Code Black (2015)

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Season 1
  • Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 30, 2015
Season #: 3, 2, 1
User Score
7.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 90 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 62 out of 90
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 90
  3. Negative: 20 out of 90
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  1. jeremyp
    Nov 14, 2015
    6
    Maximum drama with shallow dialog. Heroes diagnosing at warp speed, Doctors doing it all, to hell with nurses-except of course for Guzman the top Sergeant to Harden's Colonel of Spec Ops-to hell with patient privacy, to hell with reality. Cookie cutter medical drama on steroids.
  2. Desert_Rat
    Oct 6, 2015
    4
    The first episode was a mish mash. Seems like they took all their ideas for the season and tossed them in a blender for the pilot. They never settle on one plot line or character long enough to develop a story. The dialog was often covered up by the background noise and the annoying sound track. Maybe things will be developed in later episodes? Alas my DVR only records 2 shows at a timeThe first episode was a mish mash. Seems like they took all their ideas for the season and tossed them in a blender for the pilot. They never settle on one plot line or character long enough to develop a story. The dialog was often covered up by the background noise and the annoying sound track. Maybe things will be developed in later episodes? Alas my DVR only records 2 shows at a time and I picked "Chicago PD" and "Jay Leno's Garage" for this week. Maybe I'll watch it on On Demand and maybe I won't. One of the residents suggests it may have been a mistake to come here and I think I agree with that.… Expand
  3. SynSzatana
    Oct 6, 2015
    5
    Personally I'm not sure yet about this show.
    It wasn't bad or good.
    It has the potential to be a very good show. I hope it doesn't become the next ER cuz we already had that
  4. dolphinea
    Feb 6, 2016
    4
    Although I was looking forward to this series, and as realistic they try to be, after several episodes, the dialogue still feels awkward and many performances cardboard or forced. I'm sure it will get better once they get rid of the dreadful dialogue.

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Metascore
53

Mixed or average reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 26
  3. Negative: 4 out of 26
  1. We Got This Covered
    Reviewed by: Isaac Feldberg
    Sep 30, 2015
    40
    Code Black is at war with itself, trying to sell its setting's realistically jagged edges even as it files them down to nothing.
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  2. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Matt Zoller Seitz
    Sep 30, 2015
    60
    The whole show is stocked with actors on Guzmán and Harden's level--pros you're never not happy to see, including William Allen Young as the hospital's longest-serving resident, and Kevin Dunn, who oversees the logistics of the ER and delivers wisecracks in his midwestern deadpan. The younger, prettier actors playing the residents--Benjamin Hollingsworth, Bonnie Somerville, Melanie Chandra, and Harry Ford among them--seem overmatched and a bit on the bland side, but that's to be expected, and if the writing on this Michael Seitzman series picks up, that could improve.
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  3. The Salt Lake Tribune
    Reviewed by: Scott D. Pierce
    Sep 30, 2015
    50
    Code Black might seem more interesting if it felt in any way new. As it is, it feels like it's built from parts of medical dramas from years past.
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