 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Chikamu chekutanga chakagamuchira ongororo dzakanaka kubva kuvatsoropodzi. Ongororo aggregator Metacritic, iyo inopa chiyero chakajairika kubva pa100 yeongororo kubva kune vanotsoropodza vakuru, yakaverenga chiyero che79 zvichibva pane 32 ongororo. MunaJune 2011, Smash yaive imwe yevasere vanokudzwa muchikamu che Most Exciting New Series paCritics Choice Television Awards, yakasarudzwa nevatori venhau vakanga vaona vatyairi vendege. Matt Mitovich weTVLine akadana vatambi vacho kuti vakanyatsokwana uye akarumbidza manhamba emimhanzi. Mary McNamara weLos Angeles Times akadana chiratidziro kuti kukunda uye akapfuurirawo kutaura kuti musiki Theresa Rebeck pamwe chete neboka rake, vakakwanisa kubata chiito chikuru uye chinoparadza chinonzi mimhanzi yemitambo ndokuchiisa nehukama hwepedyo hweterevhizheni. MuChicago Tribune akaenzanisawo chikamu chacho neGlee uye A Chorus Line. Maureen Ryan weThe Huffington Post akaidana kuti chimwe chezviratidziro zvitsva zvakasimba zvikurusa zvomwaka. Mumwe munyori we Huffington Post Karen Ocamb akarumbidza kunyora nekugadzira kwezvikamu. Akapedzisawo nzvimbo yeNew York City yenyaya yacho achiti unonzwa sekunge uri kufamba uchidzika ne Times Square ine ruzha uye inodiwa nevatambi. Tim Goodman anobva muThe Hollywood Reporter akadana chikamu chacho kuti Chakanakisisa, chinosimudza-muganhu wezvinobudisa nhepfenyuro uye akachidana kuti chakanakisisa kupfuura Glee. Akarumbidzawo kunyora uye kutamba nhepfenyuro, achiienzanisa nehunhu hwechikwata cheterevhizheni. 