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For the first season, review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 78% based on 9 reviews, with an average rating of 6.2/10. The second season has an 80% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 5 reviews, with an average rating of 8/10. The third season holds a 57% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 7 reviews, with an average rating of 6.3/10. The fourth season has a 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 5 reviews, with an average rating of 7.2/10. In its first 30-days on Netflix, season 2 was watched globally on Netflix for 161.3 million hours.
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60 of 118 · most liked firstBtw if your brain is crispy fried like mine, Sweet Magnolias is a perfect show. There’s family drama but it’s soft. Like Hart of Dixie meets Dawson’s Creek. The sound design is soothing and there’s Heather Headley being all gorgeous and perfect.
positive · AI labelView post →I knew this might make into the show, but props to Jess for catching MEEGAN in season 4 of Sweet Magnolias, now streaming on Netflix.
neutral · AI labelView post →I did not expect a sugary, soapy Netflix show set in a fictional, small South Carolina town to be as cathartic and grounding as it has been for me. Been watching Sweet Magnolias while I cook this weekend and I have a had a couple of good cries, but also so impressed with its subtle progressiveness.
positive · AI labelView post →Mr. Bree loves the Netflix show Sweet Magnolias, and I got 750% cooler to him in 2020 when I was casually like, "Oh yes the showrunner just donated to the auction!" Sheryl J. Anderson has supported us every single time, even if she won't give us spoilers. www.32auctions.com/organization...
neutral · AI labelView post →Release Roundup, June 2026. | Name | Season | Date | Networks | Genres | Countries | | ------------------------------------------ | -------------- | --------- | ----------------- | ------------------------------- | ------------------------------ | | Doctor on the Edge | New Series | 6/1/2026 | Hulu | Drama, Medical, Mystery | South…
neutral · AI labelView post →Review: Sweet Magnolias is what happens if you only had human segments in a Wishbone show and no Wishbone 0 out of 10 what's the story Wishbone
negative · AI labelView post →SWEET MAGNOLIAS season 4 takes place entirely between Halloween-Christmas and even includes 2 Christmas songs, released in December on Spotify, including original "Margarita Christmas" All of which makes it very odd that the popular series is debuting on…February 6 www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...
neutral · AI labelView post →Had some time on my hands… 📺 Show recommendations: * The Pitt (Max) * Pulse (Netflix) * Ted Lasso (Apple TV) * The Morning Show (Apple TV) * Lioness (Paramount +) * Cobra Kai * Cross (Prime) * The Night Agent (Netflix) * Sweet Magnolias (Netflix)
neutral · AI labelView post →Sweet Magnolias is the most boring interesting show ever 😭 #TVSky
neutral · AI labelView post →My wife got me a shirt of my favorite TV show, so I decided to sit for a picture with my matching stuffies and swoop racers. My wife is the best. Does anybody know if someone sells stuffies from the show Sweet Magnolias or the Crown?
neutral · AI labelView post →Sweet Magnolias is my comfort show
positive · AI labelView post →Netflix put out the season 4 SWEET MAGNOLIAS trailer today and it is very holiday-centric. Why Netflix didn't put this out sometime in October-December I just don't get, especially given how well a holiday-set series like BLACK DOVES did for the streamer in December. youtu.be/44inavuvxEw
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm up to series two of Sweet Magnolias, and I'm still waiting for the dark Stepford Wives plot twist. Or maybe the revelation of an alien invasion
neutral · AI labelView post →Will Trent is if Sweet Magnolias was a cop show lol
neutral · AI labelView post →I literally have been on this couch all day binging the new season of Sweet Magnolias. Yall. The way this show brings me so much comfort and joy. I will NEVER apologize for loving this cheesy hallmark shit man. NEVER.
positive · AI labelView post →So, I semi-binged my way through the newest season of Sweet Magnolias—(I still insist it should be called "The Hellen Fixes Everything show!")—and it was mostly the light fare I was hoping it would be (with dashes of seriousness baked in, as romance is wont to do). Some queer romance dude thoughts:
positive · AI labelView post →So…I’ve been binge watching Sweet Magnolias because I love this show and season 4 just came out. But, something about season 4 isn’t hitting right. It’s so Hallmark and craft store wall sign in a way that is actually aggravating me. It’s too perfect when it’s supposed to be messy.
