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Utopia (2014 American TV series)

January 01, 1970

For other uses, see Utopia (disambiguation).

Utopia is a reality series that premiered on Fox on September 7, 2014.[1][2] Based on the original Dutch series of the same name and created by John de Mol, the series follows a group of people who attempt to maintain a society in a remote area.[3] Conrad Green was its executive producer.[4] Originally scheduled for two nights per week, Tuesday and Friday, on October 2, 2014, Fox announced that Utopia was pulled from Tuesday nights, and would air only on Friday nights.[5] On November 2, 2014, the show was cancelled after airing weeks of what was promoted as a year-long project.[6] It is estimated that Fox paid $50 million to develop the show.[7]

Utopia
GenreReality
Created byJohn de Mol Jr.
Presented byDan Piraro
Opening theme"Utopia" by Daughtry
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes12
Production
Executive producers
Production companyTalpa Media
Original release
NetworkFox
ReleaseSeptember 7 (7-09) –
October 31, 2014 (2014-10-31)

Premise edit

The series follows a cast of 15 men and women who were placed in isolation and filmed twenty-four hours a day for a planned one year. The cast was to create their own society and figure out how to survive. The series was initially shown twice a week, with online streaming 24/7 with 129 hidden and unhidden cameras all over the Utopia compound. The live streams began on August 29, 2014, the day when the 15 pioneers entered Utopia.[3] Over 5,000 people auditioned for the series.[4] Every month, three pioneers were nominated for elimination—to be sent back to their everyday lives. The live-streamers were able to decide which new pioneers got their chance to join the cast.

Cast edit

This is the cast of the show at the time of its cancellation:[8][9]

Name Age on entry Occupation Residence Started
Aaron Thomas 26 Chef Oxford, Mississippi August 20
Amanda Scott 30 Behavior specialist Seattle, Washington August 20
Bella Chartrand 45 Real estate entrepreneur Griffin, Georgia August 20
Cal Swangash 39 Farmer Portland, Oregon October 1
Chris Tuorto 25 Chili farmer Cary, North Carolina August 20
Dedeker Winston 26 Belly dancer Los Angeles, California August 20
Ernesto Santana 39 Contractor Oceanside, California September 21
Hex Vanisles 25 Unemployed Detroit, Michigan August 20
Josh Johnston 36 General contractor Salt Lake City, Utah August 20
Kristen Vanstrom[10][11] 24 Entrepreneur Jamestown, New York September 4
Nikki Noce 29 Holistic doctor Brooklyn, New York August 20
Taylor Vaughn 24 Construction Worker Omaha, Nebraska September 11

On September 2, 2014, contestant Hex Vanisles was medically evacuated while filming for the premiere, but returned to the show a few hours later.[12]

Past Utopians edit

Source for list:[8][9]

Name Age on entry Occupation Residence Status Started To
Andrea Cox 38 Chef San Diego, California Non-starter[13][14] n/a n/a
Dave Green 31 Unemployed Queens, New York Left Utopia August 20 September 5[15]
Jonathan Lovelace 44 Pastor Church Hill, Tennessee Left - Injury August 20 September 10
Red Vanwinkle 42 Handyman Cecilia, Kentucky Banished August 20 September 30
Rhonda Deniston[16] 48 Entrepreneur/Political Activist Oceanside, California Rejected Candidate September 4 September 9
Katie Cercone[17] 29 Animal Rescuer Sacramento, California Rejected Candidate October 1 October 6
Bri Nguyen 20 Veterinary assistant Westminster, California Left Utopia August 20 October 25[18]
Mike Quinn 33 Attorney Manhattan, New York Left - Family Emergency August 20 October 26
Rob Hospidor 38 Security programmer South Amboy, New Jersey Banished August 20 October 31

Episodes edit

No.TitleOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
1"Series Premiere, Part 1"September 7, 2014 (2014-09-07)4.63[19]
2"Series Premiere, Part 2"September 9, 2014 (2014-09-09)2.48[20]
3"Series Premiere, Part 3"September 12, 2014 (2014-09-12)1.99[21]
4"Week 2 in Utopia – A"September 16, 2014 (2014-09-16)2.42[22]
5"Week 2 in Utopia – B"September 19, 2014 (2014-09-19)1.52[23]
6"Week 3 in Utopia – A"September 23, 2014 (2014-09-23)1.91[24]
7"Week 3 in Utopia – B"September 26, 2014 (2014-09-26)1.87[25]
8"Week 4 in Utopia – A"September 30, 2014 (2014-09-30)1.99[26]
9"Week 4 in Utopia – B"October 3, 2014 (2014-10-03)1.75[27]
10"Week 5 in Utopia"October 10, 2014 (2014-10-10)1.86[28]
11"Week 6 in Utopia"October 17, 2014 (2014-10-17)1.77[29]
12"Week 7 & 8 in Utopia"October 31, 2014 (2014-10-31)1.54[30]

Reception edit

Though Utopia's premiere was met with general optimism, the show has ultimately been almost universally panned by critics and viewers alike.

