The Girls on the Bus

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Season 1
  • Network: HBO Max
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 14, 2024
Metascore
64

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 12
  3. Negative: 2 out of 12

Critic Reviews

  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Daniel Fienberg
    Mar 13, 2024
    60
    It comes together as a whole that’s not really a guilty pleasure — for the millionth time, stop being guilty about the things you like — but definitely one where you have to wade through eye-rolling moments to get to the things that are enjoyable.
  2. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Carla Meyer
    Mar 11, 2024
    50
    “The Girls on the Bus,” which follows four journalists who form a friend group on the Democratic presidential campaign trail, is so well-acted by its main cast that it keeps promising to be ceiling-breaking or otherwise profound. But the new series ends up squarely middle of the road and all too ordinary.
  3. CNN
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Mar 13, 2024
    40
    “Girls on the Bus” devolves into a CW-style drama that occasionally addresses the slow death of journalism on the most perfunctory level.