Devious Maids: Season 1 Reviews
Eric Deggans NPR
Thankfully, the maids themselves aren't stereotypes. But there are no Latina bosses here. The series barely shows the maids' homes or relatives who aren't servants.
Full Review | Nov 22, 2019
Patrick Gomez People Magazine
Take a splash of Downton Abbey, a generous pour of Desperate Housewives and a twist of telenovela and the result is this girlie, playfully spiked summer cocktail.
Full Review | Mar 29, 2019
Jessica Rawden CinemaBlend
Devious Maids should fit right in line with the other original programming Lifetime has going on right now,... due to the saccharine nature of the series and the female-geared dialogue throughout the show.
Full Review | Oct 3, 2018
Matt Roush TV Guide
Devious Maids aspires to a heightened level of gaudy escapist entertainment and at times achieves it.
Full Review | Oct 3, 2018
When firing on all cylinders, the show is a giddy mix of soap opera, serious drama and pointed humor... Devious Maids skewers assumptions too often made about Latinos in contemporary America.
Full Review | Oct 3, 2018
Mark Trammell TV Equals
[It was a] fun first season of Devious Maids.
Full Review | Oct 3, 2018
Emily Yahr Washington Post
[Devious Maids] involves a complicated web of characters and hooks viewers immediately with a murder mystery.
Full Review | Oct 3, 2018
John Powers Vogue
Devious Maids is a great idea for a series, and not only because the major characters are Latinas (which makes it groundbreaking) and the actresses playing them superb.
Full Review | Mar 7, 2017
Linda Stasi New York Post
Lotsa good, clean/dirty fun for the clean -- and dirty-minded -- among us.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 26, 2013
Tom Conroy Media Life
Although it's not as innovative as either one, it gets the blend of drama and self-parodying comedy right. Without getting too dark or too complex, the central murder mystery provides enough incentive to keep us tuning in.
Full Review | Jun 26, 2013
David Hinckley New York Daily News
Cherry drama rises or falls on the pretty simple test of whether it's fun, and Devious Maids has the right stuff to get to there.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 26, 2013
Mary McNamara Los Angeles Times
A silly, hyperactive version of Downton Abbey, relocated to Beverly Hills and populated with as many cliches and stereotypes as can fit upstairs and down.
Full Review | Jun 26, 2013
Verne Gay Newsday
A beautiful mess.
Full Review | Original Score: C+ | Jun 26, 2013
Christina Tran TV Fanatic
The Devious Maids are officially here and ready to liven up our summer. Clearly, it's going to be a hot and delicious one.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 23, 2013
Molly Eichel AV Club
Strip away the racial implications inherent in the show's premise, and Devious Maids is a fun little sudser fill with talented women.
Full Review | Original Score: B | Jun 23, 2013
David Hiltbrand Philadelphia Inquirer
The tone of Devious Maids manages to be not-so-subtly racist, classist, and sexist. (The men are either clods or cads.) Which would be easier to forgive if the plot weren't so predictable.
Full Review | Jun 22, 2013
Ellen Gray Philadelphia Daily News
An entertaining romp with strong performances, it seems a good fit for Lifetime. And a giant step up in class from The Client List.
Full Review | Jun 21, 2013
Rob Owen Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
It's a well-executed soap with a heaping helping of Mr. Cherry's trademark humor, which is on display in the show's opening scene.
Full Review | Jun 21, 2013
Willa Paskin Salon.com
I think this show, however flawed, just might be a big hit.
Full Review | Jun 21, 2013
Gail Pennington St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Rooting for the housekeepers to teach these awful people a lesson is one good reason to watch Devious Maids. But so is getting to meet all these interesting, likable Latina women.
Full Review | Jun 21, 2013