ABC | Release Date: March 24, 2000
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
6
Negative:
3
83
Houston ChronicleAnn HodgesNov 28, 2019
Season 1 Review: "Making the Band" is "The Monkees" meets MTV's "The Real World" and "Road Rules." What a concept...The big surprise is, it works. [24 March 2000]
80
Los Angeles TimesHoward RosenbergNov 28, 2019
Season 1 Review: The premiere is tender and seductive. [24 March 2000, p.F2]
80
Orlando SentinelHal BoedekerNov 28, 2019
Season 1 Review: Making the Band proves highly watchable. This story of a bubblegum band gives you something to chew on. [24 March 2000]
80
Chicago TribuneAllan JohnsonNov 27, 2019
Season 1 Review: Enticing. [19 March 2000, p.3]
75
Seattle Post-IntelligencerJohn LevesqueNov 28, 2019
Season 1 Review: Even if all eight continue to be as fresh-scrubbed and downright agreeable as they seem tonight, Making the Band already promises to capture a thrill of victory/agony of defeat ethos that's irresistible to the average dreamer. [24 March 2000]
70
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzNov 28, 2019
Season 1 Review: Sick as it sounds, this should be fun. [24 March 2000, p.1E]
70
Miami HeraldTerry JacksonNov 28, 2019
Season 1 Review: Unlike The Real World, Making The Band has far more hopeful, giddy moments where you can't help but root for these guys to make it. [24 March 2000, p.1E]
63
San Diego Union-TribuneRobert P. LaurenceNov 28, 2019
Season 1 Review: It worked for the Monkees. Maybe it'll work for O-Town. The concept is almost the same. [24 March 2000, p.E-11]