Combat Hospital
ABC | GLOBAL | Release Date: June 21, 2011
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
Uncle BarkyEd BarkJun 21, 2011
Season 1 Review: A smart, sedate Canadian production imported by ABC for a summertime run. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandJun 20, 2011
Season 1 Review: It's unlikely that any TV drama filmed in Toronto could ever come close to the bloody reality of war, but ABC's new series, Combat Hospital, makes a pretty compelling attempt at doing so. Read full review
67
NewsdayVerne GayJun 20, 2011
Season 1 Review: Placid and often incomprehensibly bland, Combat Hospital still has flashes of intelligence. Definitely worth a second look. Read full review
63
New York PostMichael StarrJun 20, 2011
Season 1 Review: Combat Hospital has the look, feel and pacing of an old "M*A*S*H" episode--minus the humor and preachiness--and the soapy elements of fellow ABC hospital drama "Grey's Anatomy" (a smarmy British doctor, nervous newbies and the no-nonsense unit chief--with the heart of gold, of course). But these aren't necessarily drawbacks. This is an episodic TV drama, after all. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraJun 21, 2011
Season 1 Review: As if afraid they will be accused of not taking things seriously enough, the creators walk through much of the pilot as if through a minefield, which is to say ver-ry slowly and ver-ry carefully. Not the best pacing considering the subject matter. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyDarren FranichJun 20, 2011
Season 1 Review: Like fellow Canadian import Rookie Blue, Combat Hospital seems almost purposefully forgettable. Watch a China Beach rerun instead. Read full review
40
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertJun 21, 2011
Season 1 Review: Combat Hospital is as bland and generic as its title. Read full review
40
VarietyBrian LowryJun 21, 2011
Season 1 Review: Still, for a show chronicling this modern conflict, Combat Hospital seems painfully old-fashioned, as the script by Petrie, who shares story credit with creators Jinder Oujla-Chalmers and Douglas Steinberg, recycles any number of hospital-show cliches in the pilot alone. Read full review
40
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenJun 20, 2011
Season 1 Review: Imagine any "M• A• S• H"-style cliche and odds are good it will turn up in Combat Hospital whose predictability makes it a dull summer entry that may encourage viewers of this week's premiere to become deserters before next week's episode. Read full review
30
PopMattersRenee Scolaro MoraJun 22, 2011
Season 1 Review: The "medical drama" is far too paltry to sustain the series without ramping up the relevance of the war context. Read full review
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