Burn Notice
USA | Release Date: June 28, 2007
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 30 Critic Reviews
Positive:
22
Mixed:
8
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: Entertaining, stylish, and, most of all, slight. Read full review
60
Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Season 1 Review: Lovably silly. Read full review
60
Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker
Season 1 Review: The show stumbles at maintaining a breezy tone and a professional sheen. Read full review
60
San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa TimesCharlie McCollum
Season 1 Review: The series is not great television by any means, but it has a kind of breezy charm and sly wit that make it one of this summer's better new shows. Read full review
58
NewsdayVerne GayJun 3, 2013
Season 7 Review: The first couple of episodes are on the tedious side. Bad guys still die, things still get blown up. Read full review
50
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 2 Review: The interplay among the main characters is by and large unaltered, and for some fans that will be enough. For others, though, what was once a summer pleasure is now a bit less pleasurable. Read full review
50
Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall
Season 1 Review: It wants to be a smart-aleck comedy/thriller hybrid in the spirit of Elmore Leonard and Carl Hiaasen, but the jokes are rarely clever enough and the thrills rarely exciting enough. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMatt Roush
Season 1 Review: The pilot is neither thrilling nor funny enough to earn notice. Read full review
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