Flight of the Conchords

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Season 1
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Jun 17, 2007
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 15
  3. Negative: 1 out of 15
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Critic Reviews

  1. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    70
    "Flight of the Conchords" is one of the few TV comedies that truly can be called unique.
  2. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    70
    The charms of this series are subtle, but only grow over the course of the first few episodes.
  3. Detroit Free Press
    Reviewed by: Mike Duffy
    100
    TV's most original and irresistible new comic concoction.
  5. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Gillian Flynn
    91
    There are no big sociopolitical statements here, no guerilla-style confrontations, no scenes of squirmy awkwardness, no multilayered pop culture references. It's just a very smart, very funny show.
  6. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    30
    This can be dryly funny in small doses, but Conchords really feels less like a sitcom than a Saturday Night Live sketch stretched out to about six times its shelf-life.
  7. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    50
    As a series, it could be a lot better, but there's no denying the appeal of the two musicians.
  8. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Adam Buckman
    88
    You should be there on Sunday night to see the premiere of something new and hilarious, and completely different.
  9. Newark Star-Ledger
    Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    60
    The guys are so polite and harmless that it's hard to dislike them even when they repeat themselves in such a short span.
  10. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Diane Werts
    60
    "Flight of the Conchords" isn't brilliant, but it isn't awful, either, just familiar, with two likable stars who seem to be channeling the deadpan dry wit of an old Beatles movie.
  11. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    50
    A silly flight of fancy.
  12. PopMatters
    Reviewed by: Daynah Burnett
    80
    Though the show occasionally lapses into the “cringe comedy” mode, made popular by "The Office" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Flight of the Conchords" is also quite sweet.
  13. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    100
    "Flight of the Conchords" may well be the funniest thing you've seen in ages and -- at least for a half hour -- answers the question of whether HBO has any good shows left.
  14. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Ray Richmond
    50
    Its two leads, the New Zealand music-comedy duo of Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie, are deadpan and clever but so cloyingly doofy that they're not only tough to root for but difficult to watch for extended periods as well.
  15. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Alessandra Stanley
    70
    “Flight of the Conchords” is funny in such an understated way that it is almost dangerous to make too much of it.
  16. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    50
    "Flight" is pretty much a snooze until the music starts, at which point the show kicks up into something quite weird and occasionally wonderful.

Awards & Rankings

34
#34 Best TV Season of 2007
8
#8 Most Discussed TV Season of 2007
50
#50 Most Shared TV Season of 2007

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User Score
9.1

Universal acclaim- based on 218 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 201 out of 218
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 218
  3. Negative: 8 out of 218
  1. geewah
    Dec 30, 2020
    10
    Genius. One the most original and funniest comedies ever made. One comedy I can watch over and over and never get tired of it.
  2. drlowdon
    Feb 7, 2020
    9
    I first heard of Flight of the Concords through their stand up act and, while many of their songs were humorous, I never became an ardent fan.I first heard of Flight of the Concords through their stand up act and, while many of their songs were humorous, I never became an ardent fan. It wasn't until I was introduced to the BBC radio show, in which the writers constructed a narrative around their comedy songs that I really started to enjoy their work.

    This opening season sees the struggling duo now living in New York and the deadpan comic timing of Jermaine and Bret makes for one of the best comedy double acts of recent years. The TV show also introduces two fantastic characters in The Concords ever hopeful agent Murray and the bands fan/stalker Mel. Both characters steal most scenes they are in with some brilliantly funny lines.

    Flight of the Concords may have been fairly short lived, there is only one further season after this, but it is definitely a show worth watching.    … Full Review »
  3. RichiMusha
    Nov 20, 2014
    9
    Einfach nur großartig!!!
    Ich hab sie auf Deutsch gesehen mit englischen Songs und die Synchro ist super witzig und sehr liebevoll gemacht.    Einfach nur großartig!!!
    Ich hab sie auf Deutsch gesehen mit englischen Songs und die Synchro ist super witzig und sehr liebevoll gemacht.
    Kann ich nur empfehlen.    … Full Review »
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