Windfall

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Season 1
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Jun 8, 2006
Metascore
44

Mixed or average reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 19
  3. Negative: 8 out of 19

Critic Reviews

  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    38
    For every story line that intrigues, and every character that sparks some interest, there are several others that don't.
  2. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Storm
    30
    [A] silly new soap.
  3. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    30
    "Windfall's" interlocking plots are mostly predictable and bland.
  5. Slate
    Reviewed by: Troy Patterson
    30
    A shrewdly silly show offering something lovingly hackneyed for everyone.
  6. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Barry Garron
    20
    The characters have the depth of a dollar bill, and their predicaments produce few surprises. It's not that the stories lack potential -- well, some maybe. Mostly it's that the level of drama rarely goes beyond daytime fare.
  7. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    20
    "Windfall's" concept becomes increasingly muddled. Is it a bad soap opera, or a sluggish thriller?
  8. Salon
    Reviewed by: Heather Havrilesky
    20
    There's an attempt at darkness here that the writers don't pull off; instead each negative turn of events just feels depressing.
  9. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    10
    An unsatisfying and predictable jumble.

Awards & Rankings

82
#82 Best TV Season of 2006
53
#53 Most Discussed TV Season of 2006

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User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 56 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 47 out of 56
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 56
  3. Negative: 8 out of 56
  1. JessB
    Jul 18, 2007
    10
    I loved Windfall!! Please Please Please have a season two!! I absolutly fell in love with the first season and i wish I knew what happens next!!
  2. cindya
    Jun 21, 2007
    10
    i hope they put windfall back i want to see it and i was very sad when they canceled it please put it back so everyone could see it
  3. ShannonM
    Jun 6, 2007
    10
    Please put Windfall back on the air. It was a great show. I always stayed interested. At least put it on for one more season to sum up all Please put Windfall back on the air. It was a great show. I always stayed interested. At least put it on for one more season to sum up all the stories. You cant just leave us hanging like that.… Full Review »
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