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Netflix's new Will Arnett comedy 'Flaked' is one of its worst-reviewed shows yet

Mar 11, 2016, 01:53 IST

Matt Kennedy/Netflix

Will Arnett's new Netflix comedy, "Flaked," is getting a big thumbs-down from television critics.

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So far, it's earned a 39/100 score on review-aggregation site Metacritic. That's the second-worst score ever for a Netflix original comedy, though it did beat "Fuller House." The spin-off got a 35 score (but it still got renewed for a second season).

For context, Netflix's highest-scoring comedy show on the site is Aziz Ansari's "Master of None," with a 91. "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" comes in at a far second with a 78 score.

On "Flaked," which comes out Friday, co-creator Will Arnett stars as Chip. He has carefully engineered a "guru-like" public persona that begins to break down lie by lie as he falls for the same girl his best friend is pursuing.

From a thin story line to a lack of laughs, here's what the critics are saying:

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