2019 fantasy drama television series

The Witcher is a fantasy drama television series created by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich for Netflix. It is based on the book series by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. Set on a fictional, medieval-inspired … Wikipedia
Ratings
46%
Rotten Tomatoes
25K votes
7.9 / 10.0
IMDb
615K votes
63.0
Metacritic
77 votes
Factsheet
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The Witcher: Season 3 | Rotten Tomatoes
June 29, 2023 - I loved Season One and Two. I did not like that the director deviated from the books; Season 3 was the last straw for me. There is only one Witcher, and that is Henry Cavill.
Rating: 21/100 ​ - ​ 5K votes
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The Witcher | Rotten Tomatoes
October 16, 2025 - Discover reviews, ratings, and trailers for The Witcher on Rotten Tomatoes. Stay updated with critic and audience scores today!
Rating: 46/100 ​ - ​ 25K votes
Discussions

You have to wonder what the higher-ups at Netflix are thinking right now. Worse and worse audience scores every season.
Take this with a grain of salt. I read the books and played the games. I enjoy parts of the show, but a lot of it leaves me saying WTF. My wife hasn't read or played anything. She enjoys the show, mainly because pretty people doing fancy things. Most viewers aren't hardcore Witcher fanatics. This series scratches their fantasy itch. More on reddit.com
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Witcher Season 3 is so much worse than the last two seasons - did they not pay for good writers and editors?
It's painful to watch: a lot of boring and pointless scenes, dialogues are badly written, and what is this with characters constantly congratulating each other on how amazing they are ? There is a simple rule in writing: show, don't tell, but apparently writers on the show missed that class. Season 1 was good, season 2 left me worried. I could only finish 1 episode of season 3, just can't watch it anymore. They had great source material and that's the best they could do with it ? I'm not even asking you to follow the books or the game, just make a good show. More on reddit.com
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July 1, 2023
How does the Netflix Witcher have such high ratings? 8.1/10 on IMDB and 81% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Easy. Select Season 1 at the bottom of RT. 90% audience, 68% critic. Season 2 is 59% audience, 95% critic scores. More on reddit.com
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December 22, 2022
The Witcher at Rotten Tomatoes - 15 of the last 16 reviews are POSITIVE (93%), The Witcher reached 64%. The last three 8/10. Will it be 70% soon?
Don't care about this. I enjoyed the hell out of this show, like almost everyone I talk to and everyone I know is at least humming "Toss a coin to your Witcher" a couple of times a day. Edit: "Song of the White Wolf" is still the best song. More on reddit.com
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The Witcher - Trailers & Videos | Rotten Tomatoes
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The Witcher Season 3 First Reviews: Henry Cavill Mesmerizes in His Final Run as Geralt, Critics Say | Rotten Tomatoes
November 6, 2023 - Allan, especially, carries one Season 3 episode entirely on her shoulders, ensuring that the future of this series rests with her character in particular. —Carly Lane, Collider · Freya Allan continues to shine in The Witcher’s most underappreciated role, imbuing Ciri with a potent mixture of heart and grit that makes her endlessly compelling to watch.
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The Witcher Season 3: Release Date, Trailer, Cast & More | Rotten Tomatoes
November 6, 2023 - Get the inside scoop on "The Witcher" season 3! Learn about the plot, cast, release date, and watch the trailer on Rotten Tomatoes. Update: The first trailer for season 3 and new images are now available.
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The Witcher Cast on Season 3 Shocks and Twists (So Far) | Rotten Tomatoes
November 6, 2023 - The Witcher cast members, including ... with Rotten Tomatoes about a few of the latest developments, the ball, and what might be waiting the characters in the near future. Spoiler alert: The following contains spoilers from the episodes included in Vol. 1 of The Witcher season 3...
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Reddit
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[Mature Content] r/witcher on Reddit: You have to wonder what the higher-ups at Netflix are thinking right now. Worse and worse audience scores every season.
May 29, 2023 - $10B revenue/year company so my guess is they are unaffected by everything said on this Reddit or Rotten Tomatoes ... You dont understand, for Netflix "good" is the number of view time compared to other shows, NOT what your opinion of the show is. ... I honestly hate the witcher games but I always like the universe from afar and I liked mostly season 1 (especially episode 1) but season 2 was weird and boring. Season 3 is actually quite nice.
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The Witcher: The Witcher: Season 3 Volume 1 Trailer
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Rotten Tomatoes Critics And Users Are Cursing ‘The Witcher’ Season 4
October 31, 2025 - How To WatchBy Tim Lammers · Season 3 of The Witcher, meanwhile, earned a 79% “fresh” rating from critics on RT based on 47 reviews and a 20% “rotten” score based on 2,500-plus verified user ratings.
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The Witcher: The Witcher: Season 3 Volume 2 Trailer
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Why The Witcher Season 3's Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score Is So Bad (It's Not Just Henry Cavill Leaving)
July 2, 2023 - However, season 2 saw a drastic fall to 58%, and now The Witcher season 3's audience score has tanked to an all-time low of 49%. Even the critics score, which has stayed strong throughout the first two seasons decreased from a 95% to 81%. This ...
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Reddit
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r/netflixwitcher on Reddit: Witcher Season 3 is so much worse than the last two seasons - did they not pay for good writers and editors?
July 1, 2023 -

