Favorite New TV Show! Only Murders In The Building

The new Hulu show Only Murders in the Building is receiving many positive reviews — so what about it is impressing critics and audiences so much? The series premiered on August 31st, 2021, and it follows a murder mystery in a New York-based apartment building that is being investigated by three true-crime enthusiasts who live there. Since its debut, Only Murders in the Building has already received fantastic scores across many critic review websites online.

The murder mystery stars Steve Martin, following his break from acting, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez. It was also created by Martin and John Hoffman and executively produced by all four. The show has a popular cast with excellent chemistry, helping sell the murder-mystery-comedy premise.

Only Murders in the Building is a welcome inclusion to the streaming world as it unites popular actors from different generations allowing the show to have a wider target audience. Its 100% on Rotten Tomatoes after 40 reviews is an exceptional start, and the show is bound to receive more positive reviews as it finishes off its ten-episode first season. 

The jokes and stylistic choices within Only Murders in the Building are light-hearted and goofy enough so that the incredibly terrifying murder doesn't scare off the audience. Meanwhile, the investigation is engrossing enough to make audiences want to watch the show the whole way through. Whether the show's viewers will be satisfied with how things turn out by the end of the season is fully dependent on what they think about the three mains — Martin, Short, and Gomez — and the consensus is that the casting for Only Murders in the Building season 1 is excellent. 

The positive reviews also claim that the show might be a little too silly to be something truly spectacular. It is a hard job for the showrunners to fully sell their vision across to the critics with so many different genres mixed into one season of television. Nevertheless, even the more mixed reviews, as referenced above, show signs of obvious positivity and moments of pleasure within the show that should not go unnoticed. The blending of multiple generations and genres and the comic relief needed to add calmness to the horrific murder mystery makes Only Murders in the Building a remarkable achievement for Hulu and streaming originals in general. 

The scope of the new streaming show might be hard for some to fathom but the general audiences will be pleased with many comedic aspects and story elements present within the ten-episode season, particularly for fans of true crime because there are multiple satirical references at play. It isn't perfect, but it's easy to see why the majority of Only Murders in the Building's reviews are so positive.