According to review aggregator Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Utopia received an average score of 38% based on 4 reviews, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.[31] Utopia holds a Rotten Tomatoes score of 33% based on reviews from 6 critics, and a rating average of 4.5 out of 10, with the consensus being "Utopia squanders a lofty premise and quickly devolves into a hellish slog that barters in the most irksome reality television tropes."[32]

Rob Owen of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette sardonically dubbed the show "Fox's Folly" and wrote that it "really ought to be called "Farming, Fighting, and Fornicating – But Mostly Fighting." Reviewing the episode "Season Premiere – Part 2", which aired on September 9, 2014, Owen stated: "Tuesday's episode, which saw a 43 percent ratings decline according to The Programming Insider, featured still more fighting – a failure to order Ramen noodles threatened to become Utopia's assassination-of-Archduke Ferdinand moment – and hints at fornicating between two settlers in a barn loft. Fox executives could have saved substantial production costs and achieved basically the same boring result by filming 14 randy monkeys in a cage containing only 10 bananas."[33]

Brian Lowry of Variety criticized the show's choice of cast: "If 'Utopia' has any legs at all, it will as a cable-style freakshow, not some grand “experiment” in democracy. Indeed, the diverse lineup seems designed to draw from various unscripted staples – a dash of Doomsday Preppers here, a dollop of Duck Dynasty there – and throw them together in the same blender."[34]

Willa Paskin of Slate disparaged Utopia's attempts to condemn the "misbehavior" it "desperately [requires]" from its participants: "Utopia ... strives to frame its mission in a positive light, distancing itself ... from the on-camera misbehavior its producers so desperately require. Through the first two episodes, five of the eight men assembled have violent physical outbursts. The female cast members avoid the trap of being portrayed as catty and vicious; as a result, they are granted no personalities at all, just a penchant for swimming naked ... the first night [ends] with one case of alcohol poisoning, another of threatening sexual behavior, and two fights, Piraro sadly opines that so far the group is failing miserably at utopia, as if the producers had been hoping for a dull, conflict-free Eden."[35]

See also edit

  • Eden, a 2016 British TV series

References edit

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  2. ^ . TV by the Numbers. July 10, 2014. Archived from the original on August 15, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Utopia TV Show: Bold New Reality Series Premieres on Fox". Small Screen Scoop. August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  4. ^ a b de Moraes, Lisa (July 20, 2014). "UTCA: Nearly 5,000 Audition To Live For A Year In Fox's 'Utopia'". Deadline. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  5. ^ Raftery, Liz. "Fox Pulls Utopia from Tuesday Nights". TVGuide.com. TV Guide. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  6. ^ Hibberd, James (2 November 2014). "Utopia canceled by Fox". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  7. ^ . Bloomberg.com. 3 November 2014. Archived from the original on November 6, 2014.
  8. ^ a b Raftery, Liz (August 20, 2014). "Meet the Cast of Fox's Reality Experiment Utopia". TV Guide. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  9. ^ a b "Utopia on FOX - Utopians!". UtopiaTV.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  10. ^ https://www.facebook.com/kristennvanstrom [user-generated source]
  11. ^ "Utopian Detail: Kristen". UtopiaTV.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  12. ^ "'Utopia' Contestant Hospitalized -- Suffers Medical Emergency In Brave New World". TMZ. September 2, 2014. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  13. ^ Hibberd, James (September 5, 2014). "Fox's 'Utopia' cast already naked, weird -- and drawing 1 million views". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  14. ^ "Day 1 - And Then There Were 14". UtopiaTV.com. August 29, 2014. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  15. ^ "Utopian Detail: Dave". UtopiaTV.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  16. ^ "Utopian Detail: Rhonda". UtopiaTV.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  17. ^ "Utopian Detail: Cal". UtopiaTV.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  18. ^ "Utopian Detail: Bri". UtopiaTV.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  19. ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (September 9, 2014). . TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on September 10, 2014. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
  20. ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (September 10, 2014). . TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on September 11, 2014. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  21. ^ Bibel, Sara (September 15, 2014). . TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on September 19, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  22. ^ Bibel, Sara (September 17, 2014). . TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on September 20, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
  23. ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (September 22, 2014). . TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on September 24, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  24. ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (September 24, 2014). . TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on September 26, 2014. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
  25. ^ Bibel, Sara (September 29, 2014). . TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on October 2, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
  26. ^ Bibel, Sara (October 1, 2014). . TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on October 2, 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
  27. ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (October 6, 2014). . TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on October 7, 2014. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  28. ^ Bibel, Sara (October 13, 2014). . TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  29. ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (October 20, 2014). . TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on October 23, 2014. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  30. ^ Bibel, Sara (November 3, 2014). . TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on November 6, 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  31. ^ "Utopia (2014) – Season 1 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  32. ^ "Utopia: Season 1 (2014)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  33. ^ Owen, Rob (September 11, 2014). "Fox's folly: 'Utopia'". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
  34. ^ Lowry, Brian (September 7, 2014). "TV Review: 'Utopia'". Variety. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  35. ^ Paskin, Willa (September 11, 2014). "These People Will Not Create a Perfect Society". Slate. Retrieved November 5, 2014.