Just finished watching part 1 of season 3, and it just seems overall of a much poorer quality than the last two seasons.

  • The dialogue is rushed, the editing is sloppy

  • The visual effects for instance - the first scene where Geralt cuts down the bounty hunters - such obviously fake blood on screen

  • Characters have become poorly defined, or losing definition - Jen treats Ciri terribly with her fellow witches while offering Ciri no chance to transition, Djikistra is easily fooled by Radovid, despite being a spy master, and having been reasonably effective in the last season. Stregobor offers himself up for trial with an unnecessary throwaway line

  • Radovid himself is constantly referred to as someone who is way more intelligent, yet not much has been on show to prove that point

I agree with a lot of people that Henry Cavill seems perfect for this role, but perhaps he has jumped ship at the right time. Probably only going to get worse from here.

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The Witcher: The Witcher: Season 3 TUDUM Sneak Peek
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The Witcher: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes
December 20, 2019 - Discover reviews, ratings, and trailers for The Witcher: Season 1 on Rotten Tomatoes. Stay updated with critic and audience scores today!
Director   Alik Sakharov
Rating: 88/100 ​ - ​ 10K votes
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The Witcher: Season 4 | Rotten Tomatoes
October 31, 2025 - The Witcher continues to live up to expectations and, for the first time, has exceeded mine. ... It took me a while to remember where all the characters were in the story, and in fact who a lot of them were. … The unfortunate thing is that [Hemsworth] is just not as monumental as Cavill. It’s a slightly gentler version than the mean, hulking Cavill. ... Just finished the 4th season. First 3 where pretty good, last one ...
Rating: 19/100 ​ - ​ 2.5K votes
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Collider
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‘The Witcher’ Season 4 Gets Review Bombed on Rotten Tomatoes as Viewership Tumbles
November 8, 2025 - They seem to be venting this frustration out on The Witcher's latest season, whose audience score on Rotten Tomatoes has plummeted to a shockingly low 19%. Review-bombing is the orchestrated effort to lower a project's scores on aggregators ...
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The Witcher: The Witcher: Season 3 Volume 2 Final Trailer
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The Witcher: The Witcher: Season 3 Featurette - Ciri in the Desert
December 20, 2019 - Best New Movies of 2025, Ranked ... by Tomatometer View All ... 2026 Critics Choice Awards: Full List of Nominees Link to 2026 Critics Choice Awards: Full List of Nominees View All ... Watch The Witcher with a subscription on Netflix. The Witcher: Season 3 Featurette - Ciri in the Desert 3:53 · Rotten Tomatoes is ...
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The Witcher: Season 2 | Rotten Tomatoes
November 23, 2025 - There is clear dishonest bait-n-switch strategy here; make it look like a Witcher show based on the books and games in season 1. But still put the seeds of the Femwoke DEI agenda there so it can begin to takeover in season 2. Except it doesn't work. Season 1 was dragged down by those crap elements and now season 2 was just completely ruined by them. Seasons 3 and 4 end up just being offensive to watch for any real Witcher fan.
Rating: 55/100 ​ - ​ 5K votes