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Nov 28, 2019
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"Making the Band" is "The Monkees" meets MTV's "The Real World" and "Road Rules." What a concept...The big surprise is, it works. [24 March 2000]
Nov 28, 2019
80
Making the Band proves highly watchable. This story of a bubblegum band gives you something to chew on. [24 March 2000]
Nov 28, 2019
75
Even if all eight continue to be as fresh-scrubbed and downright agreeable as they seem tonight, Making the Band already promises to capture a thrill of victory/agony of defeat ethos that's irresistible to the average dreamer. [24 March 2000]
Nov 28, 2019
70
Unlike The Real World, Making The Band has far more hopeful, giddy moments where you can't help but root for these guys to make it. [24 March 2000, p.1E]
Nov 28, 2019
63
It worked for the Monkees. Maybe it'll work for O-Town. The concept is almost the same. [24 March 2000, p.E-11]
Nov 27, 2019
60
It is revealing in its accidental way and, like the boy bands, rates as harmless diversion. [23 March 2000]
Nov 28, 2019
60
It may not be great TV, but it most definitely is now. Think of it as "Who Wants to Marry a Multimillion-Dollar Contract." [24 March 2000]
