The Royals

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Season 1
  • Network: E!
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 15, 2015
Season #: 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
48

Mixed or average reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 19
  3. Negative: 7 out of 19
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Critic Reviews

  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mary McNamara
    Mar 16, 2015
    30
    Camp requires courage, and The Royals has none.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Amy Amatangelo
    Mar 13, 2015
    30
    The hourlong drama often plays like an extended MTV music video interspersed with dialogue.
  3. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Margaret Lyons
    Mar 13, 2015
    30
    Royals is absent any thrill, any of that ticklish delight that makes shows like this pop.
  5. Time
    Reviewed by: James Poniewozik
    Mar 13, 2015
    30
    A wan, chintzy soap that can’t compete with reality–either Britain’s or E!’s.
  6. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Nancy DeWolf Smith
    Mar 12, 2015
    30
    The Royals is a trashy soap opera that’s not bad enough to be funny and is best when it wallows in melodrama.
  7. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Mar 11, 2015
    30
    Mostly, though, the fluctuations in tone are jarring, from wacky and screwball to earnest and warmhearted at the drop of a tiara. And while subsequent episodes keep spinning out new conflicts and crises, there’s going to have to be some generous grading on a curve to make this qualify as the guilty pleasure it’s clearly intended to become.
  8. Newark Star-Ledger
    Reviewed by: Vicki Hyman
    Mar 16, 2015
    25
    While The Royals swings wildly from satire to sentimentality, from romance to raunch, and from camp to, well, crap, and only in the latter does it find its footing.

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User Score
5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 40 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 40
  3. Negative: 12 out of 40
  1. pjbennie
    May 15, 2015
    0
    Worst show on television. I fell for the hype and watched 2 episodes. MY BAD. That's two hours I will never get back. Bad acting, unbelievableWorst show on television. I fell for the hype and watched 2 episodes. MY BAD. That's two hours I will never get back. Bad acting, unbelievable story lines and I don't believe what the characters are selling either. I have no idea how they think this is a good "fit" for television.… Full Review »
  2. abccindy
    Apr 20, 2015
    10
    Fun, Fun, Fun just enjoy how simply enjoyable it is to think of any family acting like this. I cannot get enough., I missed 4 episodes when ItFun, Fun, Fun just enjoy how simply enjoyable it is to think of any family acting like this. I cannot get enough., I missed 4 episodes when It started so I am trying to get to watch them. I LOVE the bodyguard and princess, so raunchy!!!!… Full Review »
  3. Anna_Scott
    Apr 5, 2015
    1
    In my opinion - a big and complete fail- the Queen is so annoying, the King is whipped, the princess - well you decide, and the heir to theIn my opinion - a big and complete fail- the Queen is so annoying, the King is whipped, the princess - well you decide, and the heir to the throne is an idiot....Thought this would be interesting but the one dimensional characters are beyond even remotely being believalbe and an insult to all of us - regardless of whether we are royalty or not. I have never commented on a show - but this show is beyond annoying!!! I complain not because I watch the show anymore but because the trailers pop up and are often not avoidable - if I hear the term "Royal Beaver" one more time ---I may have to smash my TV. This show is beyond stupid...… Full Review »
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