In terms of reception from the media the show was "critically savaged". The "Chicago Tribune" listed it as one of the 25 worst TV shows ever, and Adam Buckman of the "New York Post" declared the show "extinct on arrival." Ginia Bellafante of "The New York Times" wrote "I laughed. But I laughed through my pain. '"Cavemen",' set in some version of San Diego where people speak with Southern accents, doesn’t have moments as much as microseconds suspended from any attempt at narrative."