6.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Catfish: The TV Show (2012)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.5
Overview
Nev and his co-hosts -- from Max to Kamie to celebrity guests -- help people in dubious online relationships track down their baes IRL so they can sort out what's fact and what's fiction.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Neutral
Trans: Negative
Overview
Nev and his co-hosts -- from Max to Kamie to celebrity guests -- help people in dubious online relationships track down their baes IRL so they can sort out what's fact and what's fiction.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The show primarily focuses on the apolitical themes of online deception, truth, and human relationships, consciously balancing individual accountability with empathy for the complex motivations of both victims and deceivers.
The reality series naturally features a diverse array of individuals among its participants and hosts, reflecting a broad spectrum of backgrounds. The narrative primarily focuses on the emotional complexities of online deception, maintaining a neutral stance regarding traditional identities and not explicitly centering DEI themes.
Secondary
Catfish: The TV Show frequently includes LGBTQ+ individuals and relationships, treating them with the same empathetic and non-judgmental approach as heterosexual ones. The narrative consistently focuses on the dynamics of online deception and its emotional impact, rather than using queer identity as a central theme for affirmation or denigration, resulting in a neutral portrayal.
The show occasionally features transgender individuals as 'catfishers,' where their gender identity is part of the deception. The narrative often frames these revelations as shocking twists, leading to feelings of betrayal from the deceived. This portrayal, focused on deceit and its dramatic exposure, can inadvertently reinforce problematic stereotypes linking trans identity with misrepresentation rather than affirming it.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Catfish: The TV Show is a reality series featuring new, real individuals in each episode. It does not adapt pre-existing fictional characters or historical figures whose canonical gender could be altered. The show's premise involves online deception, which may include gender misrepresentation, but this is a plot element, not a gender swap of an established character.
Catfish: The TV Show is a reality series featuring real individuals, not fictional characters with pre-established racial identities from source material or history. Therefore, the concept of a 'race swap' does not apply.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.1
6.8
Critic Ratings
N/A
5.7
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