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Rollergirls
SERIES: A&E, Monday 10:00p (60 minutes)

7.0 based on 10 reviews read critic reviews how did we calculate this? based on 23 votes read user comments rate this tv show

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This reality series follows the members of an all-female Austin, Texas roller derby league (who boast names such as Punky Bruiser and Miss Conduct) both in and out of competiton.

GENRE(S):	Reality (Non-Competitive)
CREATED BY:	Gary Auerbach Julie Auerbach
FIRST AIR DATE:	January 2, 2006

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80

Los Angeles Times Robert Lloyd

A "heightened reality" show, one might call it, but one which makes its subject palpable and which, because it is made with care, lets you care too. It's the more artful portrait, paradoxically, that paints the truer picture.

80

Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm

[Rollergirls] skillfully convey[s] the ups and downs of everyday life, man trouble, hard partying, athletic rivalry, in an unfamiliar culture. But the show adds a layer of visceral excitement, as superb camera work and editing bring the intensity of the competition into genteel living rooms.

80

LA Weekly Robert Abele

[An] exciting, interesting series.

75

New York Post Linda Stasi

Not like anything else on TV.

70

Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert

''Rollergirls" is a colorful piece of reality TV.

70

Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron

[An] unflinching and engaging look at the lives of a disparate group of women in their 20s and 30s whose share a love for this rough-and-tumble sport.

50

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland

The show comes with a built-in demographic: viewers who enjoy sweaty, scantily clad women waging war on roller skates. "Rollergirls" just needs to lure them back from the Internet.

40

The New York Times Alessandra Stanley

"Rollergirls" takes heroic steps to go beyond the silliness and try to understand and ennoble players, but the subject is just not worth so much effort.

30

Variety Brian Lowry

It doesn't help that the producers shape the episodes as if they were little sports movies, peddling cliches about the nervous rookie, the veteran making a comeback or the underdog team. That might work with a real sport, but it's kind of a buzzkill when dealing with a staged one.

12

New York Daily News David Hinckley

It gets nothing right - not the potential sexiness, not the negligible drama and certainly not any solid shot at explaining, much less popularizing, the alleged sport of roller derby.

The average user rating for this tv show is 7.0 (out of 10) based on 23 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

K M. gave it a10:
I loved this show. I'd always hoped to have a chance to skate roller derby. This show gave many of us the spark we needed to look up a local league or *create* one and start skating. It was truly an inspirational show.

John gave it a10:
This was the best show on television; it replaces HBO's Carnivale (also cancelled) as my favorite. After seeing most of the Rollergirls episodes when they were aired, I have watched the DVD's from beginning to end, and am starting throiugh them again. I have also bought DVD's of recent TXRD bouts from austin.com and they were great. The girls are quirky, adorable, fascinating and I love the whole grass roots superheroine concept. I may have to travel (from Philadelphia) down to Austin to see a bout or two! The production of the series was marvelous, and the unpredictable and meandering and ambiguous development of the "story lines" mirrors real life. Plus the idea of legitimate (unfixed) roller derby also is radical! The only problem is that I have yet to find anyone in my circle ot friends and acquaintances who even saw the show! So much for the marketing of it...

Lou S gave it a10:
As a Roller derby skaters I do give the Rollergirls a lot of credit for keeping the name roller derby alive One day they might learn to skate the unique game we call Roller Derby. If my girl captain Shirley Hardman of the Texas Outlaws, she would give the girls a 10.

chocolate wide3 gave it a1:
this show is so funny i went to a game at it was so awful they should not call this rollerderby.

Gary R gave it a0:
More so-called "reality" pulp.

Rachel P gave it a10:
Best Show ever! These women are fucking amazing. They have found a reason to wakup in the morning...and live life to the fullest.

Ron S gave it a10:
Good Stuff!

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