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The critical reaction for the first season of Californication was generally favorable, with a weighted average score on Metacritic of 72 out of 100 based on 23 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". American critic Nathan Rabin, though, gave the season an "F" rating on The A.V. Club, calling it "insufferable". The season finale of the show's second season, on December 14, 2008, drew 615,000 viewers, with a combined total of 937,000 for the evening, retaining less than 50% of its lead-in from the season-three finale of Dexter. Season three steadily gained viewership, and the show was quickly picked up for a fourth season by Showtime. The show and the lead actor, David Duchovny,…
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60 of 183 · most liked firsti noted that bit of the article immediately because it is almost exactly a scene from the show Californication, in which a famous Serious Novelist (played by David Duchovny) unknowingly has sex with a 16-year-old who recognized him from the jacket of his book and hit on him
neutral · AI labelView post →We, as a society, have decided to collectively forget the tv show Californication, and the world is better for it
negative · AI labelView post →A lot of the tv show CALIFORNICATION doesn’t stand up and rewatches make clear that a lot of it I thought was smart and very prestige tv simply because I was young, but one gag that is good is how a book called God Hates Us All is adapted into a movie called Crazy Little Thing Called Love
neutral · AI labelView post →there was once a TV show called Californication with that as the sub textual plot
neutral · AI labelView post →Californication - RHCP & David Duchovny series
neutral · AI labelView post →TRIVIA: David Duchovny appears in this film alongside Gideon Adlon. He starred on the TV series 'Californication' with Gideon's mother, Pamela Adlon. (IMDB) 🖤
neutral · AI labelView post →I live closeish to a stadium where sometimes we can half-hear the show going on if it's someone big. Like faint snippets of Californication for the chili peppers, a deep beat from The Weekend. So believe me when I tell you this Beyoncé concert is so loud I feel like I'm in a back row seat
neutral · AI labelView post →#DavidsMonthOfMusic day 6: song with same title as a movie, book, or TV show RHCP: Californication Space may be the final frontier, but it's made in a Hollywood basement And Cobain, can you hear the spheres singing songs off Station To Station? And Alderaan's not far away, it's Californication
neutral · AI labelView post →Aight, if there are no wrong answers I wanna mention a real old one I've had a soft spot for since childhood: The Dreamcast-like music video Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers. There aren't a ton of examples from pre-social media, I wonder if there are any others that people can think of that're even older? Edit: Actually reading a few there are some from the 90s, like Simpsons. I forgot all about them, lol.
neutral · AI labelView post →Californication was largely a dumpster fire of a show, but I love how Hank Moody's way of celebrating finishing a project is, "The 3 W's: whiskey, weed, and Warren."
negative · AI labelView post →As a couple of other people have pointed out now, Britt's anecdote about how she met McCarthy is lifted straight out of the first episode of that David Duchovny sex comedy show CALIFORNICATION.
neutral · AI labelView post →Part 3 in a 3 part series. All about the alternative versions of Californication - the album - that are out there for a willing fan to investigate. This is a deep dive: buttondown.com/rhcpsessions...
neutral · AI labelView post →#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 6 A song with the same title as a movie, book or TV show Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (1999) www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtXi...
neutral · AI labelView post →My script for Californication got rejected because I spent too much time trying to set up a spin-off show about an airline captain obsessed with anal sex. The producers accused me of writing a backdoor pilot.
neutral · AI labelView post →I remember liking Californication because he wasn’t a stiff academic but he had a show-offy intellect and a writer’s vocab. I bought that he was talented and, in many respects, he was wasting that talent.
positive · AI labelView post →I teach about this to my students and they are stunned by then diffence when we listened to overcompressed vs lightly compressed tracks. It might be seducing at first, but loudness maximize tracks will cause ear fatigue so much quickly. The disparition of dynamics in the 2000 is one of theb worst thing that happened to music. Amongs the biggest culprits are RHCP Californication and Death Magnetic by Metalika. The only real positive thing I will give to streaming platforms is to "punish"…
neutral · AI labelView post →Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (TV series) 2007 ‧ Drama ‧ 7 seasons www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlUK...
