TV Review: 'The Job' plays off a struggling economy

"The Job," which premieres Friday on CBS, puts a reality-show spin on the hiring process — which is to say, it does explicitly what many reality shows do figuratively. Here, five "highly qualified candidates," a new batch each week, sell themselves to a tribunal of executives who will hire one for their company (also new each week) within the hour.

By Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times Television Critic

February 8, 2013