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Farmer Wants a Wife
EMAILPRINTSERIES: CW, Wednesday 9:00p (60 minutes)
Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 14 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 16 votes
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Show Info
Genre(s): Reality (Competitive)
Created By:
Adam Cohen
Cara Tapper
Joanna Vernetti
First Air Date: April 30, 2008
Summary
Starring Matt Neustadt
CW does "The Bachelor" country style as ten city girls look to win farmer Matt's affection.
Episode Guide & More Info: More about this show at TV.com
Also On The Web: Official Show Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Entertainment WeeklyGillian Flynn
It's trying to be juicy, stupid fun, but it isn't smart enough.
Read Full Review >Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron
This farmer may want a wife but, in the end, the only guarantee is that he gets a reality show.
Read Full Review >New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Farmer Wants a Wife feels about as "real" as "The Dukes of Hazzard," suggesting it should be viewed in much the same spirit.
Read Full Review >SlateTroy Patterson
Farmer Wants a Wife moseyed onto the air last week bearing the best title of any pop-culture commodity of the year to date and, given its standard-issue inanity, a surprising subtextual richness.
Read Full Review >Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
It's entirely paint-by-numbers, a formulaic dating contest colored in with all the too-familiar characters, from the butch Matt to each of the ladies, city gals looking for a real man who doesn't bother with all that metrosexual nonsense. This is reality by rote.
Read Full Review >VarietyBrian Lowry
Heavily produced, the series has some ratings potential by CW's chicken-feed standards but doesn't feel distinctive or titillating enough to keep 'em down on the farm.
Read Full Review >Washington PostJennifer Frey
Finally, a reality show that doesn't even try to pretend it's not a big, cliched setup.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloyd
The American Farmer is more... American: another intermittently nasty competition dating show, with stunt challenges and a ritualized elimination at the end of every episode.
Read Full Review >Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall
Despite its silly trappings, Farmer Wants a Wife is neither appalling nor unintentionally funny enough to merit sitting through yet another contrived dating show where the biggest prize would be for someone, anyone, to escape with a bit of their dignity intact.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
It's strictly entertainment. Assuming that's what you call it when one guy's ordering 10 aspiring brides through a series of ridiculously staged agricultural challenges to find the one who'll win the right to have her name mentioned in People magazine when they break up.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Viewers should figure out pretty quickly that manure is the main ingredient here, and though it might help the corn crop grow high, it's unlikely to do much to boost ratings at the struggling CW network.
Read Full Review >New York PostLinda Stasi
Matt produces two products in surplus amounts: cheese and corn. And I'm not talking by-products of animal husbandry.
Read Full Review >Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
American television networks have aired many ridiculous reality shows, but The CW's Farmer Wants a Wife is a master class in televised inanity.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this show is 7.5 (out of 10) based on 16 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Melissa gave it a10:
How could they be so harsh on critizing this show? The only thing the critics are looking for is another version to the Bachelor or the Bachelorette but with all the drama in it. I loved watching 'Farmer Wants A Wife' and never missed an episode because I thought it was funny and that it was more of a REALITY tv show. The Bachelor, the Bachelorette, and all the other dating shows they have on tv have so much drama in it and have ridiculous challenges and the contestants constantly arguing because the wrong words or actions were said to each other. Reality doesn't have all the dramatic experiences that they choreograph into the shows a bit too much. 'Farmer Wants A Wife' was a wonderful, refreshing country twist to a Bachelor show and seemed to just be fun and enjoyable without being so fake.
Cheryl C gave it a10:
I enjoyed the show and I too thought Brooke was the one from the beginning. Thanks for being different and offering a lifestyle that lots of people live day to day.
Carol J. gave it a10:
I felt the show was entertaining. Brooke was my choice from the beginning....they had a lot in common...I would like to see updates....it would be good to see if they really make it...just like I love New York or flavor of love.
Joseph C. gave it a10:
How could anyone criticize this show? If you do, the you obviously are scared to try something new.
Fay M. gave it a9:
Am enjoying the show very much. Hope it ends with true everlasting love.
Michlle W gave it a9:
I think the show is funny and I enjoy it, those girls have done things they never thought of doing.
Susan gave it a6:
At first I thought it was sub-par even for a reality show, but the farmer guy is surprisingly human when he realizes that his job is to reject these women week after week.
