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Texas Ranch House

Summary The latest installment in PBS’s popular “House” group of history series is Texas Ranch House. Texas Ranch House sends a family back in time to post-Civil War Texas where they experience the hardships and joys of running a cattle ranch. The family’s objective over the three month course of the project is to round up the 200 head of cat...

  • 2006
  • PBS
  • 2006
  • PBS

Texas Ranch House

Season 1 Premiere: May 1, 2006
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary The latest installment in PBS’s popular “House” group of history series is Texas Ranch House. Texas Ranch House sends a family back in time to post-Civil War Texas where they experience the hardships and joys of running a cattle ranch. The family’s objective over the three month course of the project is to round up the 200 head of cat...

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Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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56% Positive
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22% Mixed
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22% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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56% Positive
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22% Mixed
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"Ranch House" is engaging, droll commentary on the American dream and how we became the nation we are today.
By Gloria Goodale FULL REVIEW
80
This being a made-for-television environment, no one perishes, but there are no happy endings here, either.
By Nancy DeWolf Smith FULL REVIEW
63
"Ranch House" is the most ambitious of the "House" projects.
By Charlie McCollum FULL REVIEW
63
Over four nights, the episodes do gradually blossom into the kind of internal dramas that power Mark Burnett-style reality shows. Just be prepared for long early stretches with minimal action and not entirely riveting characters.
By David Hinckley FULL REVIEW
50
I kept wishing for a rose ceremony to perk things up. [8 May 2006, p.39]
By Tom Gliatto FULL REVIEW
30
So it turns out that being cowboys isn't so romantic after all. It's also mighty slow-moving from an entertainment standpoint.
By Ray Richmond FULL REVIEW
30
A plodding series that really just proves life was unrelentingly hard and pretty monotonous in the not-so-wild West.
By Maureen Ryan FULL REVIEW

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Initial Release Date: May 1, 2006
Number of seasons: 1 Season
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Awards

Directors Guild of America, USA
• 1 Nomination

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