Murderville

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Feb 3, 2022
User Score
5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 19 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 19
  3. Negative: 7 out of 19
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  1. jamess
    Feb 5, 2022
    7
    If your all time favorite SNL sketch is the Debbie Downer Disneyland sketch, then you'll loove Murderville. Imported from a BBC series (much like Who's Line Is It Anyway, those Brits love the improv), Murderville stars a very game Will Arnett as detective Terry Seattle. Slightly grizzled, with a great cop mustache, Seattle is intrusted with a new "trainee" at the start of each episode.If your all time favorite SNL sketch is the Debbie Downer Disneyland sketch, then you'll loove Murderville. Imported from a BBC series (much like Who's Line Is It Anyway, those Brits love the improv), Murderville stars a very game Will Arnett as detective Terry Seattle. Slightly grizzled, with a great cop mustache, Seattle is intrusted with a new "trainee" at the start of each episode. That trainee just happens to be a celebrity like Conan O'Brien or Annie Murphy, who is thrown, unscripted, into a murder investigation. Three suspects are introduced and the celebrity trainee, along with the audience, has to figure out the murderer. So it has elements of improv comedy and a game show mashed together. The comedy comes from the investigation and the hoops that Arnett/Seattle puts their partners through. And of course, breaking. Or desperately trying not to break. And credit to Arnett for orchestrating the improv, forcing the celebrities to behave like a rowdy audience in an improv club. His forcing Kameel Nujami (forgive my spelling) to walk "cool", keeping upping the ante, till he walks like a lumbering fool is typical. So much fun.… Expand
  2. rxerick
    Feb 12, 2022
    7
    I really enjoyed the show, but it doesn't do anything particularly well. Decent show if you like improv. The guests were good choices and responded well to Will. I would watch a second season.
  3. drlowdon
    May 24, 2022
    8
    Each episode sees eccentric detective Terry Seattle (Will Arnett) team up with a celebrity guest to investigate a murder. The twist? The celebrity guest has no script and must improvise their way through everything that's thrown at them.

    Some episodes work better than others, but overall Murderville provides plenty of laughs, quite often for the cast as well as the viewer!

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#82 Most Discussed TV Season of 2022

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Metascore
65

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Nina Metz
    Feb 16, 2022
    50
    That a duo or group of performers can collectively improvise even a semicoherent story on the fly, where none existed minutes before, is half the magic. The “Murderville” setup stymies so much of this, which is why guest selection is vital. If only everyone were working at Stone’s level.
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  2. Primetimer
    Reviewed by: Aaron Barnhart
    Feb 15, 2022
    90
    Murderville isn’t remotely a murder mystery, or even a parody of a murder mystery. But it offers a fresh take on improvisational comedy, one of the few underrepresented subgenres in today’s television landscape.
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  3. Paste Magazine
    Reviewed by: Clare Martin
    Feb 9, 2022
    55
    The dull production choices and misguided changes just compound the lack of creativity that comes with lifting an already established premise.
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