- Network: USA
- Series Premiere Date: Jun 28, 2007
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Critic Reviews
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Brisk and witty, this is a good showcase for Donovan's super-tough-guy-with-a-heart-of-gold persona.
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If “Burn Notice” can keep up the energy and the inventiveness of its pilot, it’ll be a must-see summer series for me.
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The dialogue is always to the point, yet it gives even the bit players enough room to create something memorable.
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These folks know how to hit a note, and hold it, which means "Burn Notice" doesn't wobble around wondering how serious/silly to be. Its pitch is perfect.
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I'll take Jeffrey Donovan as Michael Westen in USA's delightful new action comedy Burn Notice.
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It makes a smart, charmingly irreverent first impression, thanks to its pleasantly warped, deadpan writing and performing.
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A standard detective story that's brightened by unusual characters and snazzy dialogue.
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The show is slick and funny and a lotta fun.
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A little heavy on exposition.... "Burn" is at its best when Westen is outwitting and outracing bad guys.
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Looking for something new and different on TV? It's not Burn Notice. Looking for some summertime fun? It is Burn Notice.
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Graced with a sly voiceover and strong supporting characters, it's the kind of breezy romp that dovetails nicely with [USA's] most popular fare and which manages to look more effortless than it surely is.
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This show has no illusions of being anything more than a solidly made and terrifically entertaining TV distraction, neat and crisp as citrus soda.
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Mr. Donovan is likeably lighthearted and cool as a smart-mouthed loner; his character is a watered-down version of the kind of wiseguy once played by Michael Keaton.
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It’s got a low-hum basic-cable charm, fueled by personality, breezy cloak-and-dagger ingenuity and smart-ass dialogue rather than a flashy, budget-driven broadcast network complex.
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The goal is little more than light, disposable summer entertainment — and the show may even get there, if it can strip away some of its more annoying drags.
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Entertaining, stylish, and, most of all, slight.
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Lovably silly.
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The show stumbles at maintaining a breezy tone and a professional sheen.
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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.
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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.
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The pilot is neither thrilling nor funny enough to earn notice.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 200 out of 237
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Mixed: 7 out of 237
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Negative: 30 out of 237
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