Happy Town
ABC | Release Date: April 28, 2010
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
11
Negative:
6
Watch Now
Buy on
Stream On

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The Hollywood ReporterRandee Dawn
Season 1 Review: Town's premise remains an enigma at the end of its first episode; there are a lot of introductions to be made and not so much time for plot. Read full review
60
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: The episodes are certainly watchable, but as constructed by writer-producers Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec and Scott Rosenberg, the train also takes its time getting out of the station. Read full review
60
Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Season 1 Review: Rather than suspense, Happy Town appears to be going for the goofball irony of its ABC ancestor Twin Peaks. Read full review
60
PopMattersCynthia Fuchs
Season 1 Review: Happy Town‘s rhythm is like that, pitching between the obvious and the obscure. It’s not yet clear where it’s “snap sharp.” Read full review
60
Deseret NewsScott D. Pierce
Season 1 Review: After watching the first three episodes, I'm not sure if "Happy Town" will deliver on its promise. Let's just say that I'm cautiously optimistic. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamara
Season 1 Review: There are legitimately chilling, funny and suspenseful moments in the early episodes of "Happy Town," but the many fine performances are battered to death by a welter of plot twists and cheesy revelations that come speeding out of the sky like those murderous crows in "The Birds." Read full review
50
SlateTroy Patterson
Season 1 Review: Naturally, Happy Town is excessively sudsy in its soap-opera aspect, just as its atmosphere is a bit too atmospheric. Read full review
40
The New York TimesMike Hale
Season 1 Review: There’s no sign yet that “Happy Town” deserves the “Twin Peaks” comparisons that it so badly wants. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: The pieces are here. They just feel messy and unfocused, which means the show's fate may depend on whether the audience will hang around long enough to sort it all out. That may take a little sprinkling of magic. Read full review
40
Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall
Season 1 Review: The show is so self-conscious of everything it’s doing that nothing has quite the effect its creators want it to have. Read full review
40
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: Great TV always flows from the specificity of a show's characters; "Happy Town" traffics in banal generalities. 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 88 Rivals
4 87 Hacks: Season 5
5 87 Industry: Season 4
6 87 Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal:...
7 85 The Beatles Anthology
8 85 The Traitors [UK]: Season 4
9 85 Bait: Season 1
10 84 Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
11 83 Lord of the Flies
12 83 Riot Women: Season 1
13 83 For All Mankind: Season 5
14 81 The Muppet Show (2026)
15 80 Outlander (2014): Season 8
16 80 The Other Bennet Sister: Season 1
17 80 The Mighty Nein: Season 1
18 80 The Comeback: Season 3
19 80 One Piece (2023): Season 2
20 80 Dark Winds: Season 4
SEE ALL