neutral · AI labelView post →In today’s mail: * A Simple Plan * Rango * Mother (Albert Brooks) * Repo Man * Californication: The Complete Series #physicalmedia
neutral · AI labelView post →OK, lets do this. Name your top 15 TV shows ever, but instincts only. @davidkitchen.bsky.social Mad Men The X-Files Californication Doctor Who Red Dwarf ST:TNG Battlestar Galactica (Reboot) Buffy the Vampire Slayer Babylon 5 Fawlty Towers 30 Rock The West Wing Peep Show The Office (UK) Blackadder
neutral · AI labelView post →Name your top 15 shows ever, gut instinct only, any order: 24 Angel Andor House The O.C Justified Smallville The X Files Doctor Who Californication Quantum Leap How I Met Your Mother Buffy The Vampire Slayer Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Batman: The Animated Series
neutral · AI labelView post →Mad Men Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Boardwalk Empire The Wire Sopranos Key West Going To California Brockmire Square Pegs Californication Girls Twilight Zone LA Law Six Feet Under Mr. Show
neutral · AI labelView post →Californication was a fun show, until it nosedived catastrophically in the final season.
neutral · AI labelView post →As a writer who has written books, contributed to & fact checked other successful, award winning & best selling books plus a ton of TV projects that entered development limbo every TV show or movie about a writer or an author hits so differently… “Californication” will never feel the same again.
neutral · AI labelView post →Californication is a TV Show about if Denise Bryson didn't transition and fell into a self-destructive spiral of womanizing and alcoholism instead
neutral · AI labelView post →Watch Giri / Haji. I don't think I've ever seen a TV show with such a range. Im at EP 6 and it has the drama from Californication to Scrubs, character writing from Euphoria to Mad Men. It has action, it has culture, it has love, it has LGBTQ+, and it has absolutely stunning audio and visuals.
neutral · AI labelView post →The trilogy is like £3 on steam right now, so I grabbed it. The game has this super clean aesthetic that almost makes it look like a fake 90's CGI game you see in a movie or TV show that kids are pretending to play. Like the Californication music video or something. It's kinda weird to look at.
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm at the park for a picnic and there's a dad pushing his toddler on the swings while telling another dad how great the tv show Californication is. At length.
neutral · AI labelView post →Name your top 15 TV shows, gut instincts only‼️ Scrubs Adventure Time AEW Dynamite AEW Collision Moon Knight The Boondocks Daredevil Californication New Girl Galavant Pretty Little Liars Sightings The Simpsons Fionna and Cake The Drew Carey Show
neutral · AI labelView post →Californication was a show where the premise was “what if I raped a kid but knew their parents?” It came out in 2007
negative · AI labelView post →I’m not a RHCP fan, but I’ve always kind of liked Californication. That said, I didn’t realize it came out in 1999. For some reason I thought it was after the David Duchovny show by the same name.
neutral · AI labelView post →Both Californication the song and Californication the TV show were fucking awful.
negative · AI labelView post →Do you know the Tv show Californication where the alcoholic author is a horny sex addict but also has family ?
neutral · AI labelView post →sure, why not Pick a TV show, keep one actor, the rest are Muppets Californication and keeping Duchovny, obviously
neutral · AI labelView post →Californication season 1 pilot, season 3 finale and series finale. Completely different context each time, like a through-arc or a conscious call-back.
neutral · AI labelView post →If you randomly watched 1 episode of Grey’s Anatomy or Californication, you would never believe that Season One of the former was a grounded show about the complexities of human relations and Season One of the latter was deeply romantic, but both things are true.
neutral · AI labelView post →I saw them play a few years ago. The Strokes opened, and the show was fine, except that they played exactly two pre-Californication songs, and I felt like I was the only person in the stadium who was at all disappointed by this.
neutral · AI labelView post →And then there was "Californication." That was a good show.
positive · AI labelView post →Californication is suchhh a good show
positive · AI labelView post →I'm about half-way through Legion, and enjoying it. Recommended. Still watching Solar Opposites. I'm down to one episode of Californication, and three episodes of You're the Worst, so I'm looking for replacements. I started Welcome to Flatch, because of Aya Cash, not sure about it yet. I'll be starting Eternaut and/or Utopia and/or Lazarus Project. I might be starting season two of Fallout, I've been saving it. I'm on my third rewatch of Lexx, but I only watch occasionally, not one episode…
neutral · AI labelView post →On episode 3 of Legion. Enjoying it so far. Recommended. Tried watching Devs. Watched the first episode, not sure I'll watch the second. A few episodes left of Californication, and You're the Worst. Recommended, but they're not for everyone. I'm two episodes into Peacemaker. It's okay. I realized after starting it, that I tried to watch it back when, but stopped. I probably won't watch much more of it. Thinking about trying to pick up Widow's Bay again. It's not really my cup of tea, but I…
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm watching Solar Opposites for the first time. It's funny how they handled the Roiland exit voice change. Still watching You're the Worst. I started watching because of Aya Cash. Recommended. Still re-watching Californication. Although, I doubt younger people would like it.
