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Factory
SERIES: Spike, Sunday 10:00p (30 minutes)


9.5

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Starring Mitch Rouse, David Pasquesi, Jay Leggett, and Michael Coleman

This comedy features four guys who work at a factory and stars its creator Mitch Rouse.

GENRE(S):	Comedy
CREATED BY:	Mitch Rouse
FIRST AIR DATE:	June 29, 2008

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Kansas City Star Aaron Barnhart

The comedy has a loose, improvisational feel to it, but is still pretty fast-paced. And the four characters are at their funniest just in the room alone, swapping lines with each other, an experience a lot of dudes in their 20s can relate to... or so I’m told.

Washington Post Tom Shales

Factory is the network's first try at a situation comedy and, surprisingly enough, it's neither perfunctory nor primitive. It is, in fact, one of the few pleasant surprises of the summer.

Los Angeles Times Robert Lloyd

Clearly flung at the Spike's male demo–-"Get More Action" is the network tagline, which implies a viewership not getting as much as it would like--it has a slightly sour edge that some will just read as The Way Things Are.

New York Post Adam Buckman

With its loosey-goosey improvisations, Factory plays like a work-in-progress instead of one that was actually finished and really ready for prime time.

New York Daily News David Hinckley

It's not clear what this factory produces. But the show may be creating exactly the product its audience wants.

Variety Stuart Levine

The humor is sexist, racy and often falls flat, but when it does work, it connects in a way a male-centric audience--and that's Spike's bread and butter--will appreciate.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen

It's a mixed bag of un-PC attempts at blue collar humor as four guys yak and try to avoid doing their jobs.

The New York Times Ginia Bellafante

The mood of dark comedy isn’t sustained. Factory quickly devolves into a meaningless slapstick of goofy faces and a forced awkwardness that suggests the vision of someone who has watched “Curb Your Enthusiasm” over and over but has still not figured out what makes it so funny.

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Factory SERIES: Spike, Sunday 10:00p (30 minutes)

Factory
SERIES: Spike, Sunday 10:00p (30 minutes)