- Network: CBS
- Series Premiere Date: Nov 14, 2006
Critic Reviews
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[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.
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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.
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[A] House wannabe.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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There's nothing remotely fresh or original about "3 Lbs." But it is well made, reasonably diverting and lucky to be on CBS.
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This show could use some brain surgery itself.
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What’s depressing about “3 lbs” is that there’s no passionate spark behind it; it’s a doctor drama made by committee.
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It's hard to escape the sense we're watching the bastard child of the union between "Shark" and "House."
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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.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 15
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Mixed: 0 out of 15
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Negative: 2 out of 15
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E.SpearsFeb 7, 2007
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LisaLJan 16, 2007
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MattSJan 12, 2007