positive · AI labelView post →Top 15? Gut Instinct? Any Order? Okay! I'll do it! Ed, Edd, n Eddy Courage the Cowardly Dog Invader Zim Regular Show Samurai Jack Gravity Falls Dexter One Piece Dragonball Cowboy Bebop Naruto Shameless Californication Superjail! Whatever Happened to Robot Jones? There you all have fun chainposting
neutral · AI labelView post →Name your top 15 shows ever, gut instincts only: The League Californication The Wire Weeds Twin Peaks It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia The Office Schitt's Creek Criminal Minds The Marvelous Mrs Maisel House King of the Hill How I Met Your Mother Chappelle's Show The Boys
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm going to try Kevin tonight: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_(TV_Series) EDIT: I got half-way through the first episode of Kevin. It was good enough, until Kevin left the apartment. I expect the premise of the show is Kevin in the shelter, but that's where the episode started going down hill. So, I turned it off. I caught up with The Boys last night. Still rewatching Californication and Magic City, which I realized last night are probably not in line with current sensibilities…
neutral · AI labelView post →He’d love the Californication hbo show. “Duchonvy! Vat a scamp. And ze wimmen, gott in himmel!
neutral · AI labelView post →Share a GIF or vid from a TV show. #DavidDuchovny #californication
neutral · AI labelView post →On this week's writing wrapup: final updates to The Spike series bible; the status of my current projects; The Spike-related links; and being inspired by TV show "Californication". arrowmakerbooks.com/2025/10/04/w... #writingcommunity #indieauthor #blogpost #booksky
neutral · AI labelView post →Hmm, hadn't thought of that but I figure Rockford is number one, followed by Columbo. Like, Columbo is a better show but Rockford is a more LA show if that makes sense. Barry and Californication are up there.
neutral · AI labelView post →The series finale of Californication aired on this date in 2014 with Karen and Hank leaving on a jet plane to New York. It seems like it might be worth a bit of a thread. 🧵Anyone have any specific thoughts on Californication? #DavidDuchovny
neutral · AI labelView post →It was a kind of odd through line in his life. One of Duchovny’s early roles was on the soft core porn show Red Show Diaries. Mulder was a porn addict. He portrayed a sex addict for years on Californication and in real life went to rehab for sex and porn addiction.
neutral · AI labelView post →Did you ever watch Tim as a fucked up rock star in the TV series Californication ? Seems to be close to reality to me
neutral · AI labelView post →The New Look on Apple TV Californication is free on Pluto and Im watching Deadwood for like 6th time, it is the finest TV show ever made, and it is not even close.
neutral · AI labelView post →Introduce yourself with One book 📚 — Crown Duel One movie 🎥 — Clue One album 💿 — RHCP Californication One tv show 📺 — Bones
neutral · AI labelView post →this might result in nausea and vertigo but today i'm going to try side monitoring the David Duchovny show Californication
neutral · AI labelView post →I still can't believe that we as a society allowed both a popular song and TV show to be called "Californication"
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh made me remember this one written by David Duchovny's character in Californication I always meant to read when I was really into the show but never did. Don't know how the show or book holds up but maybe I'll check it out now
neutral · AI labelView post →10 TV shows to get to know me: The X Files Californication Star Trek Strange New Worlds Travelers This Week with… M.A.S.H Better Call Saul Breaking Bad Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Star Trek: The Original Series
neutral · AI labelView post →Post your profile pic. This is Hank Moody. A fictional character played by David Duchovny in the show Californication. He (the actor) is an admitted sex addict.
neutral · AI labelView post →On September 28, 2008, TV show 'Californication' aired episode "Slip of the Tongue"
neutral · AI labelView post →I tried Eternaut last night. It's dubbed, which is fine, but the dialog writing is just awful. Maybe it's better in the native language, but the English dialog is bad. Didn't get through one episode. I *might* try again with English subtitles, I noticed that one set doesn't follow the spoken text, maybe that's better written, and I can just watch in the native language with English subtitles. I don't have much hope for it. Utopia didn't work for me, either, but maybe I'll try it again in a…
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