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
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
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