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Freak Show: Season 1
Metascore
67 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
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  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Ray Richmond
    80
    Outrageous, bizarre, effortlessly hip and unsubtle in magically edgy ways.
  2. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    80
    Alternately goofy and smartly satirical, ["Freak Show"] may be the best companion to "South Park" Comedy Central has come up with yet.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Virginia Heffernan
    70
    There's plenty to laugh at here.
  4. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Whitney Pastorek
    67
    This superhero spoof's odd humor manages to distract from the shudders... but just barely. [6 Oct 2006, p.63]
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  5. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    40
    "Freak Show" aspires to be both infantile and yet politically and socially astute, and it falls short on the latter. The satire doesn't quite hit its marks.
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6.4 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 25 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 17
  3. Negative: 4 out of 17
  1. BobF.
    10
    Brilliant.
  2. JohnW
    10
    Each episode has been better than the next. The 2-part season finale was easily the best and has proven itself to be one of the funniest shows on tv today.… Full Review »
  3. JennyB
    10
    funny as hell!
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