Reginald the Vampire | |
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Also known as | Reginald (premiere) |
Genre | Comedy |
Created by | Harley Peyton |
Based on | Fat Vampire by Johnny B. Truant |
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Composer | Adam Lastiwka |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 12 |
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Running time | 44 minutes |
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Network | Syfy |
Release | October 5, 2022 – 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 premiered on May 8, 2024. [1]
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 10 | October 5, 2022 | December 7, 2022 | |
2 | TBA | May 8, 2024 [2] | TBA |
No. overall | No. in season | Title [3] | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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1 | 1 | "Dead Weight" | Jeremiah Chechik | Harley Peyton | October 5, 2022 | 0.294 [4] |
2 | 2 | "The Hunger" | Jeremiah Chechik | Harley Peyton | October 12, 2022 | 0.175 [5] |
3 | 3 | "Hypnos" | David Frazee | Alexandra Zorowny | October 19, 2022 | 0.166 [6] |
4 | 4 | "All The Time in the World" | David Frazee | Alejandro Alcoba | October 26, 2022 | 0.166 [7] |
5 | 5 | "Fools in Love" | Lee Rose | Priscilla White | November 2, 2022 | 0.163 [8] |
6 | 6 | "Halfway to a Threeway" | Lee Rose | Shevon Singh | November 9, 2022 | N/A |
7 | 7 | "The Last Day of Our Acquaintance" | Siobhan Devine | Harley Peyton & Isabella Gutierrez | November 16, 2022 | N/A |
8 | 8 | "The Odyssey" | Siobhan Devine | Alexandra Zarowny | November 23, 2022 | 0.126 [9] |
9 | 9 | "No One Dies for Failing the SATs" | Jeremiah Chechik | Alejandro Alcoba | November 30, 2022 | 0.158 [10] |
10 | 10 | "Reginald Andres Beyond Thunderdome" | Jeremiah Chechik | Harley Peyton | December 7, 2022 | 0.241 [11] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title [2] | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [2] | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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11 | 1 | "The Pompatus of Love" | Jeremiah Chechik | Harley Peyton | May 8, 2024 | TBD |
12 | 2 | "30 Days" | David Frazee | Alexandra Zarowny | May 15, 2024 | TBD |
13 | 3 | "The Truth About the Truth" | TBA | TBA | May 22, 2024 | TBD |
14 | 4 | "Watch the Sunrise" | TBA | TBA | May 29, 2024 | TBD |
15 | 5 | "Undead Bedfellows" | TBA | TBA | June 5, 2024 | TBD |
16 | 6 | "Blood, Sweat, and Glitter" | TBA | TBA | June 12, 2024 | TBD |
17 | 7 | "Terminal Eternity" | TBA | TBA | June 19, 2024 | TBD |
18 | 8 | "We Can Be Heroes (Just for One Day)" | TBA | TBA | June 26, 2024 | TBD |
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]
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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