neutral · AI labelView post →November Sessions have arrived! Don't miss our special guest [email protected] whose show Sweet Magnolias just got renewed! 🤩Join us 11/3 7pm PST! @jeffreyhoward33.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Urgh, watching the tv series ‘Sweet Magnolias’ and Dana Sue’s marriage reminds me so much of my ex - a man who is all promises and talk of change but always letting her down. You can’t fix a man or a relationship like that.
negative · AI labelView post →Hubs is in the PNW with our kiddo celebrating their birthday so I’ve been binging some silly Netflix show, Sweet Magnolias. It’s kind of just like the Gilmore girls? But it’s set in the south and the people are all grown-ups. It’s cheesy but you know easy watching lol
neutral · AI labelView post →My guilty pleasure is Sweet Magnolias and I can’t quite explain this dumb show but my daughter called it “Hallmark After Dark” and it’s so accurate.
neutral · AI labelView post →‘Sweet Magnolias’ Dethroned In Netflix’s Top 10 List By A Surprising Show www.forbes.com/sites/paulta...
neutral · AI labelView post →Sweet Magnolias is always gonna be a comfort show for me 💗
positive · AI labelView post →Please let there be a season 5 of Sweet Magnolias. Heather Headly is my favorite character on the show snd i loved how this season turned out for her
positive · AI labelView post →Today I realized that Sweet Magnolias, the 2020 TV show, is not the same as Steel Magnolias, the 1989 film. I also thought Steel Magnolias was much older than me but apparently we are the same age. It is a day of revelations for me.
neutral · AI labelView post →Showrunner Sheryl Anderson has been walking the line while S3 of her show SWEET MAGNOLIAS drops today. Show support and watch while you kick your feet up and unwind after - doing like Sheryl - and sticking it to the AMPTP.
neutral · AI labelView post →#ResidentEvil rang up a massive $108.3M worldwide Paramount Settles Antitrust Suit, Set To Seal Deal For Warner Bros. Discovery Netflix Cancels Sweet Magnolias' After 5 Seasons, Orders New Sheryl J. Anderson & JoAnna Garcia Swisher Series 'Ladies Of The House'
neutral · AI labelView post →proposal: I start a MST3K-style show, but instead of bad movies we watch modern sappy tv shows (Virgin River, Sweet Magnolias, etc.). I mean, I'm already doing the bits with Birdie as my audience, might as well get some mileage out of it. Who's signing up to be my robots?
neutral · AI labelView post →The housewives plus city council club of every current romcom/drama series like Chesapeake Shores, Sweet Magnolias or Virgin River would have done a better job.
neutral · AI labelView post →Wife is binging Sweet Magnolias. This might be the worst show I’ve ever seen and I saw Family Matters.
negative · AI labelView post →Exciting news! 'Sweet Magnolias' Season 5 has been renewed on Netflix! 🎉✨ Want to know all about the latest updates? Check it out #SweetMagnolias #Netflix #tvsky
neutral · AI labelView post →So many things I want to watch Finish Sweet Magnolias, watch Meghan's show, Kate Hudson's show... White Lotus 3 when I get Max....
neutral · AI labelView post →It's infuriating because show like Sweet Magnolias are so bland and just... there's nothing there. Why don't they want to support shows that SAY something. "Eh it was fine" doesn't keep people engaged and subscribed any more than "I hated it"
negative · AI labelView post →Season 4 of 'Sweet Magnolias' is finally here! 🌼 Check out our review of Episode 1, "The Other Side of the Veil" and let's discuss all the heartfelt moments! Share your thoughts with us: www.jereereviews.com/post/sweet-m... #SweetMagnolias #NetflixSeries #TVSky
neutral · AI labelView post →Sweet Magnolias season 4 is coming this year. Meghan Markle is dropping her series in March. Other than that, everything is absolutely dreadful.
neutral · AI labelView post →Background rewatch today is Sweet Magnolias. I do enjoy the show but the rewatch is reminding me just how terrible so many of the lead characters are in so many ways. So many "bless your heart" moments.
neutral · AI labelView post →Sweet Magnolias is weirdly religious and saccharine but it’s so refreshing to watch a show where people so freely apologise and are clear and expressive about their emotions and thoughts. I mean obviously it’s unrealistic but maybe it’s a good example to people of what the world could be?
neutral · AI labelView post →Lincoln Lawyer. Sweet Magnolias. The Morning Show. Ted Lasso. Mythic Quest. Truth Be Told. MASH. Succession (if hbo is included in your Crave sub).
neutral · AI labelView post →Netflix has canceled 'Sweet Magnolias' after 5 seasons and ordered new Sheryl J. Anderson & JoAnna Garcia Swisher series 'Ladies Of The House.'
