Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Feb 16, 2026
Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5

Critic Reviews

  1. Decider
    Reviewed by: Radhika Menon
    Feb 17, 2026
    80
    Whether you were a fan or not, Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model is a fascinating and thorough look at one of the biggest reality franchises ever—warts and all.
  2. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Anita Singh
    Feb 17, 2026
    80
    Netflix’s juicy documentary, Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model, looking back at the show isn’t exactly an exposé, because we could all see that it was a hot mess. But you will still goggle at this reminder of what ANTM served up each week for our entertainment.
  3. Under The Radar
    Reviewed by: Lily Moayeri
    Feb 24, 2026
    70
    The Netflix docuseries doesn’t probe as deeply as the podcast, but it does assemble key figures.
  5. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Elle Hunt
    Feb 17, 2026
    60
    For a show about beauty, Top Model was always ugly – but Reality Check’s conclusions are only skin deep.
  6. The Atlantic
    Reviewed by: Sophie Gilbert
    Mar 6, 2026
    40
    It offers little in the way of insight. .... The point of ANTM was not to create models, Reality Check suggests. It was to make TV entertainment, no matter what happened to the contestants in the process. This conclusion seems fairly obvious, and it skirts the more interesting purpose of revisiting ANTM, which is to consider its legacy.