External links edit

  • Official website

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For other uses see Utopia disambiguation Utopia is a reality series that premiered on Fox on September 7 2014 1 2 Based on the original Dutch series of the same name and created by John de Mol the series follows a group of people who attempt to maintain a society in a remote area 3 Conrad Green was its executive producer 4 Originally scheduled for two nights per week Tuesday and Friday on October 2 2014 Fox announced that Utopia was pulled from Tuesday nights and would air only on Friday nights 5 On November 2 2014 the show was cancelled after airing weeks of what was promoted as a year long project 6 It is estimated that Fox paid 50 million to develop the show 7 UtopiaGenreRealityCreated byJohn de Mol Jr Presented byDan PiraroOpening theme Utopia by DaughtryCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishNo of seasons1No of episodes12ProductionExecutive producersJohn de Mol Conrad Green Jon Kroll David TibballsProduction companyTalpa MediaOriginal releaseNetworkFoxReleaseSeptember 7 7 09 October 31 2014 2014 10 31 Contents 1 Premise 2 Cast 2 1 Past Utopians 3 Episodes 4 Reception 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksPremise editThe series follows a cast of 15 men and women who were placed in isolation and filmed twenty four hours a day for a planned one year The cast was to create their own society and figure out how to survive The series was initially shown twice a week with online streaming 24 7 with 129 hidden and unhidden cameras all over the Utopia compound The live streams began on August 29 2014 the day when the 15 pioneers entered Utopia 3 Over 5 000 people auditioned for the series 4 Every month three pioneers were nominated for elimination to be sent back to their everyday lives The live streamers were able to decide which new pioneers got their chance to join the cast Cast editThis is the cast of the show at the time of its cancellation 8 9 Name Age on entry Occupation Residence Started Aaron Thomas 26 Chef Oxford Mississippi August 20 Amanda Scott 30 Behavior specialist Seattle Washington August 20 Bella Chartrand 45 Real estate entrepreneur Griffin Georgia August 20 Cal Swangash 39 Farmer Portland Oregon October 1 Chris Tuorto 25 Chili farmer Cary North Carolina August 20 Dedeker Winston 26 Belly dancer Los Angeles California August 20 Ernesto Santana 39 Contractor Oceanside California September 21 Hex Vanisles 25 Unemployed Detroit Michigan August 20 Josh Johnston 36 General contractor Salt Lake City Utah August 20 Kristen Vanstrom 10 11 24 Entrepreneur Jamestown New York September 4 Nikki Noce 29 Holistic doctor Brooklyn New York August 20 Taylor Vaughn 24 Construction Worker Omaha Nebraska September 11 On September 2 2014 contestant Hex Vanisles was medically evacuated while filming for the premiere but returned to the show a few hours later 12 Past Utopians edit Source for list 8 9 Name Age on entry Occupation Residence Status Started To Andrea Cox 38 Chef San Diego California Non starter 13 14 n a n a Dave Green 31 Unemployed Queens New York Left Utopia August 20 September 5 15 Jonathan Lovelace 44 Pastor Church Hill Tennessee Left Injury August 20 September 10 Red Vanwinkle 42 Handyman Cecilia Kentucky Banished August 20 September 30 Rhonda Deniston 16 48 Entrepreneur Political Activist Oceanside California Rejected Candidate September 4 September 9 Katie Cercone 17 29 Animal Rescuer Sacramento California Rejected Candidate October 1 October 6 Bri Nguyen 20 Veterinary assistant Westminster California Left Utopia August 20 October 25 18 Mike Quinn 33 Attorney Manhattan New York Left Family Emergency August 20 October 26 Rob Hospidor 38 Security programmer South Amboy New Jersey Banished August 20 October 31Episodes editNo TitleOriginal air dateU S viewers millions 1 Series Premiere Part 1 September 7 2014 2014 09 07 4 63 19 2 Series Premiere Part 2 September 9 2014 2014 09 09 2 48 20 3 Series Premiere Part 3 September 