Witches of East End
Lifetime | LIFETIME-TW | Release Date: October 6, 2013
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
6
Negative:
4
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
NewsdayDiane WertsOct 3, 2013
Season 1 Review: The starter hour picks up steam whenever loose-cannon Amick bops around--although Ormond does a nice job of grounding its shenanigans in a semblance of reality. Read full review
70
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerOct 4, 2013
Season 1 Review: Though the show is a drama, it is served up with a droll comic sensibility that is a refreshing change. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterAllison KeeneOct 4, 2013
Season 1 Review: Witches of East End doesn't overdo the mythology (like Sleepy Hollow) or make it all about the sex (like True Blood). Instead, it set up a complicated interpersonal world, a plausible (for this kind of show) backstory, and then populated the town with really good-looking people. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraOct 3, 2013
Season 1 Review: While all the characters have boilerplate for bones--the brainy one, the pretty one, the smart aleck, the tortured hunk--crisp writing and buoyant performances keep the story from trending too trite or too "Twilight." Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyAmy WilkinsonJun 27, 2014
Season 2 Review: Unfortunately, the episode is short on a couple of ingredients that made the first season such charming brew: light and levity. [4 Jul 2014, p.60]
67
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardOct 7, 2013
Season 1 Review: Witches of East End is the campiest hot mess on TV. Read full review
60
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenOct 4, 2013
Season 1 Review: What the pilot lacks in smooth-flow niceties it makes up for in silly fun. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandOct 4, 2013
Season 1 Review: The Witches of East End may not win a Peabody anytime soon, but to its mildly enjoyable credit, it doesn't take itself too seriously. Read full review
50
VarietyGeoff BerkshireOct 4, 2013
Season 1 Review: Even if the series plays it right down the middle--it’s not exactly good, but not terrible either--that might be all that’s needed to succeed. Read full review
50
Washington PostHank StueverSep 15, 2013
Season 1 Review: The show has a sincerity about its silliness and light spookiness; for a moment there, it’s almost as if 'True Blood' tried to conceive a demon baby with 'Bunheads.' Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubEmily VanDerWerffOct 4, 2013
Season 1 Review: Witches Of East End has the curious distinction of feeling at once underpopulated and way, way too busy. Read full review
40
Under The RadarLily MoayeriOct 7, 2013
Season 1 Review: The clichés are too silly and obvious. Read full review
30
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertOct 4, 2013
Season 1 Review: A missable new supernatural series populated by wooden actors and feeble plotlines. Read full review
25
Uncle BarkyEd BarkOct 4, 2013
Season 1 Review: Witches of East End is just not worth a viewer’s toils and troubles. Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesLori RacklOct 1, 2013
Season 1 Review: [A] soapy, silly adaptation of Melissa de la Cruz’s best-seller. Read full review
20
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushOct 7, 2013
Season 1 Review: No amount of magic could elevate the amateurish acting and shoddy, choppy, derivative writing. Whatever the opposite of spellbinding is, that's this show. Read full review
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