China Beach

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Season 1
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 26, 1988
Season #: 4, 3, 2, 1
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73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 8
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  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Clifford Terry
    Jul 24, 2014
    60
    While fitfully entertaining, not only is "China Beach" derivative, but the series... suffers from a leading lady who is not particularly likable, as well as an overabundance of strained humor and forced-march poignance. [26 Apr 1988]
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Howard Rosenberg
    Jul 24, 2014
    80
    Unforgettable and not to be missed ... At times it overreaches, overdraws, oversentimentalizes. Yet among its excesses are troves of dark brilliance that mark "China Beach" as a potentially significant series.
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  3. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Steve Sonsky
    Jul 24, 2014
    60
    The China Beach premiere has its ups and downs. The downs are mostly in its too pat and predictable dramatic choices. It takes the easy road too often in its resolutions. Its bag of storytelling tricks is trite, undermining a greater potential that might have been tapped with less telegraphed, less easy calls. But there is much to admire as well. The acting and characterizations are uniformly splendid. [26 Apr 1988]
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