Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock

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Season 1
  • Network: Apple TV+
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 21, 2022
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
89

Universal acclaim - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
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Critic Reviews

  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    Jan 21, 2022
    100
    Everything works. ... The textures are palpable. The Fraggles and Fraggle Rock are evidently handmade and at the same time actual and alive — something you could become part of, could make yourself, potentially. It prickles the mind.
  2. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Zaki Hasan
    Jan 20, 2022
    100
    Every episode has songs and life lessons aplenty for the kids, but the lure of nostalgia coupled with clever writing — and guest voices from stars like Ed Helms, Patti LaBelle and Oakland’s Daveed Diggs — is just as likely to engage the grown-ups, allowing them to set aside their worries for another day.
  3. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Myles McNutt
    Jan 18, 2022
    91
    A charming, inventive, and most welcome revival of a deserving and underserved franchise that in its leveraging of the original’s timeless qualities creates the foundation for another generation to grow up wishing they were able to dance their cares away, sneakily learning a lot in the process.
  5. Collider
    Reviewed by: Maggie Boccella
    Jan 18, 2022
    91
    They will always retain a special kind of magic, the original Fraggle Rock included, that no one can recreate. But Back to the Rock is a loving, worthy reminder that there is joy to be found in everyday life, even when things seem hard.
  6. Paste Magazine
    Reviewed by: Tara Bennett
    Jan 21, 2022
    90
    Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock is a revival that recaptures the magic of the original and gently pushes the show into a more serialized style of storytelling—one that invigorates and makes more potent the messages threaded into the spine of this 13-episode season.
  7. Decider
    Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    Jan 21, 2022
    80
    Fraggle Rock: Back To The Rock has all the charm that made the original series so popular, and it’s made in a way that it’s completely easy to make a new generation of fans get into the show immediately.
  8. i
    Reviewed by: Ed Power
    Jan 21, 2022
    80
    The songs are captivating, the tone joyously chaotic, the puppets gloriously squishy and largely free of distracting digital effects. This is a furry fantasia that has stood the test of time. And viewers young and old alike are sure to get a thrill throwing themselves into its velvety embrace.
  9. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Anita Singh
    Jan 21, 2022
    80
    It’s exuberant, inventive, wholesome without being cloying, and a good deal better quality than many things to be found on Netflix and YouTube. Introduce this show to the children in your life.

Awards & Rankings

13
#13 Best TV Season of 2022

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User Score
6.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 2 out of 8
  1. wrigleyirish
    Jan 22, 2022
    10
    Great fun for kids and grown up kids alike! Musical and fun (and funny!) Nothing more to say. Check it out if you loved the old show. Check itGreat fun for kids and grown up kids alike! Musical and fun (and funny!) Nothing more to say. Check it out if you loved the old show. Check it out if you never saw the old show. If you hated the old show just go away.… Full Review »
  2. puppetyler
    Jan 27, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. Apple TV+ is yet to renew Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock for Season 2 on 2023.… Full Review »
  3. Paper_Kay
    Jan 23, 2022
    10
    They made more Fraggle Rock?? Oh, good gods, yes, please. These are some of my happiest childhood memories.
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