12 2014 2014 09 12 1 99 21 4 Week 2 in Utopia A September 16 2014 2014 09 16 2 42 22 5 Week 2 in Utopia B September 19 2014 2014 09 19 1 52 23 6 Week 3 in Utopia A September 23 2014 2014 09 23 1 91 24 7 Week 3 in Utopia B September 26 2014 2014 09 26 1 87 25 8 Week 4 in Utopia A September 30 2014 2014 09 30 1 99 26 9 Week 4 in Utopia B October 3 2014 2014 10 03 1 75 27 10 Week 5 in Utopia October 10 2014 2014 10 10 1 86 28 11 Week 6 in Utopia October 17 2014 2014 10 17 1 77 29 12 Week 7 amp 8 in Utopia October 31 2014 2014 10 31 1 54 30 Reception editThough Utopia s premiere was met with general optimism the show has ultimately been almost universally panned by critics and viewers alike According to review aggregator Metacritic which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics Utopia received an average score of 38 based on 4 reviews indicating generally unfavorable reviews 31 Utopia holds a Rotten Tomatoes score of 33 based on reviews from 6 critics and a rating average of 4 5 out of 10 with the consensus being Utopia squanders a lofty premise and quickly devolves into a hellish slog that barters in the most irksome reality television tropes 32 Rob Owen of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette sardonically dubbed the show Fox s Folly and wrote that it really ought to be called Farming Fighting and Fornicating But Mostly Fighting Reviewing the episode Season Premiere Part 2 which aired on September 9 2014 Owen stated Tuesday s episode which saw a 43 percent ratings decline according to The Programming Insider featured still more fighting a failure to order Ramen noodles threatened to become Utopia s assassination of Archduke Ferdinand moment and hints at fornicating between two settlers in a barn loft Fox executives could have saved substantial production costs and achieved basically the same boring result by filming 14 randy monkeys in a cage containing only 10 bananas 33 Brian Lowry of Variety criticized the show s choice of cast If Utopia has any legs at all it will as a cable style freakshow not some grand experiment in democracy Indeed the diverse lineup seems designed to draw from various unscripted staples a dash of Doomsday Preppers here a dollop of Duck Dynasty there and throw them together in the same blender 34 Willa Paskin of Slate disparaged Utopia s attempts to condemn the misbehavior it desperately requires from its participants Utopia strives to frame its mission in a positive light distancing itself from the on camera misbehavior its producers so desperately require Through the first two episodes five of the eight men assembled have violent physical outbursts The female cast members avoid the trap of being portrayed as catty and vicious as a result they are granted no personalities at all just a penchant for swimming naked the first night ends with one case of alcohol poisoning another of threatening sexual behavior and two fights Piraro sadly opines that so far the group is failing miserably at utopia as if the producers had been hoping for a dull conflict free Eden 35 See also editEden a 2016 British TV seriesReferences edit Utopia Fox 2014 Retrieved August 13 2014 FOX Announces Fall Premiere Dates for the 2014 2015 Season Red Band Society Launches Early Sleepy Hollow amp Gotham on September 22 TV by the Numbers July 10 2014 Archived from the original on August 15 2014 Retrieved August 15 2014 a b Utopia TV Show Bold New Reality Series Premieres on Fox Small Screen Scoop August 12 2014 Retrieved August 13 2014 a b de Moraes Lisa July 20 2014 UTCA Nearly 5 000 Audition To Live For A Year In Fox s Utopia Deadline Retrieved August 13 2014 Raftery Liz Fox Pulls Utopia from Tuesday Nights TVGuide com TV Guide Retrieved 2 October 2014 Hibberd James 2 November 2014 Utopia canceled by Fox Entertainment Weekly Time Inc Retrieved 2 November 2014 Fox Cancels Utopia Reality TV s 50 Million Bust Bloomberg com 3 November 2014 Archived from the original on November 6 2014 a b Raftery Liz August 20 2014 Meet the Cast