Home > Atlanta > Season 1 « TV Series Page Atlanta: Season 1 (2016) SEASON: Season 1 Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Want to see Episode List Season 1 Atlanta Critics Consensus Ambitious and refreshing, Atlanta offers a unique vehicle for star and series creator Donald Glover's eccentric brand of humor -- as well as a number of timely, trenchant observations. 97% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 74 91% Audience Score User Ratings: 1862 See score details Other TV Shows Fargo The Americans American Crime Story Blood Feuds Taboo Rate And Review Submit review Want to see Edit Submit review Super Reviewer Verified Super Reviewer Verified Edit Super Reviewer Rate this season Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. It’s good – I’d recommend it. Awesome! So Fresh: Absolute Must See! What did you think of this tv season? (optional) Submit Continue Super Reviewer Step 2 of 2 How did you buy your ticket? Let's get your review verified. Submit By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. You're almost there! Just confirm how you got your ticket. Super Reviewer Rate this season Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. It’s good – I’d recommend it. Awesome! So Fresh: Absolute Must See! What did you think of this tv season? (optional) Submit How did you buy your ticket? Submit By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. Episodes 1. The Big Bang Air date: Sep 6, 2016 In the series premiere, two cousins try to work their way up through the Atlanta rap scene. View Details 2. Streets on Lock Air date: Sep 6, 2016 Aspiring rappers learn thug life isn't all its cracked up to be. View Details 3. Go for Broke Air date: Sep 13, 2016 Earn is broke and tries to date. View Details 4. The Streisand Effect Air date: Sep 20, 2016 Paper Boi goes nuts due to social media and Earn needs money. View Details 5. Nobody Beats the Biebs Air date: Sep 27, 2016 Celebrities visit, including Justin Bieber. View Details 6. Value Air date: Oct 4, 2016 Van becomes jealous. View Details 7. B.A.N. Air date: Oct 11, 2016 Montague makes an appearance. View Details 8. The Club Air date: Sep 6, 2016 Primal hosts NFL players. View Details 9. Juneteenth Air date: Oct 25, 2016 A Juneteenth party is held. View Details 10. The Jacket Air date: Nov 2, 2016 In the season finale, Quita loses her phone and Earn loses his jacket. View Details Atlanta: Season 1 Videos 0:14 Atlanta: Season 1 Promo - Alive 0:14 Atlanta: Season 1 Promo - Work 0:14 Atlanta: Season 1 Promo - Close Calls 0:14 Atlanta: Season 1 Promo - Curry Atlanta: Season 1 Promo - Deja Vu 0:14 Atlanta: Season 1 Promo - Hard Day 0:30 Atlanta: Season 1 Episode 10 Trailer - The Jacket 0:20 Atlanta: Season 1 Episode 9 Trailer - Juneteenth 0:20 Atlanta: Season 1 Episode 8 Trailer - The Club 0:20 Atlanta: Season 1 Episode 7 Trailer - B.A.N. View All Videos (15) Atlanta: Season 1 Photos View All Photos (97) Tv Season Info In this comedy series, two cousins try to better their lives and the lives of their family. Earn Marks (Donald Glover) is a broke college dropout who has no home and is staying with Vanessa (Zazie Beetz), his on-again, off-again girlfriend and mother of his child. After realizing that his cousin, Alfred Marks (Brian Tyree Henry), is a rapper on the verge of stardom, Earn becomes his manager. Together with Darrius (Lakeith Stanfield), Alfred's right-hand man and visionary, the three of them try to make it in the Atlanta rap scene. Genre: Comedy Network: FX Premiere Date: Sep 6, 2016 Creator: Donald Glover Exec. Producers: Donald Glover, Paul Simms, Dianne McGunigle Cast Donald Glover as Earnest "Earn" Marks Brian Tyree Henry as Alfred Miles LaKeith Stanfield as Darius Zazie Beetz as Van Justin Bieber Lucius Baston as Chris News & Interviews for Atlanta: Season 1 10 Stars Who Will Own the Summer 2018 Movie Season Writers Guild: 2018 Film and Television Winners Announced DGA 2018 Film and Television Winners Announced View All Atlanta: Season 1 News Episodes 1. The Big Bang Air date: Sep 6, 2016 In the series premiere, two cousins try to work their way up through the Atlanta rap scene. View Details 2. Streets on Lock Air date: Sep 6, 2016 Aspiring rappers learn thug life isn't all its cracked up to be. View Details 3. Go for Broke Air date: Sep 13, 2016 Earn is broke and tries to date. View Details 4. The Streisand Effect Air date: Sep 20, 2016 Paper Boi goes nuts due to social media and Earn needs money. View Details 5. Nobody Beats the Biebs Air date: Sep 27, 2016 Celebrities visit, including Justin Bieber. View Details 6. Value Air date: Oct 4, 2016 Van becomes jealous. View Details 7. B.A.N. Air date: Oct 11, 2016 Montague makes an appearance. View Details 8. The Club Air date: Sep 6, 2016 Primal hosts NFL players. View Details 9. Juneteenth Air date: Oct 25, 2016 A Juneteenth party is held. View Details 10. The Jacket Air date: Nov 2, 2016 In the season finale, Quita loses her phone and Earn loses his jacket. View Details Critic Reviews for Atlanta Season 1 All Critics (74) | Top Critics (35) | Fresh (74) | Rotten (0) The show is masterful in eliciting a range of feelings - a combination of joy and horror, tension and relief - but none more so than surprise. Nov 2, 2016 | Rating: A | Full Review… Hanh Nguyen indieWire Top Critic Atlanta, FX's finely detailed and gloriously unpredictable comedy about striving within and near Atlanta's hip-hop scene, waited until the very final moments of its first season's final episode to feature the godheads of Atlanta hip-hop: Outkast. Nov 2, 2016 | Full Review… Spencer Kornhaber The Atlantic Top Critic Donald Glover deserves this chance to make his mark as a throughly hands-on auteur who's reminiscent of another FX mainstay -- Louis C.K. They write and act out what their lives have taught them. And the