City of Angels

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Season 1
  • Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 16, 2000
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
57

Mixed or average reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 19
  3. Negative: 2 out of 19

Critic Reviews

  1. Cleveland Plain Dealer
    Reviewed by: Tom Feran
    Nov 20, 2019
    90
    So relentlessly watchable it's likely to be habit-forming after two doses, City of Angels is more than a promising midseason addition. It makes an immediate case for itself as the best drama on CBS. [16 Jan 2000, p.6I]
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  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Michael Speier
    Nov 19, 2019
    80
    Very good television on a broader canvas.
  3. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    Nov 19, 2019
    75
    The show's in good hands. Let's give them time to lift Angels a little higher. [14 Jan 2000]
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  5. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: John Levesque
    Nov 19, 2019
    67
    Sunday's premiere episode of City of Angels is polished, but it lacks the raw intensity of other Bochco shows like "NYPD Blue," "L.A. Law," "Hill Street Blues," even "Murder One." Pacing is languorous - closer to "Chicago Hope" than "ER" - and anyone who remembers "St. Elsewhere" will quickly realize that one of the show's key characters, the hospital itself, seems underused in City of Angels. [14 Jan 2000]
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  6. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Linda Stasi
    Nov 19, 2019
    63
    Parts of it are very good and some of the lines are very funny, but a lot of it is also condescending. [14 Jan 2000]
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  7. San Diego Union-Tribune
    Reviewed by: Robert P. Laurence
    Nov 19, 2019
    63
    It will take more than good intentions and warm feelings to make City of Angels a success. [14 Jan 2000, p.E-1]
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