• Network: The CW
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 13, 2005
  • Season #: 0 , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 7
Metascore
59 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 22 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 22
  2. Negative: 6 out of 22
  1. 88
    The series' grim tone and overall look of a grimy world in perpetual need of dusting or wiping is a long way from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and closer to Japanese movies like The Grudge. [12 Sep 2005, p.45]
  2. 80
    This creepy storytelling carries extra punch because the drama has an excellent, easy-to-root-for cast.
  3. 80
    Padalecki and Ackles are hunky, funny and a joy to watch.
  4. It's likely to startle you the way no show has since The X-Files.
  5. "Supernatural" is unlike anything else out there and should build a following among viewers who appreciate its combination of spooky mythology and mystery adventure.
  6. A creepy, atmospheric, sometimes downright scary hour of TV.
  7. Ackles and Padalecki are good-looking, yes, get to drive a '67 Chevy and will undoubtedly run into a lot of really hot women in peril, but "Supernatural" works. It's just serious enough, just hip enough and, as advertised, more scary than imagined.
  8. 75
    Of all the season's new dark-arts adventures, WB's aptly if generically named Supernatural may be the simplest and the scariest.... It wants nothing more than to frighten you -- and tonight, it does.
  9. A loud, believably unbelievable ghost story, a different ghost from classic lore guest-starring each week.
  10. "Supernatural" plays like a high-octane B-flick. You could be mildly ashamed at how much you like it.
  11. Reviewed by: Diane Werts
    70
    It's a romp and a half.
  12. It is a well-made little show of horrors that's likely to scare and thrill its target audience.
  13. 60
    There isn't much in "Supernatural" to engage viewers older than Sam and Dean, but it's certainly not the worst of the new troop of spookers.
  14. The stars are appealing WB veterans, but it is hard to believe that subsequent episodes will carry the same edge as the premiere. "Supernatural" is not "The Sixth Sense," it's "Ghostbusters' Creek."
  15. The creep factor runs high, and it had better in a series called "Supernatural." But the series also has its overly familiar and just-plain-silly moments.
  16. Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    40
    A perfectly serviceable if not particularly inspired bumper.
  17. Leaden, predictable and, at times, unintentionally funny.
  18. 30
    Genre fans used to the emotional depth and extraordinary storytelling of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel" will find that this show is not even remotely in "Buffy's" or "Angel's" league.
  19. 30
    As unimaginative as its title.
  20. 30
    As flat and robotic as the show may be, a teen "X-Files" meets "Red Eye" is likely to pull in high ratings.
  21. Reviewed by: Eric Neigher
    25
    Supernatural's shortcomings could have been mitigated were its plotlines authentically scary.
  22. These brothers are like most WB stars and starlets, pretty faces with negligible theatrical skills.
User Score

Universal acclaim- based on 329 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Negative: 8 out of 164
  1. KrisJ
    10
    This is the show I look forward to the most every week. If you've stayed away because you've seen stills of the leads and have figured it's just another CW "Cute Boy Show" you were wrong. Supernatural is one of the most consistently well-written, acted, and directed shows on television. The effects are awesome, the scares are effective, the humour is INTENTIONAL, and the relationship between Sam and Dean is some of the most honest and real work that I've ever seen in any medium, television or otherwise. If you never gave Supernatural a chance now is the time. Supposedly the creator plans to end it at the end of his "Five Year Plan". Full Review »
  2. JennetP.
    3
    "Supernatural" is "Charmed" with a Y chromosome: both concern attractive squabbling siblings who inherit an occult mission from dead relatives. The brothers face a slightly more interesting range of adversaries than the sisters' cookie-cutter demons, but the essential Manichaeism is the same, as is the notion that, in vanquishing evil, you need both a powerful spell and a powerful right hook. I do see the appeal in watching attractive young people avert the apocalypse with remnants of high school Latin and a round of black eyes, but that appeal fades fast without fresh, challenging stories. Full Review »
  3. LaurenS.
    10
    Supernatural is an amazing show, that nearly anyone can watch, and should watch. The show keeps to the myths and legends amazingly, while bringing great actors to the screen. The guys will like it because it has action, the girls will like it because of Jared and Jensen, and everyone will love it because of the car. I managed to get my whole family hooked! Full Review »