Mockingbird Lane: Season 1
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 26, 2012
  • Season #: 1
Metascore
59 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 8 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    Oct 23, 2012
    83
    Outrageous, eccentric, funny, campy--and too creepy for small kids.
  2. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Oct 26, 2012
    80
    Mockingbird Lane is funny, fanciful, a visual treat and, perhaps surprisingly, full of heart.
  3. Hitfix
    Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    Oct 25, 2012
    67
    Throughout the one-hour Mockingbird Lane pilot, it's easy to see why NBC wanted Fuller (with help from director Bryan Singer) to tackle this material, just as it's easy to see why his take scared them.
  4. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mary McNamara
    Oct 26, 2012
    50
    The sets are terrific, as are the costumes, and the rich and saturated moodiness of the production values makes the tepidness of the story all the more disappointing.
  5. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Oct 26, 2012
    50
    The hour-long pilot of Mockingbird Lane [is] a monster mash of a hot mess.
  6. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Neil Genzlinger
    Oct 25, 2012
    50
    The gore is plentiful, the tone is inconsistent, and by the end only one thing is undeniably clear: Mockingbird Lane is a very different creature from "The Munsters."
  7. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: David Wiegand
    Oct 24, 2012
    50
    Fuller needs to sharpen the writing by throwing even more double entendres in for the grown-ups. All the parts are here- they just need to be put together correctly.
  8. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    Oct 23, 2012
    50
    The hour goes by fairly quickly, but it's neither overtly scary nor overtly funny, and mixing those tones is very hard indeed.
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