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The Electric Company: Season 1
  • Network: PBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 23, 2009
  • Season #: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
The Electric Company Image
Metascore
74 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

Your Score
10 out of 10
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  • Summary: The 1970s children's show returns for a new generation.
  • Genre(s): Variety Shows, Children

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Whitney Pastorek
    83
    Though the hip 'n' urban vibe seems overly calculated--did studies show that 8-year-olds respond to beatboxing white dudes?--and the cast is aggressively up with people, you gotta love new characters.
  2. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Valerie Kellogg
    83
    With a visual sensibility that mimics a video game, Web browser and iPhone, as well as a hearty online presence with a social-networking bent, the new Electric Company seems to deliver.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    60
    The only problem here is that once in a while the producers and cast get so enthusiastic about their production numbers, their words become almost unintelligible.

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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 1 out of 3
  1. DocBubba
    10
    My sons all love this show. The use of hiphop is an inspired addition to the Electric Company tradition and underscores the important interplay between the written word and the spoken word. I also loved the original, and it was right for its time. The new version is right for our time and for our kids today.… Expand
    • 0 of 1 users said yes
  2. Aria
    5
    While the new Electric Company gets an A for Effort (why not an E?), the show misses the mark. The characters have the appeal of an after-school program for older kids but with subject matter suitable for kindergarteners. This show is simultaneously so close and so far from that mark.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. InfraMan
    2
    This show is an abomination. The only thing going for it is the title. My kids love the original, this stuff makes us all cringe.
    • 1 of 1 users said yes