differences are both striking and instructive. Sep 2, 2016 | Rating: B+ | Full Review… Ed Bark Uncle Barky Top Critic The TV breakout Glover fans have been waiting for, also unlike anything else on TV. Sep 1, 2016 | Rating: A | Full Review… Verne Gay Newsday Top Critic While many shows and films about music feature similar contradictions between the glitz and the grit, in the world of Atlanta they feel like natural extensions of the city itself. Sep 7, 2016 | Full Review… Vann R. Newkirk The Atlantic Top Critic Atlanta is a welcome sign that the world of high-quality cable TV is finally tapping into the power that comes from letting people of color tell their own stories. Sep 7, 2016 | Full Review… Eric Deggans NPR Top Critic Atlanta's kick-back tone belies a throbbing political heart. You've got to watch this series. Jan 7, 2020 | Full Review… Grethe Kemp Channel24 (South Africa) The creators, writers, and directors involved in Atlanta are all people of color, and damn, but it shows in the sheer complexity of their characters. Aug 8, 2019 | Rating: B+ | Full Review… Li Lai Mediaversity Reviews Atlanta is a beautiful and essential show in 2016, one that blends genuine humor with the stark realities its characters face. Oct 10, 2018 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review… Alan French AwardsCircuit.com Atlanta masterfully blends humor, irony and art to capture the desire for something better as well as the sense of defeat and complacency that racism and classism create. Aug 8, 2018 | Full Review… Mekeisha Madden Toby Essence Atlanta, is everything you would expect from Donald Glover if you've been paying attention as an actor, a comedian and a rapper. Jun 27, 2018 | Full Review… Stephanie Francis Black Girl Nerds Atlanta is a big city and contains multitudes. Overall, somehow this is on a must watch list for me so far. We'll see what happens. Jun 12, 2018 | Full Review… William Evans Black Nerd Problems View All Critic Reviews (74) Audience Reviews for Atlanta: Season 1 Mar 27, 2020 Funny, unique and insightful. Atlanta is a passion project that really works. This is largely due to Donald Glover's personable specificity, both in his storytelling and acting. This touch allows us to feel "let in" on the secrets of the fascinating world of rap and street-hustle, with stand-out performances from its well-chosen cast as well as consistently sharp writing elevating the effortless entertainment. Iroh's grade: B Nick B Mar 04, 2020 This show was everything I was afraid it would be. Showing one tiny slice of life in Atlanta - the most stereotypical aspect, gangs, guns, rappers and people being victims generally - Black people of course. I grew up in Atlanta and it is so diverse and dynamic and interesting. I grew up at a time when the arts were popping, the club was fun (and kind of dangerous sometimes) yeah we smoked weed got in trouble and sometimes went to jail, but that was like 10% of the Atlanta experience. It wasn't just dusty poor Black people trying to make a buck. And the whole idea of all white people being ridiculous caricatures is generally just not true. Everyone was cool, the cops were cool, and if you did stupid shit stupid things happened to you. Atlanta is so much more interesting than this show portrays. Its called Black Hollywood for a reason. Stephanie B Jan 22, 2020 After indulging in multiple rewatches of Atlanta's debut season, I can tell it's quite an amazing & mesmerizing experience. It could be one of the best shows of that year. Atlanta is mixed with surreal acting, developed humor, and great vibes. As it is their first season, the show shows great promise on what Donald Glover and his team could do...and they topped it with the following season. Derrick N Nov 18, 2019 Donald Glover is a world class talent. His writing, music and acting never cease to impress me. Atlanta is no different. There are some really hilarious moments throughout season 1. A must see. Lonnie S Sep 25, 2019 The premise of Atlanta is that of an afrocentric Seinfeld. The episodes are truly about nothing, but at the same time are about the illusion of celebrity and the reality of poverty that affects the Afro community nationwide. CVR T Feb 11, 2019 So odd, and wonderful. Kacy O Jan 03, 2019 Surprisingly unique, and weird, Atlanta has quickly become my favorite show on television. What seems to be an average plot, gets carried out of control by the shows masterful script, humor, and all the actors great performances. a w Nov 13, 2018 Donald Glover brings one his many talents to one of the most unique displays in television you'll ever see. Atlanta breaks the format of what a series should be all the while representing the culture and being an honest depiction of the many people trying to make it big in the ATL Dev V Oct 23, 2018 Likeable characters but a very mixed bag, each episode having its own style ranging from super slick to tediously boring. Harsh C Oct 07, 2018 Atlanta is one of the most original and refreshing shows I have ever watched. Good B See all Audience reviews News & Features 200 Erotic Movies Coming attractions for you 2020's Most Anticipated Movies What and when to watch Video Game Movies Ranked 43 ranked worst to best Best Netflix Series and Shows What to watch right now More News & Features TOP HEADLINES Best Horror Movies of 2020 Ranked – Rotten Tomatoes Fall TV First Look: Find Out What’s Coming – Rotten Tomatoes The Best Peacock Original Shows and Movies – Rotten Tomatoes 20 Movies To Watch If You Loved Inception – Rotten Tomatoes All Upcoming Disney Movies: New Disney Live-Action, Animation, Pixar, Marvel, and More – Rotten Tomatoes The Best Quibi Shows to Stream Now – Rotten Tomatoes The 64 Most Anticipated Movies of 2020 – Rotten Tomatoes Sundance 2020 Movie Scorecard – Rotten Tomatoes More Headlines Go back More trailers