Critical and Public Reaction
Critics were largely positive towards Grosse Pointe. TIME wrote that it was "nicely cast and smartly paced, it's a sassy, catty riot.". The New York Daily News wrote that it was "the funniest, smartest comedy" that the WB has ever had.
Despite this, the series struggled with low ratings. In its Friday night timeslot, it typically lost an average of one million viewers from its lead-in, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. It was the only WB comedy to receive an "A" grade from Entertainment Weekly. Though the network tried to find an audience for it by moving it around the schedule, Grosse Pointe ultimately failed to attract enough viewers to sustain it past one season.
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