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South Beach: Season 1
  • Network: UPN
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 11, 2006
  • Season #: 1
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Metascore
29 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 18 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.8 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 79 Ratings

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10 out of 10
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  • Starring: Giancarlo Esposito, Lee Thompson Young, Vanessa Williams
  • Summary: UPN's latest stab at a prime-time soap (executive-produced by Jennifer Lopez) is set in South Florida's world of models, pools, beaches, drugs and nightclubs, with some gangsters thrown in for good measure.
  • Genre(s): Drama

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 18
  3. Negative: 14 out of 18
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Doug Elfman
    63
    "South Beach" isn't the terrible waste of viewing time a cynic might expect. But it is a conventionally drawn, sudsy soap.
  2. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Robert Abele
    60
    Serious about its silliness, this show grasps the concept of prime time as vacation time.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    38
    This latest attempt at a series with glamorous young people frolicking at an even more glamorous resort doesn't demonstrate significantly more depth than its unsuccessful predecessors.

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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 56 out of 61
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 61
  3. Negative: 5 out of 61
  1. BrookeJ.
    10
    OF COURSE the show was TERRIFIC!!!! I am head over heels in love with it and believe me it was one of the best shows I have ever seen.Come on tell me that somebody didn't love it and I am going to say that he was crazy.bring it back to us.PLEASE!Matt+Arielle=forever together!!!… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. BrittneyB.
    10
    I absolutely loved this show, personally I don't know why they decided to cancel this show either. I felt that this show was like no other show on the UPN network or the CW network. I also loved the cast on there, especially Lee Thompson Young who played (Alex Burer).… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. MarcD.
    3
    Pretty horrible. Vanessa Williams and Giancarlo Esposito were decent, and the female lead was ok, but the rest of the production was reminiscent of the bad acting school.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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