666 Park Avenue
ABC | Release Date: September 30, 2012
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
13
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
NewsdayVerne GaySep 26, 2012
Season 1 Review: [A] stylish Gothic thriller that almost gives away a little too much Sunday. Otherwise, thumbs up. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyMelissa MaerzSep 21, 2012
Season 1 Review: Williams and O'Quinn bring genuine creepiness to their roles, making this drama crazy-fun, with emphasis on the crazy. [28 Sep 2012, p.66]
80
Miami HeraldGlenn GarvinOct 1, 2012
Season 1 Review: Crisply written and acted, grafting some Enron-era scandal onto a morality tale that goes back to Faust, 666 Park Avenue gives good goosebump. Read full review
80
Denver PostJoanne OstrowSep 27, 2012
Season 1 Review: Better than a haunted house story, 666 Park has the potential to seduce audiences with a mix of grandeur, drama and horror and an underlying message on what's truly valuable in life. Read full review
75
People WeeklyTom GliattoNov 28, 2012
Season 1 Review: 666 Park Avenue remains good Gothic Trash. [26 Nov 2012, p.44]
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandSep 27, 2012
Season 1 Review: The production values are first-rate, the performances convincing, and with 60 units in the building, there's a wealth of potential stories to keep 666 in ABC's address book for several seasons. Read full review
75
Washington PostHank StueverSep 14, 2012
Season 1 Review: 666 Park Avenue will have a little of what "American Horror Story" is having, obviously, even if its frights aren't nearly as jumpy. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraSep 28, 2012
Season 1 Review: Surely that elevator knows it's you when it decides to do its devilish little bounce. That's one of the jokes of ABC's not-so-scary-but-still-great-fun 666 Park Avenue. Read full review
60
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerOct 1, 2012
Season 1 Review: The details of those bargains and interrelationships among the inhabitants of the Drake will no doubt be fleshed out in subsequent episodes. But the premiere, at least, hasn't found a way to make this odd mix of high-end real estate and B-movie occultism compelling enough that you're eager for more. Read full review
60
New York Magazine (Vulture)Matt Zoller SeitzSep 28, 2012
Season 1 Review: Still, for all its flaws, this is an intriguing show, packed with atmospheric details and Easter-egg-style grace notes. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleySep 28, 2012
Season 1 Review: A stylish ambience and a familiar cast might not be enough to make 666 Park Avenue into another unlikely Sunday night hit for ABC. Read full review
60
VarietyBrian LowrySep 27, 2012
Season 1 Review: The cast is certainly strong...[however] the formula could become awfully repetitive if the primary characters' story is augmented each week by a "B" plot regarding another resident, which is what transpires in the pilot, and doesn't prove particularly compelling. Read full review
58
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardOct 1, 2012
Season 1 Review: There are elements of the "Friday the 13th: The Series" and any J-horror film here, but the frights are few. Read full review
50
PopMattersMaysa HattabOct 1, 2012
Season 1 Review: All that said, 666 Park Avenue is diverting enough, if hardly original. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushSep 28, 2012
Season 1 Review: This posh address, which could yet become catnip for occultists, looks to be for amateurs only. Read full review
50
New York PostLinda StasiSep 28, 2012
Season 1 Review: 666 Park Avenue [is] ABC's not-scary rip-off of "Rosemary's Baby." Read full review
50
USA TodayRobert BiancoSep 27, 2012
Season 1 Review: Alas, what must have sounded frightening on paper falls dead on-screen, done in by bad writing and terrible pacing. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeSarah RodmanSep 27, 2012
Season 1 Review: I want 666 Park Avenue to be scarier and more interesting. Read full review
50
Uncle BarkyEd BarkSep 27, 2012
Season 1 Review: 666 Park Avenue doesn't entirely lack a pulse, but doesn't get the blood rushing either. Read full review
50
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenSep 27, 2012
Season 1 Review: It's just kind of meh and a TV show with a devil at the center should be more fun than that. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterTim GoodmanSep 27, 2012
Season 1 Review: Perhaps the worst offense by 666 is that it's not even an ounce scary. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineDaniel GoldbergSep 28, 2012
Season 1 Review: The clash of myriad supernatural powers and symbols isn't willfully dissonant or postmodern. Instead it feels vague and occasionally lazy. Read full review
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