Season 1 – Roadies

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Season 1 – Roadies

Jun 2016

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35%

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46 Reviews

86%

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250+ Ratings

Roadies are a largely underappreciated part of a concert. This comedy series, created by music industry veteran Cameron Crowe ("Almost Famous"), puts the hard-working individuals in the spotlight by providing an insider's look at the lives of some of the roadies for the Staton-House Band. Although they don't have the prolific lives and public scandals of the rockers who take the stage each night, there is still enough recklessness and romance to go around for the road crew. The roadies persevere through the issues they face in their personal lives to make sure the show goes on as planned every night.

Critics Consensus

Roadies' condescending tone, boring and underdeveloped characters, and lack of dramatic intrigue lead to a failure to rock.

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Eric Deggans

NPR

Nov 26, 2019

As my panel of technicians note, Crowe gets some of the little things right, even if the series overall is a bit of a mess.

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Keith Phipps

Uproxx

Aug 1, 2016

Crowe can be corny, but he's never phony, and when the characters here drop into reveries about why they do what they do it's easy to buy them as passionate people who live in service of art.

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Leyla Hamedi

PopMatters

Jul 6, 2016

5/5

It comes off as unoriginal, repetitive, and frankly, a little condescending.

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Rob Harvilla

The Ringer

Aug 14, 2017

Roadies is far too cynical an attempt at replicating bygone, heartwarming sincerity.

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Jane Bowron

The Post NZ

Jun 14, 2017

This is disappointing show-off schlock from the creative mind of Cameron Crowe, and the hipster ensemble of die-in-a-ditch for the ditties is as contrived as the mandatory group hug ceremony the roadies prayer-circle before each show.

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Kari Croop

Common Sense Media

Jul 11, 2016

3/5

Instead of affecting and memorable television, you get an odd mash-up of workplace drama and romantic comedy, a bit like The Office with a much cooler wardrobe and a fraction of the laughs.

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B M

@GlenFord Sep 3, 2023

Hard to understand the critics' low score on this one, but just as difficult to understand their high scores for progressive propaganda nonsense series that preach about gender, race, climate. Roadies is an excellent, heartfelt, beautifully told story with great characters, depth and understanding of the human condition. The backdrop is a crew on the road supporting a headline band, there is a ton of interesting music world trivia, but as with Almost Famous, it is so much more than that. I loved it.

Nov 5, 2020

If you want To Feel like you are hanging back stage and supporting your fave band. This show is it.

John S

@RT71424423 Jul 2, 2020

Moronic 'critics' again with typical idiocy trashed this exceptionally excellent show, which no doubt led to it getting cancelled. May they all rot for this and their many other transgressions against creative originality. Having thus ranted, I agree with the 86% of audience reviewers who thought it was superbly written, acted, conceived and executed, with a deep understanding of rock'n'roll, the road, friendship, romance, loyalty, family, america, oddballs and hard work. Just a terrific season and it so too bad for all concerned that there wasn't more. mindless critics with their 35% rating. grrrr.

May 14, 2020

Petsonally, I found it illuminating, humorous and fun. It had its serious moments, stupid ones and light hearted one. All in all its a good show that simply didnt get enough views to warrent the second season I felt it deserved. The writing did fall away near the end though.

May 16, 2019

Loved it from start to finish. It's not perfect but it's shortcomings are far outweighed by all of the bits that come out right.

Mar 24, 2019

Critics are MORONS! Critics of anything are folks that failed at the art. Be it music, acting, film making, painting, etc...I will say that to 100% enjoy this series it takes a bit of knowledge of music/music industry/are or were a musician/worked in the music biz...But if you have! It's GENIUS! CC has done it again!

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Luke Wilson

Bill

Carla Gugino

Shelli

Imogen Poots

Kelly Ann

Rafe Spall

Reg Whitehead

Keisha Castle-Hughes

Donna Mancini

Episode 1

Aired Jun 26, 2016

Life Is a Carnival

The management and loyal crew of a touring arena rock band work tirelessly behind the scenes to make the show happen each night; the sudden arrival of slick British financial adviser Reg Whitehead shakes up the group.

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Episode 2

Aired Jul 3, 2016

What Would Phil Do

After a disastrous show, a series of crises land on Bill; Kelly Ann is not welcomed back how she had hoped; Reg tries to learn about the nature of the different jobs.

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Episode 3

Aired Jul 10, 2016

The Bryce Newman Letter

A music blogger sets his sights on the band, calling them irrelevant; Reg tries to smooth things over, but the crew takes matters into their own hands.

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Episode 4

Aired Jul 17, 2016

The City Whose Name Must Not Be Spoken

The crew falls victim to a mythical rock and roll curse; a day off is spent completing odd and specific tasks; Bill and Shelli search for the band's bassist.

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Episode 5

Aired Jul 24, 2016

Friends and Family

In the band's hometown, Denver, needy friends and family make things difficult; the crew must keep Christopher's ex-girlfriend away from him.

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Episode 6

Aired Jul 31, 2016

Longest Days

Janine's visit continues to shake things up; Wes treats Winston to a guitar lesson from a rock legend.

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Episode 7

Aired Aug 7, 2016

Carpet Season

Bill, Reg and Phil embark on a quest to retrieve Christopher's stolen iPad; an idiosyncratic rock photographer arrives to shoot the band, causing chaos.

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Episode 8

Aired Aug 14, 2016

The All-Night Bus Ride

During an all-night bus ride, Phil shares a story from his past with the crew; Reg reaches a conclusion about the future of the tour.

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Episode 9

Aired Aug 21, 2016

The Corporate Gig

The Staton-House Band performs in their first corporate gig, which places the crew at a beachfront resort in San Diego; relationships take unexpected turns.

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Episode 10

Aired Aug 28, 2016

The Load Out

A memorial for a rock legend at the LA Forum has a star-studded lineup; the crew faces an uncertain future.

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Episode 12

Aired Jul 19, 2023