Desire
My Network TV | MyNetwork TV | MNT | MyNetworkTV | Release Date: September 5, 2006
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
27
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
1
Negative:
9

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman
Season 1 Review: "Desire" is (I can't believe I'm saying this) good. Compelling. Stupid. Well-acted. Not terribly written. Funny on purpose. Better than most series on TV. Read full review
50
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: The writing is so bad that, I promise, you will sit there mouth agape. Read full review
30
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: "Desire" features better production values than a daytime soap, but just as wooden acting by its no-name cast and terrible dialogue. Read full review
30
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Season 1 Review: The better of the first pair [of soaps]. Read full review
25
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: There are desires that are best left unfulfilled. Read full review
25
Detroit Free PressMike Duffy
Season 1 Review: In terms of intelligence, wit and quality, "Desire" is a serious cut below most prime time drama series. Read full review
20
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: Somewhat more ambitious [than "Fashion House"] but equally hackneyed. Read full review
12
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: "Desire" is so cheesy that the restaurant ought to specialize in fondue. Read full review
10
Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall
Season 1 Review: "Desire" will make you ashamed -- of society at large, if not yourself --whether you like it (chances: minimal) or not (chances: off the charts). Read full review
10
Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland
Season 1 Review: "Dynasty" plays like Tennessee Williams in comparison. Read full review
10
NewsdayDiane Werts
Season 1 Review: Viewers are expected to swallow - worse, to savor - simplistic recycling of melodrama plots seen a hundred times before. Read full review
Current TV Shows
By MetascoreBy User Score
1 92 The Pitt: Season 2
2 90 The Celebrity Traitors UK: Season 1
3 87 Hacks: Season 5
4 87 Industry: Season 4
5 87 Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal:...
6 85 The Beatles Anthology
7 85 The Traitors [UK]: Season 4
8 85 Bait: Season 1
9 84 Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
10 83 Lord of the Flies
11 83 Riot Women: Season 1
12 83 For All Mankind: Season 5
13 81 The Muppet Show (2026)
14 80 Outlander (2014): Season 8
15 80 The Other Bennet Sister: Season 1
16 80 The Mighty Nein: Season 1
17 80 The Comeback: Season 3
18 80 The American Revolution
19 80 One Piece (2023): Season 2
20 80 Dark Winds: Season 4
SEE ALL