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The Bedford Diaries

Summary Set at a small liberal-arts college in Manhattan, The Bedford Diaries is an ensemble drama about the lives of resident and commuter students from all kinds of social and economic backgrounds and their teachers. The show specifically centers on a human behavior seminar where (the students) openly talk about their sexual lives or the lack ...

Created By: Tom Fontana, Julie Martin

  • 2006
  • TV-14
  • WB
  • 2006
  • TV-14
  • WB

The Bedford Diaries

Season 1 Premiere: Mar 29, 2006
Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 42 Critic Reviews
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Summary Set at a small liberal-arts college in Manhattan, The Bedford Diaries is an ensemble drama about the lives of resident and commuter students from all kinds of social and economic backgrounds and their teachers. The show specifically centers on a human behavior seminar where (the students) openly talk about their sexual lives or the lack ...

Created By: Tom Fontana, Julie Martin

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 42 Critic Reviews
33
19% Positive
8 Reviews
14% Mixed
6 Reviews
67% Negative
28 Reviews

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 42 Critic Reviews
33
19% Positive
8 Reviews
14% Mixed
6 Reviews
67% Negative
28 Reviews

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70
It's... a lot of fun: "The O.C." for the Stanley H. Kaplan set.
By Alessandra Stanley FULL REVIEW
63
Dramatically speaking, what douses a bit of the fire of this ensemble show are a few non-compelling characters and/or bad actors.
By Doug Elfman FULL REVIEW
38
As an ensemble they are, like their teacher, attractive but not very exciting. [10 Apr 2006, p.35]
By Tom Gliatto FULL REVIEW
30
The show takes the characters' angst and obsessions much too seriously, elevating their histrionics to soap-operatic levels when it should be flirting with satire.
By Matthew Gilbert FULL REVIEW
25
Disheartening proof that even the most talented producers sometimes concoct a prime-time crock.
By Mike Duffy FULL REVIEW
20
Problem is, the characters are neither likeable enough to cheer for nor despicable enough to loathe. They're just sort of unformed lumps of gray clay with a few stereotypical streaks of color.
By Rob Owen FULL REVIEW
0
This silly excuse for a show is made up of a great-looking ensemble in the most blatant teen-sexuality show in broadcast history.
By Linda Stasi FULL REVIEW

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Production Company:
  • HBO Independent Productions
  • Warner Bros. Television
  • The Levinson / Fontana Company
  • Mother Trucker Television Productions Ltd.
Initial Release Date: Mar 29, 2006
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-14
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