• Network: VH1
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 11, 2006
  • Season #: 1
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critics What's this?

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 25
  2. Negative: 2 out of 25
  1. 100
    "Love Monkey" may well be the smartest and most innovative network comedy-drama in many a year.
  2. 60
    To say that Love Monkey is derivative and predictable is not quite the same as saying it's bad.
  3. Reviewed by: Adam Sternbergh
    30
    What ultimately hampers Love Monkey isn't its lack of credibility. It's a severe shortage of preposterousness.

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  1. Don
    10
    I miss this show a lot. I think it was so cool and anti-establishment. I could relate to all of the characters on the show and I loved all of he music; not to mention the cameos (Martin Luther is so talented). I think this show was way too progressive for it's own good. Expand
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  2. BertieV
    5
    Heaven help us if this alternate reality ever collides with the alternate reality of Gilmore Girls. What this show fails to appreciate is that the Waynes of today are the Hansons (and Starships) of tomorrow. Catchy pop hooks are not a sin. Derivative garbage is. It's the difference between a guilty pleasure and just plain guilt. I wish I could think this show would become a guilty pleasure for me, but I just love music too damn much. Expand
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  3. EmilyS
    3
    The fact that Tom Cavanaugh's character seemed so ignorant about music detracted greatly from the show in my opinion. The LA Times said it best: "He also disses Hanson, which no halfway hip music person would ever do." Expand
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