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Privileged: Season 1
  • Network: The CW
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 9, 2008
  • Season #: 1
Metascore
58 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 14
  3. Negative: 4 out of 14
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  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    80
    The dialogue is witty, the pacing is brisk and there's some real heart amid all the tokens of the Palm Beach high life.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    75
    Garcia is impeccable, and Newbrough and Hale are likably bratty. Funnier would help, but charm is abundant.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    70
    Great it's not, but the fizzy mix of soapy elements, screwy comedy, high-society hijinks and romance dovetails with where the netlet has been heading programming-wise.
  4. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    70
    The show has the makings of a more sincere, "Gilmore Girls"-like take on female bonding.
  5. Philadelphia Daily News
    Reviewed by: Ellen Gray
    70
    So while the plot points might be as far-fetched, the emotions aren't.
  6. Newark Star-Ledger
    Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    70
    Tonally, Privileged is an amalgam of the CW's other shows in this genre: more contemporary and (at times) funnier than the new "90210" but not as nihilistic as "Gossip Girl." And Garcia's both charming and a promising light comedienne.
  7. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    70
    Privileged has the potential to be a largely positive, female-skewing series.
  8. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    67
    Garcia is a major-league cutie and sunny on-screen presence without being cloying. But enough with the filthy-rich-kid dramedies!
  9. PopMatters
    Reviewed by: Todd R. Ramlow
    60
    While the show doesn't (yet) expand on its opening diagnosis of the "New Gilded Age," it just might offer more careful consideration of other possibilities of self-interest.
  10. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Ray Richmond
    40
    But aside from Garcia, Archer and Louis (who does a colorful turn as the chef), there's too much sizzle here and too little steak.
  11. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Adam Buckman
    38
    In the CW's world, happiness is rubbing elbows with the rich and fabulous, and drawing the attention of various rich boys, while a soundtrack of chick-friendly pop tunes plays constantly in the background. If this sounds like happiness to you, then by all means feel free to join this "Privileged" class. You have nothing to waste but your time.
  12. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    37
    Alas, like most copies, Privileged is a second-rate imitation.
  13. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    30
    JoAnna Garcia's overcaffeinated cuteness--the sort of thing that made otherwise decent people want to run Sally Field through with a pitchfork back in her Gidget and Flying Nun days--as a Palm Beach governess to trust-fund teen trash is nigh unbearable.
  14. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Tom Shales
    30
    Just about everything in Privileged has popped up before, and what hasn't popped up before should never be permitted to pop up at all.
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User Score
9.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 16 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Phoenixxl
    0
    Making 5 accounts to fake some scores ... Pathetic. TracyB JasonL FarahS LaceyT .. youre fooling nobody. I also don't get how they got 150 characters in those reviews.… Full Review »
  2. LaceyT
    10
    I love the show. There's a lot of heart in this show. Really attractive cast and funny dialogue.
  3. FarahS.
    10
    I really liked it. Hope it lasts.
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