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City on Fire
Season 1 Premiere: May 12, 2023
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3.9
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
45
20% Positive
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30% Mixed
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50% Negative
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City on Fire is overall a quality product from Apple’s reliable conveyor belt.
It would be hard for me to say that City on Fire should be top of your watchlist. However, I would also be loathe to warn people off it. ... If you stick past the first episode and get to know the characters and their individual plights, no matter how down-the-line they are played, then there are still plenty of moments to enjoy here.
Sputters when we should feel the blaze of narrative urgency. [23 May - 11 Jun 2023, p.6]
The show favors stereotype over specificity. “City on Fire” is a much more earnest, less jaded show than “Gossip Girl” or “The O.C.”; its protagonists are still teenagers, but ones who wax rhapsodic about the city they idealize. When their show fails to demonstrate any real understanding of that city, though, the characters are projecting onto an empty slate.
The acting is abysmal and cliched, but I don’t want to pick on anyone individually because the writing is so bad that I’m not sure they had a chance.
The show unsuccessfully scrambles to keep its early promise from falling through its fingers, with a collection of truly unbelievable plot twists and hilariously hammy acting choices that pour gasoline all over an already raging flame.
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 7 User Ratings
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User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 7 User Ratings
3.9
14% Positive
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Production Company:
- Apple Studios
- Fake Empire
Initial Release Date: May 12, 2023
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
Guild of Music Supervisors Awards
• 1 Nomination
