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Veronica Mars
2004–2019
· TV Show
· 45 min episodes
· 4 seasons
B
MEANRANK
80/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #156
- IMDb #157
- Rotten Tomatoes #120
- Metacritic #136
- RatingGraph #310
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #98
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #174
- Metacritic Critics #76
- Metacritic Audience #255
- Criticker #46
- Trakt #139
Every rating
71–92
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 71, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 92.
See the TV shows the platforms disagree about most →After her best friend is murdered, and her father is removed as county sheriff, Veronica Mars dedicates her life to cracking the toughest mysteries in the affluent town of Neptune.
Details
- Created by
- Rob Thomas
- Released
- 22 September 2004
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 45 min
- Rated
- TV-14
- Episodes
- 72 across 4 seasons
- Awards
- 3 wins, 14 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 17 →3 wins from 17 nominations across 16 ceremonies
| Writers Guild of America Award for Episodic Drama 2006 | — | Rob Thomas for " Normal Is the Watchword " | Nominee |
| Family Television Award for Favorite Father/Daughter 2006 | — | Kristen Bell Enrico Colantoni | Winner |
| International Cinematographers Guild Publicists Award for The Maxwell Weinberg Publicist Showmanship Award for Television 2006 | — | Veronica Mars | Nominee |
| Satellite Award for Actress in a Series, Drama 2006 | — | Kristen Bell | Nominee |
| Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television 2006 | — | Kristen Bell | Nominee |
| Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress: Drama/Action Adventure 2006 | — | Kristen Bell | Nominee |
| Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Parental Unit 2006 | — | Enrico Colantoni | Nominee |
| Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Sidekick 2006 | — | Percy Daggs III | Nominee |
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Writers Guild of America Award for Episodic Drama
1 nomination
| — | Rob Thomas for " Normal Is the Watchword " | Nominee |
Saturn Award for Best Television Actress
2 nominations, 1 won
| — | Kristen Bell | Winner |
| — | Kristen Bell | Nominee |
American Film Institute Award for Television Programs of the Year
1 nomination, 1 won
| — | Veronica Mars | Winner |
Family Television Award for Favorite Father/Daughter
1 nomination, 1 won
| — | Kristen Bell Enrico Colantoni | Winner |
International Cinematographers Guild Publicists Award for The Maxwell Weinberg Publicist Showmanship Award for Television
1 nomination
| — | Veronica Mars | Nominee |
Satellite Award for Actress in a Series, Drama
1 nomination
| — | Kristen Bell | Nominee |
Satellite Award for Outstanding Actress in a Series, Drama
1 nomination
| — | Kristen Bell | Nominee |
Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television
1 nomination
| — | Kristen Bell | Nominee |
Saturn Award for Best Network Television Series
1 nomination
| — | Veronica Mars | Nominee |
Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress: Drama/Action Adventure
1 nomination
| — | Kristen Bell | Nominee |
Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Breakout Performance, Female
1 nomination
| — | Kristen Bell | Nominee |
Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Breakout Show
1 nomination
| — | Veronica Mars | Nominee |
Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Parental Unit
1 nomination
| — | Enrico Colantoni | Nominee |
Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Sidekick
1 nomination
| — | Percy Daggs III | Nominee |
Television Critics Association Awards for Individual Achievement in Drama
1 nomination
| — | Kristen Bell | Nominee |
Television Critics Association Awards for Outstanding New Program of the Year
1 nomination
| — | Veronica Mars | Nominee |