• Network: UPN
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 11, 2006
User Score
8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 81 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 71 out of 81
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 81
  3. Negative: 10 out of 81

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User Reviews

  1. BrookeJ.
    Apr 26, 2008
    10
    OF COURSE the show was TERRIFIC!!!! I am head over heels in love with it and believe me it was one of the best shows I have ever seen.Come on tell me that somebody didn't love it and I am going to say that he was crazy.bring it back to us.PLEASE!Matt+Arielle=forever together!!!
  2. MalcolmB.
    Aug 12, 2007
    9
    I think it's a really good show, if you look past the cliches and stuff, it's way cooland hey i think it's better than the o.c, so just to give support to the dead and buried, here: a 9/10
  3. BrittneyB.
    May 25, 2007
    10
    I absolutely loved this show, personally I don't know why they decided to cancel this show either. I felt that this show was like no other show on the UPN network or the CW network. I also loved the cast on there, especially Lee Thompson Young who played (Alex Burer).
  4. JamesS
    Nov 13, 2006
    10
    I'm hooked on this show, why would you take it off air. it's very appealing to young people, the critics are obviously old, fat and STUPID!! MAKE MORE SOUTH BEACH :)
  5. NikiP
    Aug 21, 2006
    9
    I loved the show....is it ever coming back?? Bring it back.
  6. CeCee
    Aug 9, 2006
    9
    I liked the show, and I wanted to know what was going to happen with ari. her boyfriend was very cute. it went a little left field with the drug dealer guy though. he was too super natural
  7. SamanthaK
    Jul 19, 2006
    10
    I love to watch south beach! Why does'nt it air anymore. i want it to come back! The characters are hot and sexy and i watch it to see if matt and ari are getting back together
  8. JohnK
    May 17, 2006
    10
    All of the people with negative reviews aren't considering the fact that they're aren't many other shows out there, that are good anyway. Everyone loves desperate housewives I saw that recently and it was terrible . I'd rather watch this show anytime over DH. Get over the shows hot and your just hating.
  9. Kim
    May 8, 2006
    10
    This show is awesome. I'm really starting to miss it. I hope it comes back on soon.
  10. LeeM.
    Apr 26, 2006
    10
    I want it to come back! my friends and i got together and watched it every week. It was a great show
  11. ElbertA
    Apr 23, 2006
    10
    I loved the show
  12. CherriceF
    Apr 23, 2006
    10
    I loved the show. It was my night time soap oapra. I hope it comes back.
  13. RyleeL
    Apr 22, 2006
    10
    I'd like to see this show again!!!!!
  14. JLDub
    Apr 20, 2006
    10
    I miss South Beach!!! What happened to this show? I really hope they will bring it back. The characters were diverse and beautiful. I made time to watch this show every week. They better not pull it.
  15. ChanelS
    Apr 14, 2006
    10
    When am I going to see this awsome show again? Could someone answer me that?
  16. QCParris
    Apr 10, 2006
    10
    This show is hot! I love the setting, the script and the acting! I think the dynamic between the actors is good, and I have truly enjoyed this show. Unfortunately for me though, it looks like UPN is about to do to this show the same thing it did to the last UPN show that I gave a chance (Legacy in 1999)......they are most likely going to cancel this awesome show. Please contact the This show is hot! I love the setting, the script and the acting! I think the dynamic between the actors is good, and I have truly enjoyed this show. Unfortunately for me though, it looks like UPN is about to do to this show the same thing it did to the last UPN show that I gave a chance (Legacy in 1999)......they are most likely going to cancel this awesome show. Please contact the network and let them know you want to KEEP South Beach. SAVE THE SHOW!!! Let your voice be heard. I don't think the new CW network is considering keeping South Beach. Expand
  17. ELENIM
    Mar 31, 2006
    10
    I absolutely love this show,one of best in a while
  18. GeraldP
    Mar 20, 2006
    9
    Granted it's not original but finally a primetime type drama like OC where sexy black people exist... I'm all for diversity and being represented in shows like this and South Beach beats the OC hands down... Storylines and dialogue do seem a little rushed. So to the writers: Lets give the characters a little more depth and less one liners before jumping to a new scene. Overall Granted it's not original but finally a primetime type drama like OC where sexy black people exist... I'm all for diversity and being represented in shows like this and South Beach beats the OC hands down... Storylines and dialogue do seem a little rushed. So to the writers: Lets give the characters a little more depth and less one liners before jumping to a new scene. Overall the premise is interesting and exciting. Expand
  19. T.Wms.
    Mar 15, 2006
    9
    I think South Beach is a very good show. I hope it does not get cancelled the way Kevin Hill did.
  20. LidsR.
    Mar 14, 2006
    10
    I love the show a lot, I have missed it for the last two weeks!!!, they should put a posting on the upn website, to tell the viewers what's going on with the show, and how come is absent.
  21. trcja
    Mar 12, 2006
    10
    how can a show get ratings when it's bounced around, one week on, next week off? people get fed up and abandon the show assuming it's not coming back!
  22. BillG
    Mar 9, 2006
    8
    Miami Vice, and Baywatch can't ask for anything more
  23. Reva
    Mar 9, 2006
    10
    I love this show. I am upset. It hasn't been on for the past 2 weeks. What happened. It is sooo good.
  24. [Anonymous]
    Mar 8, 2006
    9
    I really like the show
  25. ParisH
    Mar 7, 2006
    10
    I love this show! This is the best evening soap I have watched in a long time. I love the drama, and action.
  26. KaniethaW
    Mar 7, 2006
    10
    I love south Beach this is the best show
  27. moem
    Mar 7, 2006
    9
    This Is a show that will keep u on the edge of your seat if you are a person who is into Drama shows.
  28. KeriH
    Mar 2, 2006
    10
    This is my absolute favorite show! It has been a long time since I have watched one show every single week!!
  29. mneyg
    Mar 2, 2006
    10
    UPN so needs to pick this up again after americas next top model
  30. jiet
    Feb 27, 2006
    10
    the best show ever it better come back on next week
Metascore
29

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 18
  2. Negative: 14 out of 18
  1. 20
    In between all the poolside exhibitionism and dance-floor romantic politics, guns appear and faceless thugs are killed. That means our young cast members get to angst about whether they're truly in danger and some villain is going to force them to eat a loaf of bread at gunpoint.
  2. 63
    "South Beach" isn't the terrible waste of viewing time a cynic might expect. But it is a conventionally drawn, sudsy soap.
  3. 10
    The dialogue and plot contrivances are banal, the acting is cartoon and the whole thing is more transparent than a see-through bikini.