Devious Maids
Lifetime | Release Date: June 23, 2013
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
8
Negative:
2
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyJun 20, 2013
Season 1 Review: A Cherry drama rises or falls on the pretty simple test of whether it’s fun, and Devious Maids has the right stuff to get to there. Read full review
75
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardJun 21, 2013
Season 1 Review: The dialogue is as arch as Desperate in its heyday. Read full review
75
USA TodayRobert BiancoJun 21, 2013
Season 1 Review: As he showed on Desperate, Cherry has a knack for creating fun female characters that soar a bit over the top, but not so far over that their problems aren't relatable. Read full review
75
People WeeklyTom GliattoJun 20, 2013
Season 1 Review: A fun buzz. [1 Jul 2013, p.36]
75
New York PostLinda StasiJun 20, 2013
Season 1 Review: Lotsa good, clean/dirty fun for the clean--and dirty-minded--among us. Read full review
75
San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa TimesChuck BarneyJun 18, 2013
Season 1 Review: It has enough kooky class warfare, sexual shenanigans and whodunit intrigue to make for some escapist summer fun. Read full review
70
We Got This CoveredMitchel BroussardJun 6, 2016
Season 4 Review: While some stories remain inferior to others, they never drag or grow dull. Forced to work under a hot fire of now more-than-half the network season average of 22-ish hours, the writers craft a propulsive, addictive little show that works overtime to get to every important story beat because it has to. Read full review
70
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen GrayJun 21, 2013
Season 1 Review: An entertaining romp with strong performances, it seems a good fit for Lifetime. Read full review
70
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenJun 21, 2013
Season 1 Review: In its early going, it's a fun, summer TV frivolity--an entertaining enough hour of TV that sneaks in moments of social satire. Read full review
70
Washington PostEmily YahrJun 21, 2013
Season 1 Review: In the first two episodes, the show has enough momentum to offer some promise, even if Cherry’s vehicles tend to start strong and go off the rails quickly. Read full review
70
VarietyBrian LowryJun 20, 2013
Season 1 Review: Terrifically cast and cleverly constructed, the show has "hit" written all over it.... Although the series reserves its harshest views and most exaggerated portrayals for their Beverly Hills bosses, Hispanic groups grousing about the premise sight unseen aren’t completely off base in their criticisms. Read full review
60
SalonWilla PaskinJun 24, 2013
Season 1 Review: For now, the bias towards boring is definitely at work. Cherry should look at “Scandal,” a show in which everyone of every color gets to be troubled and naughty and still expect our sympathy, to see how to improve. Read full review
60
The New York TimesAlessandra StanleyJun 21, 2013
Season 1 Review: The story lines and dialogue may be a bit too cute and contrived to hold viewers’ interest for long. It’s the cast, which includes Ana Ortiz of “Ugly Betty” and Judy Reyes, who played Carla on “Scrubs,” that commands attention. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushJun 21, 2013
Season 1 Review: The characters and situations may be different, but creator/executive producer Cherry's signature tone of arch cattiness leavened with sentimental schmaltz is unmistakable. Read full review
58
Uncle BarkyEd BarkJun 20, 2013
Season 1 Review: After a pretty clumsy start, DM does start to find itself amid a whirl of characters populating not one, not two, but five households. Read full review
58
NewsdayVerne GayJun 19, 2013
Season 1 Review: The Latina female leads are--to put this in a way that's both politically correct and blandly inoffensive--vivacious.... That trademark Cherry wit, written in acid, is evident here. too.... But the biggest problem here is the sprawl--lots of stories, lots of characters, lots of colors--and not one them going anywhere in a hurry. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertJun 21, 2013
Season 1 Review: None of the story lines, from the young maid’s love of her boss’s son to the murder plot, promises to defy expectations. All the show’s potential gets crushed under the weight of over-familiarity and Cherry’s cookie-cutter technique. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyMelissa MaerzJun 17, 2013
Season 1 Review: There's a strong cast, including Ana Ortiz and Judy Reyes, but there are too many bad stereotypes. [21 Jun 2013, p.60]
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandJun 17, 2013
Season 1 Review: Devious Maids has the potential to be better than "Desperate Housewives," but it can realize that potential only if it finds its own substantive identity instead of being just a recycling of the "Housewives" template. Read full review
37
Chicago Sun-TimesLori RacklJun 19, 2013
Season 1 Review: The actresses do a good job, too. It’s just a shame they have to do it in a largely dull, predictable show where it’s impossible for them to shine, no matter how hard they clean and scrub. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraJun 24, 2013
Season 1 Review: It would be great to report here that Devious Maids is not that bad, except that it is, despite a lot of real talent on-screen. Read full review
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