Undeclared

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Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 25, 2001
Metascore
85

Universal acclaim - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 24
  3. Negative: 0 out of 24

Critic Reviews

  1. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    Jun 20, 2013
    50
    Neither sitcom nor drama, real-life nor fantasy, Fox's underwhelming Undeclared wanders around in some jumbled, stream-of-consciousness no man's land. Like real college freshmen, the characters seem hastily and inexpertly thrown together -- probably because they were. The producers built the characters around the people they hired, a form of paint-by-actor improv. [25 Sept 2001, p.3D]
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  2. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: John Levesque
    Jun 20, 2013
    50
    As with "Freaks and Geeks," there's a one-note sameness to Undeclared that could wear thin. [25 Sept 2001, p.D1]
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  3. Houston Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Ann Hodges
    Jun 20, 2013
    50
    That stupid daddy thing has got to go before it ruins a good college try. [25 Sept 2001, p.6]
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Awards & Rankings

5
#5 Best TV Season of 2001
11
#11 Most Discussed TV Season of 2001

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User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 17 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 17
  3. Negative: 2 out of 17
  1. drlowdon
    May 27, 2014
    8
    Coming from Judd Apatow I’d been wanting to watch Undeclared for a while when it finally appeared on Netflix and it is perhaps best describedComing from Judd Apatow I’d been wanting to watch Undeclared for a while when it finally appeared on Netflix and it is perhaps best described as a college based companion to his cult high school show Freaks and Geeks, and not just because it features much of the same cast in some shape or form.

    With each episode running at around twenty-two minutes in length and featuring fast paced plots it is perhaps more sit-com than comedy drama for much of this first, and unfortunately only, season meaning that we can’t perhaps connect in quite the same way as we did with the characters in Freaks and Geeks. Once again however Apatow gets the tone of his subject matter pretty much spot on and, in part thanks to the excellent main cast and plethora of recognisable guest stars (that includes Ben Stiller, Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler), it is always very funny.

    Some shows don’t age well but, if you were a teenager in the late 90’s/early 2000’s as I was, Undeclared’s attention to detail arguably makes it an even better watch now than it was when it first aired nearly fifteen years ago. There may only be seventeen episodes but this is well worth seeking out.    … Full Review »
  2. maisie
    Oct 9, 2013
    10
    Hilarious, sweet and is full of awkward moments that you have probably happened to you too. Another prematurely cancelled show, just likeHilarious, sweet and is full of awkward moments that you have probably happened to you too. Another prematurely cancelled show, just like Freaks and Geeks. Watch it.… Full Review »
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