Detroit 1-8-7
ABC | Release Date: September 21, 2010
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Generally favorable reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
10
Negative:
1
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Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
Season 1 Review: Now it's a talky but straight-ahead ensemble cop show whose cast includes Michael Imperioli ("The Sopranos") and James McDaniel ("NYPD Blue"). Think "Southland" in Detroit. Read full review
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New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: Despite a good veteran cast led by Michael Imperioli, Detroit 1-8-7 doesn't immediately set itself apart from a whole pack of competing cop shows. Read full review
60
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: Detroit 1-8-7 is disappointingly generic. It's not a show that compels viewers to tune in on a weekly basis, but die-hard cop show fans may be satisfied. Read full review
60
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: It's not bad, but it initially looks relatively uninspired next to TV's best copshows, including current entries such as TNT's "Southland." Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloyd
Season 1 Review: Detroit 1-8-7 is, rather than a slice of life, very much a slab of TV. And yet, as currently constituted, the show's only way forward is through the unlikely Fitch; his emotional awkwardness is more interesting than the cases he works. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Season 1 Review: While the cop genre is all but played out, Detroit 1-8-7 is stylish and acceptably rough-hewn enough to make it worth your while. Read full review
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Chicago Sun-TimesPaige Wiser
Season 1 Review: The godson of "The Sopranos" heads the cast of this police procedural, which is having trouble finding its tone. Read full review
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New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: Detroit 1-8-7 is not bad and not great, though, ironically, the characters seem to have come off a Detroit assembly line. Read full review
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Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Season 1 Review: The reshot pilot episode that will be broadcast Tuesday is no longer irritating, but neither is it distinctive, just one more humdrum cop drama, notable only for wasting a high-powered cast that includes Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos) and Aisha Hinds (True Blood). Read full review
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Washington PostHank Stuever
Season 1 Review: Detroit 1-8-7 comes across, despite the strong performances, as wan and halfhearted. Dividing each episode into two cases, and labeling them onscreen (as Tuesday night: "Pharmacy Double" and "Bullet Train") may be convenient, but it seems part of an especially unimaginative approach.
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