neutral · AI labelView post →With all the data Netflix has at its disposal, the company still can't figure out how to end a successful series without an abrupt cancellation and multiple unresolved storylines. ‘Sweet Magnolias’ Canceled at Netflix After Five Seasons (THR) www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/s...
neutral · AI labelView post →I never got into Duty Free. It just didn't appeal. I really enjoyed the first two series of Sweet Magnolias but gave up with the third series as I found it had become just too saccharine sweet. Admittedly there had been a gap between watching the first two and the third and maybe it always was 😅
neutral · AI labelView post →#SweetMagnolias will look a little different in Season 5 without Ty Townsend as Carson Rowland exits the show. ladygeeksmedia.com/2026/05/30/c...
neutral · AI labelView post →I started watching Best Medicine on FOX and the best way I could describe it is Schitts Creek and Sweet Magnolias had a baby and it’s this show. It’s made me laugh and is also heartwarming in a weird way
neutral · AI labelView post →I see similar trends in US-made media. Sweet Magnolias is pretty big on Netflix, and it’s a show about a small town where everyone goes to church on Sunday, and the pastor at that church is a Black woman. Forgiveness and compassion are huge themes.
neutral · AI labelView post →These non-queer series dropped binge-style and earned several seasons. Here are the views (in millions) they earned in their first 2 weeks, according to Nielsen: The Bear S2: 5m Sweet Tooth S1: 4.5m Vikings: Valhalla S1: 4m The Terminal List S1: 5.8m Sweet Magnolias S3: 5m The Upshaws S1: 3.3m
neutral · AI labelView post →Congrats, Sheryl! My mom and I were just talking about the show. She’s watching from India and she loves Sweet Magnolias!
neutral · AI labelView post →I hope the potential for Happy's Place Season 2 guest stars include JoAnna Garcia Swisher, star of Sweet Magnolias and former Reba co-star and Valerie Bertinelli, host of Bingo Blitz and food doing on The Drew Barrymore Show.
neutral · AI labelView post →I started that show Sweet Magnolias like 2 weeks ago because a TikTok account I follow that makes Equalizer edits, made one for Heather Headley's character & the cute Black guy Erik. Anyway, I was like okay, she's a good enough reason to watch. She's pissing me off in season 3
negative · AI labelView post →Next month, Valerie Bertinelli is hosting a game show "Bingo Blitz" on GSN. She hopes to be in the running for recurring roles on season 2 of the NBC sitcom "Happy's Place" and season 5 (confirmed by WGA) of the Netflix drama "Sweet Magnolias".
neutral · AI labelView post →Found has gotten really good. I have to watch Sweet Magnolias newest season. We just watched the latest Goosebumps series and loved it. I need to add fear street as kids might like them
neutral · AI labelView post →Ah dammit that’s the one I wanted to say but I had a brain fart. Pretend I said “Sweet Magnolias”. Also do you want to keep the show or the high af part secret?
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m media overload right now. Do I rewatch the MCU? Re-read the Mercy Thompson series? Rewatch Charmed? Dive back in to Chicago Fire et al? Night Agent? Sweet Magnolias? One Tree Hill?! Love is Blind!! How do I fill the post-Onyx Storm and Outlander voids?!
neutral · AI labelView post →my wife has been watching Sweet Magnolias and it might be the worst show I've ever seen
negative · AI labelView post →Watching season 4 of “Sweet Magnolias” and baby this show is just sooo good!!! Love seeing Heather Headly!!! 😍😍😍
positive · AI labelView post →Has anybody watched this show, Sweet Magnolias? I saw it has the girl from Reba in it and some other people I like, so I was curious to check it out. Any good?
neutral · AI labelView post →My wife has discovered this Netflix show called Sweet Magnolias and it's so bad we've nicknamed it "Being Southern Is Hard"
negative · AI labelView post →Sweet Magnolias after work?! I think so. That show is such a reset.
positive · AI labelView post →Sweet Magnolias is back next week! Here are my thoughts on the first three seasons. merrylandgirl.blogspot.com/2024/04/pour...
neutral · AI labelView post →Sweet Magnolias is such the sweetest show. I can watch it over and over again.
positive · AI labelView post →You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you? The 3 BFF's from: Sweet Magnolias! I think they're going to do a wonderful job in rescuing me! How about you? It doesn't matter if it's from a reality TV show or not! 🤩🤣🙂
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