MTV | MTV - Music Television | Release Date: September 10, 1997
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
78
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
0
Negative:
1
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Detroit Free PressMike DuffyJun 18, 2015
Season 1 Review: A wonderfully relaxed, off-the-wall comedy series that has more spunk and imagination than almost any new network sitcom you're likely to surf on by this fall. [10 Sept 1997, p.5C]
90
Chicago TribuneSteve JohnsonJun 18, 2015
Season 1 Review: It is shot in the seemingly off-handed manner of an independent film, and its concerns are with fending off boredom as the days drift by. It is invigoratingly easygoing. [10 Sept 1997, p.3]
90
The Hollywood ReporterMiles BellerJun 18, 2015
Season 1 Review: Austin packs a sweet, loose-limbed sensibility reminiscent of Jim Jarmusch's "Stranger Than Paradise" by way of early Woody Allen that makes this debuting series one of the more interesting and inventive efforts likely to air this season. [10 Sept 1997]
88
USA TodayMatt RoushJun 18, 2015
Season 1 Review: One of the season's coolest, funniest and most genuinely offbeat treats. It's MTV's best since the sardonic "Daria." [10 Sept 1997, p.3D]
88
Houston ChronicleMike McDanielJun 18, 2015
Season 1 Review: Combine these characters with some clever plotlines, mix in some unusual elements (or lack thereof) - on-location shooting using film, not tape; no laugh track; no audience - and now we're talking something gale-force true, something we haven't quite seen before. [10 Sept 1997, p.1]