The Surreal Life
WB | VH1 | Discovery Channel | Release Date: December 1, 2011
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80
The Hollywood ReporterDavid KnowlesNov 28, 2011
Season 1 Review: The first few episodes deliver something unique for reality television. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleTim GoodmanJul 25, 2013
Season 1 Review: "The Surreal Life" is so bad it's good. Really bad. And really good. Read full review
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The New York TimesMike HaleNov 30, 2011
Season 1 Review: Clerk Terryn Buxton is the seemingly unsuspecting source of most of the show's laughs....He's also the avenue for the note of moral reproof that inevitably seeps into what is a mostly straightforward show. Read full review
60
VarietyBrian LowryDec 1, 2011
Season 1 Review: Weed Wars presents its quirky combatants with only the vaguest aroma of condescension, and should find a fairly receptive audience subset among the many Americans who view smoking pot as a law they have no trouble violating. Read full review
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New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyNov 28, 2011
Season 1 Review: Once the viewer adjusts to the notion that marijuana here is as legal as a Snickers bar, the rest becomes a fairly straightforward small-business drama. Read full review
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San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandNov 30, 2011
Season 1 Review: The focus of Weed Wars is sometimes frustratingly narrow. Read full review
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Washington PostHank StueverDec 1, 2011
Season 1 Review: Whatever triumphant feeling it initially evokes, Weed Wars drags as the lackadaisical attitudes of both the suppliers and the customers begin to grate on a viewer's nerves. Read full review
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