Titanic: Season 1
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 14, 2012
  • Season #: 1
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Metascore
51 out of 100

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User Score
3.3 out of 10

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 11 Ratings

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  • Summary: The story of the people on the fateful voyage of the Titanic is retold in this miniseries by Julian Fellowes of Downton Abbey fame.
  • Genre(s): Drama

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Lori Rackl
    Apr 10, 2012
    75
    Soapy melodrama aside, Titanic does a fine job giving viewers a sense of what it was like to be aboard the doomed vessel.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    Apr 13, 2012
    60
    While Titanic gets melodramatic and even a little soapy, it achieves what seems to be its main goal: to remind us that when the ship went down, the most terrible loss may have been 1,500 dreams.
  3. Boston Herald
    Reviewed by: Mark A. Perigard
    Apr 16, 2012
    58
    Alas, most of the other characters are so weakly sketched, they don't make a ripple.
  4. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Alessandra Stanley
    Apr 13, 2012
    50
    At least in the early stages, the series is quite entertaining. But over all, the mini-series suffers from defensive storytelling; it's a narrative driven in splintered directions less by inspiration than by avoidance.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 2 out of 4
  1. TheVegan
    8
    I enjoyed this. It showed the story from different people's perspectives. As far as the comment here that says they hope this get canceled? It was 2 night mini-series so it is already completed.… Expand
  2. 53bload53
    6
    it's a good tv program but it's just like the movie, the story of some dude who was in the titanic, i think it's a good tv program for commemorate the 100 years of the sinking but still needs a bit more of taste and something more different, not just people dying in the incident… Expand
  3. Kranitoko
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Was a horribly written show, where the effects looked cheap, and where the history didn't even feel accurate.

    When the ship started to go down, there looked to be little to no panic and hardly told the real story of the survivors who told their story. It was like somebody had said: "Right. Let's take the tragic story of titanic and act like there were really only 300 people on the boat instead of 2,200"

    And when the boat went down in the final episode, it looked like there was hardly anyone in the water. The ship also went down way too quickly, and the "Atlantic ocean" did not look as cold as it should have been. In fact it actually looked like they were in a swimming pool than an ocean. Also the idea that each episode started with the beginning of the voyage and ended at the middle of the ships sinking really confused the heck out of me, because i didn't know if half the scenes were before a previous scene from the last episode or not.

    I suppose the one good thing of this show was probably Jenna's character. She was sweet.

    But all in all, a dreadful show that just shouldn't have been made. Needless to say, the movie was better.    … Expand
  4. RonaldOVOXO
    2
    Cant wait till this show is canceled, this show is terrible and probably one of the worst shows ive seen since CBS's Rob. ABC will pick up any show now a days and thats why i watch more NBC & CBS… Expand

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