ER

NBC | Release Date: September 19, 1994
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Generally favorable reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
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NewsdayMarvin KitmanJul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: It's like "M*A*S*H" with just the helicopters showing up and no laughs. "E.R." is all trauma; you never get to know enough about the patients or get involved with them. It's just treat, release and move on. [18 Sep 1994]
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Kansas City StarBarry GarronJul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: Tough, gritty, almost exhausting to watch. [16 Sep 1994]
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San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa TimesRon MillerJul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: Superb. [17 Sep 1994]
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USA TodayMatt RoushJul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: A trauma-rama that opens on an adrenaline rush and pretty much stays there, with timeouts for pathos and sex and dark hilarity, ER launches a surgical strike on the emotions that could make it the medical drama for the '90s. [19 Sep 1994]
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VarietyAlan RichJul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: Gets off to a spectacular start. [19 Sep 1994]
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Washington PostTom ShalesJul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: Gripping ... It sure gets off to a spine-tingling, heart-pounding start. [19 Sep 1994]
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Chicago Sun-TimesLon GrahnkeJul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: Stresses hard-edged realism over contrived climaxes. [19 Sep 1994]
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Chicago TribuneKen Parish PerkinsJul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: Offer[s] a mixture of timeliness and wit that's still provocative. [18 Sep 1994]
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Dallas Morning NewsManuel MendozaJul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: Wonderfully textured... ER has hit potential. [18 Sep 1994]
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San Diego Union-TribuneRobert P. LaurenceJul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: "ER" achieves speed and grit but at the expense of depth. [22 Sep 1994]
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Detroit Free PressMike DuffyJul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: Crichton ... has infused "E.R." with a contemporary, darkly humorous believability. [18 Sep 1994]
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Houston ChronicleAnn HodgesJul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: May leave you exhausted. [17 Sep 1994]
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Seattle Post-IntelligencerJohn EngstromJul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: There are some over-the-top scenes, and no indication yet that these writers know, any better than those on "NYPD Blue," what to do with Sherry Stringfield. [15 Sep 1994]
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Philadelphia InquirerJonathan StormJul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: ER is energetic, combining hints of Rescue 911 with splashes of L.A. Law in an entertaining concoction. [15 Sep 1994]
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Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRobert BiancoJul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: You've seen everything 'ER' has to offer in other medical shows, but you've never seen so much of it crammed into one episode. [17 Sep 1994]
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St. Louis Post-DispatchGail PenningtonJul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: It's hospital drama in the "St. Elsewhere" mold - but, so far, with less humor. [18 Sep 1994]
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Miami HeraldHal BoedekerJul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: Exhausting. With documentary precision and harrowing efficiency, E.R. drops you in the emergency room and leaves you there to squirm. [17 Sep 1994]