Reginald the Vampire

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Reginald the Vampire
Also known asReginald (premiere)
Genre Comedy
Created by Harley Peyton
Based onFat Vampire
by Johnny B. Truant
Starring
ComposerAdam Lastiwka
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10
Production
Executive producers
Running time44 minutes
Production companies
  • Cineflix Rights
  • Modern Story Company
  • Great Pacific Media
Original release
Network Syfy
ReleaseOctober 5, 2022 (2022-10-05) 
present

Reginald the Vampire (simply known as Reginald in its premiere episode) is an American comedy horror television series which premiered on Syfy on October 5, 2022. The series stars Jacob Batalon as overweight vampire Reginald Andres. In January 2023, the series was renewed for a second season which is set to premiere on May 8, 2024. [1]

Contents

Cast and characters

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 10October 5, 2022 (2022-10-05)December 7, 2022 (2022-12-07)
2 TBAMay 8, 2024 (2024-05-08) [2] TBA

Season 1 (2022)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title [3] Directed byWritten byOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
11"Dead Weight" Jeremiah Chechik Harley Peyton October 5, 2022 (2022-10-05)0.294 [4]
22"The Hunger"Jeremiah ChechikHarley PeytonOctober 12, 2022 (2022-10-12)0.175 [5]
33"Hypnos" David Frazee Alexandra ZorownyOctober 19, 2022 (2022-10-19)0.166 [6]
44"All The Time in the World"David FrazeeAlejandro AlcobaOctober 26, 2022 (2022-10-26)0.166 [7]
55"Fools in Love" Lee Rose Priscilla WhiteNovember 2, 2022 (2022-11-02)0.163 [8]
66"Halfway to a Threeway"Lee RoseShevon SinghNovember 9, 2022 (2022-11-09)N/A
77"The Last Day of Our Acquaintance"Siobhan DevineHarley Peyton & Isabella GutierrezNovember 16, 2022 (2022-11-16)N/A
88"The Odyssey"Siobhan DevineAlexandra ZarownyNovember 23, 2022 (2022-11-23)0.126 [9]
99"No One Dies for Failing the SATs"Jeremiah ChechikAlejandro AlcobaNovember 30, 2022 (2022-11-30)0.158 [10]
1010"Reginald Andres Beyond Thunderdome"Jeremiah ChechikHarley PeytonDecember 7, 2022 (2022-12-07)0.241 [11]

Season 2

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title [2] Directed byWritten byOriginal air date [2] U.S. viewers
(millions)
111"The Pompatus of Love"TBATBAMay 8, 2024 (2024-05-08)TBD
122"30 Days"TBATBAMay 15, 2024 (2024-05-15)TBD
133"The Truth About the Truth"TBATBAMay 22, 2024 (2024-05-22)TBD

Production

On August 5, 2021, it was announced that Syfy had ordered a ten episode contemporary adaptation of Johnny B. Truant's Fat Vampire book series. [12]

On January 15, 2023, Syfy renewed the series for a second season which is scheduled to premiere on May 8, 2024. [13] [1]

Reception

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports a 70% approval rating with an average rating of 6.7/10, based on 10 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Reginald doesn't particularly stand out in the already crowded vampire genre, but Jacob Batalon invests his hapless protagonist with enough charm to make this spunky series worth a bite." [14]

Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 63 out of 100 based on 7 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [15] The website's highest scoring critics' reviews were from Collider's Maggie Boccella [16] who wrote "Those who enjoyed Warehouse 13 or the American version of Being Human growing up will certainly love the quirkiness Reginald the Vampire has to offer, and if given a Season 2, the series could only serve to grow, embracing its human characters as much as its undead ones"; Robert Lloyd of the Los Angeles Times [17] wrote "Feels like a kind of tonal companion piece to Syfy's great Resident Alien, with its winning combination of comedy, suspense, likable characters and real feeling"; Alexis Gunderson of Consequence [18] who wrote "Its pacing could be more consistent, both in the macro sense (e.g., how the mythology all fits together) and the micro (e.g., where and how specific punchlines land). That said, if you're looking for a spooky season show to decompress with on a weekly basis, or a fun, low-stakes binge to save up for Halloween weekend, Reginald the Vampire is your man."; and Joel Keller of Decider [19] who wrote "The first episode is more heartfelt than hilarious, but there's enough of the former for us to forgive the lack of the latter."

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