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Greek
SERIES: ABC Family, Monday 9:00p (60 minutes)

8.2 based on 7 reviews read critic reviews how did we calculate this? based on 83 votes read user comments rate this tv show

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Starring Jacob Zachar, Spencer Grammer, Scott Michael Foster, Jake McDorman, Clark Duke, Dilshad Vadsaria, Paul James, and Amber Stevens

A look at college life at Cyprus-Rhodes University.

GENRE(S):	Drama
CREATED BY:	Sean Smith
FIRST AIR DATE:	July 9, 2007
ALSO ON:	ABC Fridays at 9PM

Also airs on Fridays at 9:00PM on ABC.

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

80

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen

Writer/creator Patrick Sean Smith gives Greek a greater sense of light-hearted fun that seems more authentic to the real-world experience of college as "the best years."

75

New York Post Adam Buckman

Rusty - as played by newcomer Jacob Zachar - is one of the most likable characters to come along on any TV show in a very long time.

70

The New York Times Ginia Bellafante

Greek is a decidedly unromantic teenage soap opera.

70

Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron

Greek is much more than artful manipulation of marketing strategy. The premiere has several surprises even as it dares you to pigeonhole any of these characters. The talented young ensemble cast works hard to sell the stories and mostly succeeds.

67

Entertainment Weekly Gillian Flynn

Greek lacks the acidic one-liners that mark great satires like Heathers, but it strains against its conventional boundaries just enough to be enticing.

50

San Francisco Chronicle David Wiegand

Much of the writing in the first episode is competent, but it's hard to judge whether it will rise above that, because Smith has to spend so many words establishing the bases for all the plot developments to come.

30

Philadelphia Inquirer Elizabeth Fox

All Greek offers is a predictable teenage soap opera set amongst the pretty people of fraternity row.

The average user rating for this tv show is 8.2 (out of 10) based on 83 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Rita R. gave it a10:
My family loves this show! Having 2 teens in this house, I can say that the show touches on some pertinent issues that college students face (not just in the GREEK system)and watching this show opens a great dialogue with your teens. The characters are very endearing (especially Cappie and Rusty) and the problems they face are not exploited with overkill, just enough to get a quick message across to the viewer. Fabulous and funny show!

Gordan gave it a2:
Quite possibly one of the worst shows on television today; period. Greek offers nothing new in the category of teen drama, and simply attempts to mask long-posed soap opera drama with alpha through omega (while failing to do so). The plot turns and predictable outcomes are the only drive towards progressing the storyline, which seems to be already circular and repetitive, even in the show's second season. Let us also realize the that the content of this show is not entirely appropriate for a family channel appearance. Sex, mainly, is the only theme that drives this forsaken work forward. Thus, considering that everyone on the show has almost already had a conflict in bed with everyone else, maybe we will be fortunate to experience Greek being Black-balled. -Gordan.

Suzie gave it a10:
I love this show! Yes, it plays on abc family which it shouldn't. Yes, it inaccurately depicts Greek life, but those are the stupidest reasons for giving it a bad review which more than half of the people have done. And it's definitely nothing like those high school type shows the haters keep comparing it to. Have they actually watched the show? Because if they had they wouldn't be making that comparison.

Myosotis gave it a10:
Finally a series about young people with humour in it! Love it so please keep it up.

Crystal S. gave it a10:
I Love this show!!!! Cast members are awesome. Cant wait til the second season!!!

JASON S gave it a2:
Superficial relationships, underrage drinking and sexual undertones.Does America's youth really need any more exposure to this crap? Thank God for the V-chip and my remote control. ABCdysfunctionalFAMILY is more like it!

Dude5860 gave it a10:
This show is kind of iffy for a family channel, but it is still great!

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