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Wellington Paranormal

Summary Officers O'Leary (Karen O'Leary) and Minogue (Mike Minogue) are recruited by Sergeant Maaka (Maaka Pohatu) to investigate paranormal cases in this spin-off of the 2014 film What We Do in the Shadows. [Premiered originally in New Zealand on TVNZ 2 on 11 Jul 2018; in the US on The CW on 11 Jul 2021]

Created By: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi

  • 2018
  • TV-14
  • The CW
  • 2018
  • TV-14
  • The CW

Wellington Paranormal

Season 1 Premiere: Jul 11, 2018
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
72
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 15 User Ratings
7.5
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Summary Officers O'Leary (Karen O'Leary) and Minogue (Mike Minogue) are recruited by Sergeant Maaka (Maaka Pohatu) to investigate paranormal cases in this spin-off of the 2014 film What We Do in the Shadows. [Premiered originally in New Zealand on TVNZ 2 on 11 Jul 2018; in the US on The CW on 11 Jul 2021]

Created By: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
72
83% Positive
10 Reviews
17% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
72
83% Positive
10 Reviews
17% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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83
Jul 12, 2021
“Wellington Paranormal” is plenty strong enough that it doesn’t really need any “What We Do in the Shadows” callbacks. But it works both on its own and as an entry in a slowly interwoven web.
By Steve Greene FULL REVIEW
80
Jul 13, 2021
It’s plenty strange and generates big laughs as well as tiny snorts of funniness along the way.
By Joel Keller FULL REVIEW
80
Jul 9, 2021
From both a writing and acting standpoint, the mockumentary style is expertly employed, often allowing jokes to play out behind our clueless cops. Despite some minor pitfalls in terms of stretching jokes too far, the three lead actors are the perfect level of endearingly oblivious, carrying the series’ few subpar bits to humorous ends anyway.
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73
Jul 9, 2021
For those who want the world to be an orderly place where cops solve crimes and keep everyone safe, Wellington Paranormal notes that law enforcement would probably be just as bad at stopping werewolves and vampires as they are at preventing real crime. Those ideas might not be particularly empowering, but they are absurdly funny.
By Samantha Nelson FULL REVIEW
70
Jul 12, 2021
Somehow, though, the level of humor on Wellington Paranormal remains consistent and there are no real diminishing returns to Minogue and O’Leary’s obliviousness. The cases of the week have just enough variation that the two leads’ stone-faced eccentricities remain amusing with Pohatu, less clueless and more amiably accepting, getting funnier and funnier the more involved he becomes.
By Daniel Fienberg FULL REVIEW
63
Jul 9, 2021
A handful of already archaic gags, including a comedy bit about the dab, are groan-inducing, and the What We Do in the Shadows series casts a sizable shadow over Wellington Paranormal, as that series more sharply incorporates confessionals and the cameraperson as a character to generate both intimacy and humor. But the waggish, winking zaniness of Wellington Paranormal allows it to transcend its outdated elements.
By Niv M. Sultan FULL REVIEW
50
Jul 12, 2021
“Wellington Paranormal’s” loose relationship with reality ends up lending the project a certain airlessness — if absolutely anything can happen, nothing has much weight at all.
By Daniel D'Addario FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 15 User Ratings
7.5
67% Positive
10 Ratings
33% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Production Company:
  • New Zealand Documentary Board
Initial Release Date: Jul 11, 2018
Number of seasons: 4 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
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Awards

NZ TV Awards
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations

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