering a wobbly retread of those earlier classic shows, this wearisome new series just illustrates how hard it was to pull off those old shows in the first place. -
abhijith-alpha25 February 2019Nancy and Steve Carrell decides to put all that improv training to good use in this "spoof of a hundred shows and thousand tropes" show. There are al types of jokes in here' wordplay, double entendres, physical, ironic, literal, callback, pop references.; something for everyone. Every line, every situation, literally anything is used to put in as many jokes as possible. This hasn't disturbed the narrative, but that is because the show is unlike other 'normal' shows. The narrative, the story, the tone and even the pacing is beside the point. the point is to have a good time, laugh. I certainly did.
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mvandeneede30 December 2018You must have this type of sense of humor to enjoy this show. Comparing it to police squad or the like is fruitless. Zucker and Abrahams were literal spoofers. This show continually has laughs and giggles, but, you have to pay attention and be in the mood for it. Giving it anything less than a 6 makes me feel like you don't really know how to honestly critique anything. Obviously, the show gets overwhelming support from viewers, Hollywood, and their peers. Perhaps those rating it poorly should watch it more.
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chrisman-805591 July 2017OK I get some people are probably thinking omg not a Brooklyn Nine nine when they first watch this show well let me put your hearts at ease here this is one of the funniest and most original cop comedies in awhile I mean I laugh out loud at least once during every episode Angie herself is likable which helps move the show along even faster if your looking for good action and great laughs and like cop comedies this isn't a show to be missed try it your gonna love it
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kim-7114917 January 2016Truly, the only reason I'm giving it 2 stars instead of 1 is that I really like so many people involved (Rashida Jones, Steve Carrell, Lisa Kudrow, etc.), but it's just terrible. Maybe if you really like farce comedy (a la "Airplane" the movie), you'd like it. But I watched 2 episodes just to give it a fair chance, and you'd have to pay me to watch more. I'm a fan of unusual humor, but I guess there are many shades of "unusual". Good (in my opinion): The Office, Web Therapy, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Arrested Development, W1A, Twenty Twelve, Anchorman, etc. So I'm not sure really how to distinguish between what "unusual" humor someone would like & what they wouldn't. It just comes down to hitting that sweet spot for each person. Maybe you'd like it if you're a fan of physical comedy, slapstick or farce comedy. Or maybe, it's just bad. As it is, it makes me want to cry for all the time, energy & money they put into it. Hopefully it finds an audience.
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djanimartinov1 February 2020The show was perfect but the last seasons really dropped in quality and became hard to watch . Season 1 and 2 were brilliant tho . Would like to see a spin off done better
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jeff-tick17 January 2016It can't be easy to write a spoof which sustains a high level of comedy throughout. After all, what one deems funny is extremely individual. I think Angie Tribeca does a pretty good job employing the slapstick humor one either loves or hates from "Hot Shots" and "The Naked Gun" with a well- written fast-paced police spoof.
There were a lot of good jokes, from most of the actors, (Deon Cole excluded) linking the absurd slapstick gags we've come to expect in this kind of show- "I'm being framed" said as a painting frame is moved in front of the speaking character to fairly decent and funny lines and situations. The series is certainly not great, but it is not as bad as it could have been.
One thing that bothered me, was a scene from episode 4, when police commissioner "Bigfish" stabs a policeman with a baby bottle, saying "hush hush" in an allusion to one of the most gut-wrenching, disturbing scenes in cinematographic history from "Saving Private Ryan". I thought that was in extremely bad taste. Still, I gave the series a 6 out of 10 for letting me escape from the the world's depressing state of events for a while, and for letting me re-visit and laugh at all of the police show clichés this show embraces. -
johnhchappel18 January 2016Did not like a single thing about this show.
Acting was terrible
Writing is atrocious
Comedy is non-existent
This tries to bring back the old style slapstick and fails in the worst possible way. I am a fan of slapstick and this is not it. I liked Leslie Nielsen's over the top type of humour and most of what he made(thought his remake of the Pink Panther was terrible). Leslie brought class to this genre, this show brings nothing but ridicule.
I must admit that I was put off from the opening scenes and my option only got worse as the show continued, until finally I could take no more and stopped watching.
I have no idea why Rashida Jones agreed to do this,she can do a lot better than this piece of garbage. There has been a lot of trash produced lately and this program is at the top of the heap.