• Network: HULU
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 11, 2026
Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8

Critic Reviews

  1. Reviewed by: Emily Bernard
    Mar 9, 2026
    90
    The series boldly leans into the darkness and tension that comes with getting caught up in an unimaginable mess that's impossible to get out of unscathed, with two leads who ground the absurd concept and pull off an inventive story that's fresh, fearless, and simply fantastic.
  2. Reviewed by: Judy Berman
    Mar 12, 2026
    80
    It’s fun to spend time with a well-crafted, smartly paced, expertly acted comedy whose variation on Walter White, Martin Marvin, is a guy you don’t have to be a seething sociopath to root for.
  3. Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    Mar 12, 2026
    80
    While not hilarious, Sunny Nights works because of Carden’s performance, the premise’s clash of sensibilities, and its ability to give viewers a glimpse at Sydney’s seedier side.
  4. Reviewed by: Richard Roeper
    Mar 11, 2026
    80
    Dark, brutal, and devilishly funny crime caper.
  5. Reviewed by: Luke Buckmaster
    Mar 9, 2026
    80
    The characters are always fun to spend time with and the tone is deliciously skew-wiff: a comedy bent like a thriller, and a thriller tinged with comedy.
  6. Reviewed by: Randy Myers
    Mar 12, 2026
    75
    As you probably guessed, “Sunny Nights” switches from chuckles to beatings (a waterboarding scene goes on much too long) and even bloody deaths. The disparate parts create a gumbo filled with so many ingredients that it keeps us surprised and discombobulated.
  7. Reviewed by: Daniel Fienberg
    Mar 10, 2026
    70
    The season picks up with a home stretch that’s characterized more by cynicism and looming threats than anything overt, setting up promising storylines for what I hope will be future installments.
  8. Reviewed by: Tim Lowery
    Mar 11, 2026
    67
    Sunny Nights really gains steam in its last installment, dropping some surprises (one involving a spray-tan flamethrower) and setting the stage for a promising—if not for the Marvins, then certainly for the show—new chapter, one with no doubt the same reliable banter but hopefully tighter plotting.