less enthusiastic was tim goodman of the "san francisco chronicle", who said, "though there are plenty of hard-earned (some might say forced) laughs here and bornheimer is a real find, you can't help but wonder how they'll keep up the pace. after all, the british series ran for only two seasons and had a mere seven episodes each season...so how is cbs going to stretch this into 22 episodes without stretching it too thin?...in many ways, "worst week" seems incapable of being made into an american version (there were previous attempts that failed), because not only does the title not make sense, but not having a payoff for all the freaky, not-so-karmic woes sam endures will be frustrating to the viewing audience . . . [it] is a series that may end up being on a short leash."