Conviction (2016)

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Season 1
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 3, 2016
User Score
6.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 61 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 61
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 61
  3. Negative: 18 out of 61
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  1. JennetP
    Oct 4, 2016
    5
    This show is all over the place. Take the writing: one moment fresh and clever, the next a pile-up of clumsy exposition and pop-psychological cliches. The impression is of a writer's room staffed by one prodigy from the Iowa Writer's Workshop and a half-dozen "party school" dropouts who managed to fail their "cake" courses because they could not bear to leave their television sets. TheThis show is all over the place. Take the writing: one moment fresh and clever, the next a pile-up of clumsy exposition and pop-psychological cliches. The impression is of a writer's room staffed by one prodigy from the Iowa Writer's Workshop and a half-dozen "party school" dropouts who managed to fail their "cake" courses because they could not bear to leave their television sets. The premise--wayward celebrity genius helms Innocence Project wannabe--is great but mired in the melodramatic back-stories of everyone on (or involved with) the legal team. So there's not much airtime left for cases, which means they have to be simple and straightforward, so cue another round of cliches. Yes, Hayley Atwell is as good as everyone says, and I'll probably stick around for a while just to watch her work. But unless the series shuffles its priorities--and the writing staff--I can't imagine making it through even one season.… Expand
  2. meldrew
    Oct 10, 2016
    5
    Exhausting to watch. The rush to establish everything in 40 minutes comes as a jolt to grown-ups who nowadays are accustomed to watching a single story unfold gradually over several episodes.

    That said, now that we more or less know where we are, I'm happy to give it a try for a few more weeks as a glossy break from the more serious fare. Current viewer average of 3.4 is very harsh    Exhausting to watch. The rush to establish everything in 40 minutes comes as a jolt to grown-ups who nowadays are accustomed to watching a single story unfold gradually over several episodes.

    That said, now that we more or less know where we are, I'm happy to give it a try for a few more weeks as a glossy break from the more serious fare. Current viewer average of 3.4 is very harsh after just one episode.    … Expand

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#86 Most Discussed TV Season of 2016

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Metascore
45

Mixed or average reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 25
  3. Negative: 9 out of 25
  1. Cleveland Plain Dealer
    Reviewed by: Mark Dawidziak
    Oct 14, 2016
    20
    Coercion might be the only way to get an audience for this incredibly labored legal drama.
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  2. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    Reviewed by: Gail Pennington
    Oct 3, 2016
    25
    The plot is ridiculous, the writing is bad and Atwell seems embarrassed to be there.
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  3. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: John Anderson
    Oct 3, 2016
    80
    Judging from the premiere episode, Conviction is not just compelling and topical, it’s a master class in TV-series construction.
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