Storage Wars: Season 1
  • Network: A&E
  • Series Premiere Date: Dec 1, 2010
  • Season #: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5
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Metascore
58 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critics What's this?

User Score
6.5 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 14 Ratings

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  • Summary: Four bidders seek out hidden treasure in the repossessed storage units they buy.
  • Genre(s): Reality, Game Show

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Neil Genzlinger
    Dec 9, 2010
    80
    Storage Wars is an especially entertaining addition to the genre. Who doesn't love the sound of an auctioneer's voice? Beyond that, the four buyers on whom the show focuses are well chosen, and the "reveals"--the moments when the buyers see what they've acquired and get estimates of its value--are great fun.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    Dec 9, 2010
    60
    The storage hunters aren't warm and fuzzy. They're hard guys, always looking for the edge and the way to get that nickel first. On the other hand, they seem to like their work. In the end, what part of the American Dream is bigger than that?
  3. Slate
    Reviewed by: Troy Patterson
    Dec 23, 2010
    60
    Storage Wars--trivial and magnetic, sociologically peculiar and elementally creepy-gives the reality-show treatment to a class of merchants slinking beneath the radar of many a solvent citizen.
  4. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Hank Stuever
    Dec 9, 2010
    50
    Both shows [Storage Wars and Discovery's "Gold Rush: Alaska"] also have their moments of absorbing drama and distasteful levels of bullheadedness, set against an American backdrop that once again seems mere steps away from the full-on, Cormac McCarthy-style apocalypse.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 3 out of 7
  1. Spangle
    8
    The concept seems very silly, but once you start watching, it's actually a very good show. I don't know why, but I just love it. The people featured are easy to get attached to and it almost makes you want to pursue a career as a thrift store owner.… Expand
  2. justnother1
    7
    Th thrill is in the contents - the expectation of some thing either fascinating, valuable, or both. The boredom is the characters - what a brutish, uncultured bunch. Not a drop of finess in the lot of them. Win at any cost and then gloat, gloat, gloat. I'd like to see a version done by BBC America.… Expand
  3. Peter_Labose_LA
    2
    I have watched a number of episodes primarily because of it's late show time and I need something to help me fall asleep. It's possible some of the storage unit content is set up, however, that is the most interesting aspect of the show. The characters are irrelevant and an obstruction when time is spent with them. I'm sorry, I can't watch this anymore.… Collapse
  4. bestbuy
    0
    its a scam trust me dont waste ur time if u do good luck been doing this for 4 years i was only making a couple hun more then what i bought it for niw its crazy there is 70 new people every week cause wow new people r suckers DONT BE ONE… Expand

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