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E-Ring

NBC | Release Date: September 21, 2005

CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION

39	METASCORE Generally unfavorable reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic Reviews

Critic score Publication By date

38

USA Today

Season 1 Review: With each misstep, E-Ring becomes more ridiculous. Read full review

30

Boston Globe

Matthew Gilbert

Season 1 Review: Unfortunately, despite an interesting pair of lead actors, ''E-Ring" is stubbornly conventional and bland. Read full review

30

Miami Herald

Season 1 Review: The unarguable truth of E-Ring's central premise -- that America's national-security bureaucracy probably spends as much time in intramural squabbles as it does fighting terrorism or rogue states -- does not make it any better drama. Read full review

30

Variety

Season 1 Review: Remember those scenes on "The West Wing" when the Joint Chiefs assemble in the "situation room" to tackle some faraway threat? Reprise the tension with none of the intelligence, inject flag-waving machismo and high-tech imagery, and what's left is this Jerry Bruckheimer drama. Read full review

25

New York Daily News

Season 1 Review: The network may feel that Bratt could stand there, read the phone book and attract millions of adoring female fans. Starring in "E-Ring" may be the closest thing to finding out whether that's true. Read full review

25

San Francisco Chronicle

Season 1 Review: "E-Ring" is boring. Read full review

20

Los Angeles Times

Paul Brownfield

Season 1 Review: As the mission's race against time ticks down, "E-Ring" thinks it's got you by the throat, and that's true, because you feel like you're being led around on a leash. Read full review

20

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Season 1 Review: Overcooked and preposterous to the point of being laughable. Read full review

20

San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa Times

Charlie McCollum

Season 1 Review: Both tonight's opening episode and next week's installment are predictable, loaded with cliched dialogue and lacking in the tension you want in this kind of show. Read full review

20

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Melanie McFarland

Season 1 Review: More proof that even Jerry Bruckheimer can spit out barely watchable productions. Read full review

10

Kansas City Star

Season 1 Review: [A] surprisingly brain-dead series. Read full review

10

Philadelphia Inquirer

Season 1 Review: Interesting and exciting only when no one's saying anything, which isn't very often. Read full review

10

The New York Times

Season 1 Review: Chest-pounding [and] inept. Read full review

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