3 Lbs.
CBS | Release Date: November 14, 2006
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
40
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
12
Negative:
11

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: After one hour, we not only care about the patients - but care quite a bit about the doctors. Read full review
60
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
Season 1 Review: [3 Lbs.], as medical shows go, is pretty, full of the kind of light-show graphics the "CSIs" and "House" have led us to expect. Read full review
60
The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley
Season 1 Review: The question is not whether "3 Lbs" is familiar and predictable, but whether "3 Lbs" is entertaining. It is, and mostly because it is so familiar and predictable. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyGillian Flynn
Season 1 Review: [A] House wannabe. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMatt Roush
Season 1 Review: Like on House, we go inside the body, zooming from nerve endings to the mind's exotic landscape, where surreal images convey mystery maladies. If only 3 LBS were as provocative. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron
Season 1 Review: Although competently produced, the series about doctors who specialize in brain maladies lacks a dramatic spark. Characters aren't fully formed; stories aren't arresting. Sometimes it even seems like the show was created from the transplanted organs of other series. Read full review
50
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: Make no mistake, "3 Lbs." is a show that will better appeal to the CBS audience than "Smith" did, but it's a pretty generic show. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Season 1 Review: It never finds a compelling vision while inside those heads to suggest it will be anything more than a good, but not great, hospital drama. Read full review
50
Detroit Free PressMike Duffy
Season 1 Review: There's nothing remotely fresh or original about "3 Lbs." But it is well made, reasonably diverting and lucky to be on CBS. Read full review
50
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: This show could use some brain surgery itself. Read full review
40
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: What’s depressing about “3 lbs” is that there’s no passionate spark behind it; it’s a doctor drama made by committee. Read full review
40
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: It's hard to escape the sense we're watching the bastard child of the union between "Shark" and "House." Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloyd
Season 1 Review: While it's quite watchable if you don't expect much from it, and while even though the cast is good company... the show is not vivid or daring enough to overcome one's sense of having seen it all before. Read full review
37
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: The most important lesson from tonight's premiere is that there isn't a single plot point this yawn-a-minute show won't feel the need to hammer home. Read full review
30
L.A. WeeklyRobert Abele
Season 1 Review: 3 Lbs. seems like microwaved leftovers. Read full review
30
San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa TimesCharlie McCollum
Season 1 Review: As hard as Tucci tries -- and he tries very hard -- he can't make Dr. Doug Hanson into Dr. Gregory House. It's not his fault; the writers simply don't give him the dialogue and depth that Hugh Laurie gets to play with on "House.'' Read full review
30
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: If they can emphasize the science over the tiresome characters, they might add a few ounces to this lightweight copycat. Read full review
30
Kansas City StarAaron Barnhart
Season 1 Review: A forgettable amalgam of "House", "CSI", and every hospital soap opera ever made. Read full review
30
Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall
Season 1 Review: Who wants to watch a less funny, vaguely cuddlier House impersonator? Read full review
30
Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland
Season 1 Review: You'll see nothing that hasn't been done on other networks and with higher skill, energy and imagination. Read full review
20
Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Season 1 Review: Stuffed with incomprehensible medical jargon and grisly shots of exposed brains, 3 Lbs. would be a major annoyance even if it had an original thought in its seriously underweight head. Read full review
20
NewsdayDiane Werts
Season 1 Review: There's perverse fun to be had in watching "3 lbs." Count the groans as you spot yet another trite piece of formula. Read full review
20
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Season 1 Review: 3 Lbs. is the most boring new show this season. Read full review
20
Washington PostTom Shales
Season 1 Review: Hanson might be enough to fill a few paragraphs in an old Reader's Digest "Most Unforgettable Character" featurette, but the thought of spending an hour with him every week is about as attractive as having (place name of your least favorite medical procedure here) with the same frequency. Read full review
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