Bionic Woman

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Season 1
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 26, 2007
Metascore
57

Mixed or average reviews - based on 28 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 28
  3. Negative: 8 out of 28
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Critic Reviews

  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Barry Garron
    80
    Under Michael Dinner's steady directorial hand, it's dark, tense and conspiratorial, a far cry from the camp sci-fi tricks of its predecessor.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mary McNamara
    80
    It's not your mother's Bionic Woman. It's much, much better.
  3. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Tom Shales
    80
    NBC's lavish and splashy new version of Bionic Woman, is not, as one might fear, a BW stripped of everything that fans loved about the '70s original.
  5. Slate
    Reviewed by: Troy Patterson
    80
    Sarah Corvus has arrived to haunt and to taunt, to give our plucky heroine a sinister contrast that the show can't do without.
  6. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: David Zurawik
    80
    Just the right mix of camp, witchiness, special-effects and hand-to-hand combat.
  7. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    80
    Intelligent and entertaining reimaginations of stupefyingly bad pieces of 1970s sci-fi hackwork.
  8. PopMatters
    Reviewed by: Cynthia Fuchs
    80
    The girls, though, look promising. Granted, the initial Sarah-Jamie fight scene occasions the series’ first spectacular special-effectsy scene.
  9. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Gillian Flynn
    75
    Too much? Yes, too much! And yet, it's one of those moments you just have to shrug at and enjoy.
  10. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    70
    A little messy in its conception, the series still exhibits considerable potential--the kind that inspires checking out a second episode.
  11. Salon
    Reviewed by: Heather Havrilesky
    70
    I also really enjoyed NBC's Bionic Woman. There's lots of super-powered action, I like regular-girl Michelle Ryan as Jaime Sommers, and best of all, Katee Sackhoff (Starbuck from "Battlestar Galactica") plays the eeeeevil former bionic woman, Sarah Corvus.
  12. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    70
    This Bionic Woman pilot is a downbeat drag, but buried somewhere beneath all the moping is an intriguing show that might yet emerge.
  13. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    70
    A sleekly engaging pilot that, with the right character development, could turn into a sleekly engaging series.

Awards & Rankings

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#61 Best TV Season of 2007
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#27 Most Discussed TV Season of 2007
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#42 Most Shared TV Season of 2007

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User Score
5.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 94 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 42 out of 94
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 94
  3. Negative: 36 out of 94
  1. ginnygin
    Oct 13, 2010
    8
    Was good. I enjoyed it. Heaps better than the original series. Unfortunately the writers strike in the US resulted in it's axing before seasonWas good. I enjoyed it. Heaps better than the original series. Unfortunately the writers strike in the US resulted in it's axing before season one was completed. They did only eight episodes and never gave it a fair go.… Full Review »
  2. CazG
    Mar 18, 2008
    7
    This show had real potential - especially when the anti-Bionic woman was on screen - and should be given another chance with a stable This show had real potential - especially when the anti-Bionic woman was on screen - and should be given another chance with a stable writing/production team.… Full Review »
  3. JasonD.
    Mar 8, 2008
    8
    I liked it , obviously it should get better if more episodes get made . Michelle Ryan was perfectly cast and played the part a little darker I liked it , obviously it should get better if more episodes get made . Michelle Ryan was perfectly cast and played the part a little darker than the original. Fun family tv show which sure beats the hell outta reality tv .… Full Review »
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