sandra p. angulo from "entertainment weekly" included "drew live ii" in her feature on "the splashier sweeps events" for the week, commenting "in what's becoming an annual event, drew and company – including the improv aces from "whose line is it anyway?" – perform live for each of the three time zones. basically, they have three chances to get it right." james joyce, writing for the "newcastle herald", noted that carey had "always been willing to toy with the conventions of the sitcom format", and dubbed oswald and lewis his "dimwit buddies".