- Network: Lifetime , LIFETIME-TW
- Series Premiere Date: Jun 3, 2007
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Critic Reviews
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The writing's crisp and the acting is first-rate.
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A tightly woven, watchable melodrama that connects an eclectic but friendly bunch of women through maybe the only thing they could possibly have in common: being married to the military.
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An earnest soap about women who are scrappy, sensitive, and stoic. [1 Jun 2007, p.64]
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A satisfyingly meaty drama. [11 Jun 2007, p.41]
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The show succeeds on a number of levels and builds on a well-crafted premise pilot.
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The intimate moments have a gutsy realness, and the central characterizations are bedrock enough to sell us through the stereotypes.
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"Army Wives" is a series that sucks you in on the strength of its characters.
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With a little tweaking, the series just as easily could be set in some large corporation, or on a college campus, and engage most of the same interpersonal issues — what women do for men and for one another.
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"Army Wives" is better than it has any right to be.
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“Army Wives” is by no means a perfect show, but there’s a lot of potential material in the lives of these women.
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While lacking the satirical humor of "Housewives" and the edge of "Unit," the show is serviceable in its storytelling, quite well-done in its production and better than well-done in its acting.
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Television needs a stronger series on the subject, and military families deserve something better.
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If you like Lifetime, you'll probably love this one.
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The obvious, soapy stories plod along at a too-languid pace, leaving talented actors in their wake.
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A stereotypical sudser that wants to be "From Here to Eternity" but feels like "All My Children: Military Edition."
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 88 out of 115
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Mixed: 3 out of 115
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Negative: 24 out of 115
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CJG.Apr 18, 2010Never saw the kind of drivel you write about the Army or it's environs. Make a mockery of the Military and you can expect negative criticisms.
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KristenM.Apr 17, 2010
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LindaR.Apr 16, 2010Top new show opening episode out of 11 shows. that says it all. Army Wives is number one.