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2009
TV-14
ABC

2009
TV-14
ABC

Summary When UFOs place themselves over major cities around the world the Visitors claim to come in peace, providing humanity with medical miracles and technological breakthroughs, while different characters become suspicious of the 'V's (visitors) real intentions and try to investigate what is really going on before it is too late so they can c...

Created By: Kenneth Johnson

2009
TV-14
ABC

2009
TV-14
ABC

V

Season 1 Premiere: Nov 3, 2009

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 36 Critic Reviews

60

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 103 User Ratings

6.7

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Summary When UFOs place themselves over major cities around the world the Visitors claim to come in peace, providing humanity with medical miracles and technological breakthroughs, while different characters become suspicious of the 'V's (visitors) real intentions and try to investigate what is really going on before it is too late so they can c...

Created By: Kenneth Johnson

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All Seasons

13 Episodes • 2009

10 Episodes • 2011

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 36 Critic Reviews

47% Positive
17 Reviews

47% Mixed
17 Reviews

6% Negative
2 Reviews

All Reviews
Positive Reviews
Mixed Reviews
Negative Reviews

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 36 Critic Reviews

47% Positive
17 Reviews

47% Mixed
17 Reviews

6% Negative
2 Reviews

All Reviews
Positive Reviews
Mixed Reviews
Negative Reviews

Chicago Tribune

The pilot for this drama is good. I have a few quibbles with it--some of the character drama is a bit clunky--but overall, I found the first hour of the show to be solidly entertaining and suitably suspenseful.

By Maureen Ryan FULL REVIEW

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

the new V begins with an entertaining, well-made pilot that tweaks aspects of the original story but generally retains many of the show's familiar elements.

By Rob Owen FULL REVIEW

San Francisco Chronicle

V doesn't have an original premise - the humans versus aliens thing is as old as moving pictures. But the special effects are better, and if ABC can get you to buy into the storytelling then it might have another genre hit on its hands.

By Tim Goodman FULL REVIEW

New York Daily News

Jan 4, 2011

The visitors return for their second season on ABC Tuesday night and alas, they still aren't quite as fascinating as you want them to be.

By David Hinckley FULL REVIEW

Indeed, if the show is to have the symbolic import that we expect from a science-fiction story, this is the only possible way to read V as a coherent text. The only problem with this analysis lies in its generous presupposition that the text is, in fact, coherent.

By Troy Patterson FULL REVIEW

TV Guide Magazine

Jan 4, 2011

There's no surprise to this, just a sense of resignation that such a hokey climax is the way these shows are supposed to work. Which doesn't make V a terrible show, just a terribly ordinary one.

By Matt Roush FULL REVIEW

San Francisco Chronicle

Jan 4, 2011

The groan-worthy dialogue, usually spoken in a monotone by alien and human alike, is rarely credible and lacks the kind of self-aware irony that might make this enjoyable.

By David Wiegand FULL REVIEW

See All 36 Critic Reviews

User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 103 User Ratings

57% Positive
59 Ratings

30% Mixed
31 Ratings

13% Negative
13 Ratings

User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 103 User Ratings

57% Positive
59 Ratings

30% Mixed
31 Ratings

13% Negative
13 Ratings

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Details

Production Company:

The Scott Peters Company
HDFilms
Warner Bros. Television
Visitors Films

Initial Release Date: Nov 3, 2009

Number of seasons: 2 Seasons

Rating: TV-14

Genres:

Awards

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

• 5 Nominations

Visual Effects Society Awards

• 1 Win & 3 Nominations

Leo Awards

• 2 Nominations

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