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. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Mar 13, 2015
    60
    The Royals is pretty much the entertainingly trashy prime-time soap you’d expect.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    Mar 12, 2015
    60
    The Royals doesn’t pretend to be much more than good fun, and it delivers that.
  3. Philadelphia Daily News
    Reviewed by: Ellen Gray
    Mar 13, 2015
    50
    A silly but potentially addictive soap.
  5. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: David Wiegand
    Mar 12, 2015
    50
    The Royals is entertaining but disappointingly toothless.
  6. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    Mar 12, 2015
    42
    The trash meter soars when [Elizabeth Hurley's] on-screen, then sags when she's off. And there's just too much sag here.
  7. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    Mar 12, 2015
    40
    The Royals might have been more promising if it had been a little more ebullient and a lot more outrageous. There’s something too ordinary about it. We want to be bloody gobsmacked, mate.
  8. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Alessandra Stanley
    Mar 12, 2015
    40
    It should be a hoot, but it actually gets old, and dull, very quickly.

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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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