Scream: The TV Series (2015)
You'll never see it coming.
What starts as a YouTube video going viral, soon leads to problems for the teenagers of Lakewood and serves as the catalyst for a murder that opens up a window to the town's troubled past. Everyone has secrets. Everyone tells lies. Everyone is fair game.
| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 30 June 2015 |
| Status | Canceled |
| Genre | Drama, Crime, Mystery |
| Created by | Jay Beattie, Dan Dworkin, Jill E. Blotevogel and Brett Matthews |
| Starring | RJ Cyler, Jessica Sula and Keke Palmer |
| Seasons | 3 seasons, 29 episodes |
| Episode length | about 43 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 21 hours |
| Rated | TV-MA |
| Scores | TMDB users 6.9/10 |
Where to watch Scream: The TV Series
Scream: The TV Series is streaming on Tubi in the US.
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What kind of watch this is
Scream: The TV Series runs 21 hours across 3 seasons. It is a serialized anthology that treats the killer not as a riddle, but as a mirror. The first two seasons, set in a fictional Lakewood, Colorado, follow Emma Duval as she uncovers the town’s buried secrets to unmask the Lakewood Slasher. Season 3 shifts to Atlanta, where football star Deion Elliot is tormented by his past. The tagline promises you will never see it coming. Given the runtime, that is a modest guarantee.
What the critics said
First season reviews were mixed, which is a polite way of saying they were mediocre. Rotten Tomatoes sits at 53% based on 43 reviews, while Metacritic lands on 57 out of 100 from 21 critics. David Hinckley of the New York Daily News liked the humor, calling the dialogue "snappy." Brian Lowry of Variety noted the suspense worked, though he doubted the originality would last. Dissent came from David Wiegand of the San Francisco Chronicle, who found the acting "bland, robotic, and uninteresting." The series found its footing later, with season 2 hitting 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, a turnaround that suggests the writers finally stopped sleeping.
How it did with audiences
Scream: The TV Series carries a 6.9 TMDB user score. That number sits in the middle of the road, which usually means the show pleased some viewers while leaving others scratching their heads. It is the kind of rating that suggests a solid but unremarkable experience.
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Sources
- Scream: The TV Series on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q18645277 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “Scream (TV series)” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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