Osbournes, The Reviews

WHAT IS IT ABOUT: This reality TV show from the US follows the day to day life of rock singer Ozzy Osbourne and his crazy family. It ran from 2002 to 2005 on both Channel 4 and MTV. IS IT ANY GOOD: When this show first came out, it was like nothing I had ever seen before; it seemed to somehow blend fiction with reality, in ...  Read the complete review

The Osbournes was a reality TV show with a difference as it took the whole fly on the wall documentary style and did away with the oice overs and just showed a semi famous family going about their rather unusual lives. This was one of the first to do this and probably being first helped to make it the most successful. Before the series ...  Read the complete review

"We have nothing to fear but fear itself." "Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall." "Oh, the humanity!!" Some quotations resonate from generation to generation, and like a fine Bordeaux, their flavour does not wan with age but grows bolder. They encapsulate the essence of their context in such ...  Read the complete review

The Osbournes is a TV show in a genre of its own. (Although I have to say the Anna Nicole show is making a pretty good stab at joining it) The Osbournes started off, in my mind, as a comedy sitcom docudrama kind of show, showing real-life scenes of family life But, it’s really become a huge cult, the like of which I haven’t ...  Read the complete review

Are The Osbournes really the most outrageous family in the world, or have they been pigeonholed by MTV? Before this phenominally successful series, I knew who Ozzy Osbourne was but had no idea of the problems he had experienced over the years, or the way in which he lived. Then MTV decided to to add to the number of reality programmes on our ...  Read the complete review

This is MTV's mosr successful show ever. It's a reality based show about the Osbourne family. This show gives you, The Good, The Bad Language and The Ugly side of everyday family life. the only difference is the family is famous. It's obvious that Sharon is the leader of the family and Ozzy, the kids and the nannyfollow the leader. ...  Read the complete review

The Osbournes is a reality television show which is on MTV. Basically in each episode the Osbourne family are filmed going about their daily business. This may sound very boring but the Osbournes are not your typical family. At the head of the family we have Ozzy, who is mad. Well, he isn’t just mad he’s completely off ...  Read the complete review

PAPA DON'T PREACH Kelly Osbourne - a would be rock babe, who relies on Daddy's credibility, Madonna's music and a long fringe for a short cut to Top of the Pops. Too much exposure as a whinging Daddy's girl, who resents everyone and has a habit of saying VAGINA too often, has left her daubed with the word VICTIM firmly ...  Read the complete review

From little acorns ... A vague half formed idea has become one of the most awesome, addictive of TV series, piloting first in the States, and now available to we inhabitants of Blighty via the otherwise bland MTV, The Osbournes is the new Crossroads, a real life version of The Simpsons, with all the black humour and evil that you get in ...  Read the complete review

The Osbournes is a TV show based on the family of Ozzy Osbourne. The whole family do not want to be on the show though, his eldest daughter tends to keep away from it and so does his son from his first marriage. The family we see on screen all of the time are Ozzy, Sharon his wife, Kelly his daughter and Jack his son. There are also all of the ...  Read the complete review

Other than this absolutely brilliant program, I'd highly reccomend never watching MTV ever again. The channel sucks. But now they have the TV show documenting the lives of the family, pets and daily life of Ozzy Osbourne, the heavy metal god, things are looking up for the channel. The program, which is shown on MTV (Sky: 440) on ...  Read the complete review

When Channel 5 first came on the air they broadcast an quite lengthy documentary that focused on Ozzy Osbourne and his family. The whole thing was incredibly as Ozzy's stories of previous rock and roll exploits were extremely over the top but utterly believeable. His family was also nearly as barking mad as he was. And then you had an ...  Read the complete review

‘The Osbournes’ has been MTV’s most successful television show ever in the USA and has recently made its way over here where it is set to be equally as big a hit. Currently shown on MTV, it lasts for 30 minutes and is on Wednesday nights at 10pm. This is ‘Fly on the wall’ as ‘Fly on the wall’ ...  Read the complete review

WARNING: Every other word begins with F. Do not watch this show if swearing offends you. None of it is bleeped out. Highly popular in the States and much hyped prior to the launch here, this MTV show is certainly worth the wait. The launch was delayed for a week due to ‘contractual difficulties’ but, this has only served to ...  Read the complete review

Sorry, I mean BITE .... The funniest sitcom currently on television isn't technically a sitcom. It's actually a reality show chronicling the domestic life of heavy metal "hero" Ozzy Osbourne. Osbourne has long been a source of both respect and ridicule, having fronted the legendary band Black Sabbath before going solo, ...  Read the complete review