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NYC Prep
EMAILPRINTSERIES: Bravo, Tuesday 10:00p (60 minutes)
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 8 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 29 votes
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Show Info
Genre(s): Reality (Non-Competitive)
Created By:
Scott A. Stone
Lenid Rolov
First Air Date: June 23, 2009
Summary
Bravo takes the concept of "Gossip Girl" and follows the lives of a real group of private high school kids in New York City.
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...
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Underneath it, we also see kids. Yes, rich kids, but also insecure kids coping with the universal dramas of teenagers. That may be the most engaging part of NYC Prep.
Read Full Review >NewsdayVerne Gay
Yes, cliches about wealth and privilege abound and are confirmed, or perhaps further embedded....But NYC Prep is so eager to establish a kinship with "Gossip Girl" that it's forgotten to tell much of a story.
Read Full Review >SalonHeather Havrilesky
NYC Prep is the reality version of "Gossip Girl" for those who take "Gossip Girl" a little too seriously--and don't mind that real prep school kids are far less witty and fascinating than the scripted ones.
Read Full Review >The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley
Viewers are treated to the spectacle of teenagers who can freely roam New York unsupervised by parents or teachers, tethered, by their own volition, to the strict rules and unyielding cliches of a Bravo reality show.
Read Full Review >Washington PostTom Shales
If only these little dears were fascinating, or at least more interesting than they are on the first installment. From the looks of the previews at the end of the hour, things will be heating up in future episodes, and the first might be viewed as a scene-setting preface to battles, tattles and conspiracies to come.
Read Full Review >SlateTroy Patterson
It is both an active agent of moral depravation and a total hoot.
Read Full Review >VarietyBrian Lowry
The main problem with NYC Prep is that the show never gets better than its title--lacking the sociological insight to score as a documentary or the hyper-real situations and "characters" that would make it sizzle as a soap.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
Thanks to a collection of well-off New York adolescents whose parents really should have known better, the NBC Universal-owned cable network's out to convince us that those kids from "Gossip Girl" are real. As if anyone would want them to be.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this show is 1.4 (out of 10) based on 29 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Jessa T gave it a10:
I find it interesting. Since I am a teenager also growing up in a large city, I feel that I can relate to many of the characters. And I have to say, even though it might be a disappointment to some, the show is very realistic. These teens lead the same fake and pressured lives that many of us private school kids do. Some of them actually handle it quite well.
jojo s gave it a0:
This show is soooo lame. these kids are so boring, they make new york look bad. there is not an attractive person on the whole show, these kids are so bland, and their styles are so dated. who would of thought that living in new york with all that money could seem so drab.
D Reisch gave it an8:
Of course this show is trash, just like all of the "reality" Bravo puts on. The deliciousness is in how much you hate the characters. You might give the kids a 0, but you can't stop watching.
Lola B gave it a2:
If you think about it, it's pretty incredible this show even exists... What kind of parent would let their child participate in this? In a few years, once they've gone to college, seen a bit of the world outside their little pods, all the participating kids are going to feel really ashamed and pathetic. Other than that, it is pretty hilarious to watch and mock them.
Jeff W gave it a0:
What is it about shallow, dumb, spoiled, vain kids who use Mommy and Daddy's credit card that is so appealing to watch? It's not funny, it's not entertaining... it's just incredibly painful to watch a bunch of spoiled, self-centered kids talking s**t about each other and thinking they are better than everyone else because their parents make a lot of money. This show is ABSOLUTE TRASH.
Facepalm gave it a0:
An endless parade of wasted American genetic material. Excerpts from this show will probably make their way into Al-Qaeda training videos.
Anna H gave it a0:
Why don't they make a show that can relate to the other 95% of the population?
