Dave
- Dave Burd
- Taylor Misiak
- GaTa
- Andrew Santino
- Travis Bennett
- Christine Ko
by
- Dave Burd
- Jasper Lee Harris
- Jahnei Clarke
- Henry Kwapis
- Jack Karaszewski
- Jasper Harris
United States
English
3
30
- Dave Burd
- Jeff Schaffer
- Saladin K. Patterson
- Greg Mottola
- Kevin Hart
- Marty Bowen
- Scooter Braun
- Mike Hertz
- Scott Manson
- James Shin
- Chris Smirnoff
- Melanie Elin
- Corey Omer
Brian Lannin
24–32 minutes
- Dirty Burd
- Matthew 6:33
- SB Projects
- Temple Hill Productions
- Hart Beat Productions
- Chicken Sticks
- FXP
March 4, 2020 –
May 31, 2023
Penith (The Dave Soundtrack)
January 19, 2024
66:00
- Dirty Burd
- Commission
- BMG
- Alex Goldblatt
- Benny Blanco
- Carter Lang
- Cashmere Cat
- Chatz
- Chill Pill
- D.A. Doman
- Davey Alexander Miramontez
- Digi
- Dylan Brady
- Eugene Tsai
- Henry Kwapis
- Jack Karaszewski
- Jahnei Clarke
- Jasper Lee Harris
- Lewis Hughes
- Lex
- Lia Liza
- Nicholas Audino
- ROB
- Sarcastic Sounds
- Smash David
- Stan Lane
- Swish
- Tom Levesque
- Tommy Parker
In June 2023, Burd stated that a soundtrack album for Dave would be released "by the end of this summer", featuring music from the three seasons of the series. He was working with Benny Blanco on the album and anticipated it would have up to 20 songs, noting that the series featured "bits and pieces of songs" that he had created full versions of that were unreleased and thus needed to be mixed and mastered.[9] In December 2023, Penith (The Dave Soundtrack) was announced, for release on January 19, 2024. "Mr. McAdams" was released as the album's first single on December 15, 2023.[39]
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Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
On Metacritic, the first season has a score of 64 out of 100 based on 10 reviews.[40] On Rotten Tomatoes, it has an approval rating of 77% with an average score of 6.7 out of 10 based on 22 reviews. The website's critical consensus is, "DAVE can be just as off-putting as Lil Dicky's rap persona with its abundance of genitalia jokes and self-aggrandizement, but beneath the raunchy veneer is a surprisingly self-aware show with a sweet core."[41]
After mixed reviews for the first few episodes that were previewed by media outlets, the second half of the season was positively received by The Guardian, IndieWire, Financial Times, and Rolling Stone.[42][43][44] Reviewers noted the expansion of the series' sources of humor, its dedication to character development, and improved emotional depth. At the end of its first season, Dave averaged 5.32 million viewers per episode, making it the most popular comedy in FX's history.[45] While most of the characters and actors have been praised, the "Lil Dicky" character in the show has been negatively received. Many reviewers have noted that while the character's success is the center of the show, his poor treatment of his friends makes him difficult to root for.[46][47] Additionally, the first season has been criticized for exploring and idealizing fame over art. Daniel D'Addario of Variety unfavorably compared the show to Atlanta, another entry from FX. D'Addario states "When Donald Glover made an FX show about characters trying to break into the music industry, it was 'Atlanta,' among the most expansive, richly imaginative shows of the century so far. When Lil Dicky does it, it's a show whose breaks from flatly telling us about his character's private parts tend to follow a linear trajectory: Lil Dicky, a ditherer with more zeal for fame than true creative ambition, ends up trying something, it goes viral, everyone loves it."[48]
On Metacritic, the second season has a score of 84 out of 100 based on 11 reviews.[49] On Rotten Tomatoes, the second season received an approval rating of 91% with an average score of 8.3 out of 10 based on 11 reviews. The website's critical consensus is, "Dave still has a lot of growing up to do, but DAVE has matured into a darkly hilarious and disarmingly wise comedy about the alienating price of fame."[50] GaTa's performance as himself has been singled as a standout from the first two seasons.[51][52]