of Fox s Reality Experiment Utopia TV Guide Retrieved November 5 2014 a b Utopia on FOX Utopians UtopiaTV com Retrieved November 5 2014 https www facebook com kristennvanstrom user generated source Utopian Detail Kristen UtopiaTV com Retrieved November 5 2014 Utopia Contestant Hospitalized Suffers Medical Emergency In Brave New World TMZ September 2 2014 Retrieved November 5 2014 Hibberd James September 5 2014 Fox s Utopia cast already naked weird and drawing 1 million views Entertainment Weekly Retrieved November 5 2014 Day 1 And Then There Were 14 UtopiaTV com August 29 2014 Retrieved November 5 2014 Utopian Detail Dave UtopiaTV com Retrieved November 5 2014 Utopian Detail Rhonda UtopiaTV com Retrieved November 5 2014 Utopian Detail Cal UtopiaTV com Retrieved November 5 2014 Utopian Detail Bri UtopiaTV com Retrieved November 5 2014 Kondolojy Amanda September 9 2014 Sunday Final Ratings Big Brother Wipeout Utopia amp The ABC s of Schoolhouse Rock Adjusted Up Final Sunday Night Football Numbers TV by the Numbers Archived from the original on September 10 2014 Retrieved September 9 2014 Kondolojy Amanda September 10 2014 Tuesday Final Ratings Extreme Weight Loss Adjusted Up Final Ratings for Utopia Hotel Hell amp More TV by the Numbers Archived from the original on September 11 2014 Retrieved September 10 2014 Bibel Sara September 15 2014 Friday Final Ratings 48 Hours Adjusted Up Dateline Adjusted Down TV by the Numbers Archived from the original on September 19 2014 Retrieved September 22 2014 Bibel Sara September 17 2014 Tuesday Final Ratings New Girl amp Dancing With The Stars Adjusted Up TV by the Numbers Archived from the original on September 20 2014 Retrieved September 17 2014 Kondolojy Amanda September 22 2014 Friday Final Ratings 20 20 Adjusted Up No Adjustment for Utopia Big Brother or Dateline TV by the Numbers Archived from the original on September 24 2014 Retrieved September 22 2014 Kondolojy Amanda September 24 2014 Tuesday Final Ratings Marvel s Agents of S H I E L D Forever The Voice and Dancing With the Stars Adjusted Up Chicago Fire amp Person of Interest Adjusted Down TV by the Numbers Archived from the original on September 26 2014 Retrieved September 24 2014 Bibel Sara September 29 2014 Friday Final Ratings Shark Tank Adjusted Up Hawaii Five 0 Adjusted Down TV by the Numbers Archived from the original on October 2 2014 Retrieved September 29 2014 Bibel Sara October 1 2014 Tuesday Final Ratings Selfie Manhattan Love Story The Voice Marvel s Agents of S H I E L D New Girl amp Forever Adjusted Up Chicago Fire Adjusted Down TV by the Numbers Archived from the original on October 2 2014 Retrieved October 1 2014 Kondolojy Amanda October 6 2014 Friday Final Ratings Last Man Standing Shark Tank amp 20 20 Adjusted Up TV by the Numbers Archived from the original on October 7 2014 Retrieved October 6 2014 Bibel Sara October 13 2014 Friday Final Ratings Blue Bloods Shark Tank amp Dateline Adjusted Up Hawaii Five 0 Adjusted Down TV by the Numbers Archived from the original on October 15 2014 Retrieved October 13 2014 Kondolojy Amanda October 20 2014 Friday Final Ratings No Adjustment for Last Man Standing Cristela or The Amazing Race TV by the Numbers Archived from the original on October 23 2014 Retrieved October 20 2014 Bibel Sara November 3 2014 Friday Final Ratings No Adjustments to Grimm Constantine Hawaii Five 0 or Shark Tank TV by the Numbers Archived from the original on November 6 2014 Retrieved November 4 2014 Utopia 2014 Season 1 Reviews Metacritic Retrieved November 5 2014 Utopia Season 1 2014 Rotten Tomatoes Retrieved November 5 2014 Owen Rob September 11 2014 Fox s folly Utopia Pittsburgh Post Gazette Retrieved December 20 2014 Lowry Brian September 7 2014 TV Review Utopia Variety Retrieved November 5 2014 Paskin Willa September 11 2014 These People Will Not Create a Perfect Society Slate Retrieved November 5 2014 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Utopia 2014 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