Frequency
The CW | CW | Release Date: October 5, 2016
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
8
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
Entertainment WeeklyDarren FranichOct 3, 2016
Season 1 Review: It's two moody-cop procedurals for the price of one, with deeply felt emotion in the performances. [7 Oct 2016, p.51] Read full review
80
Cleveland Plain DealerMark DawidziakOct 14, 2016
Season 1 Review: Peyton List stars in this immediately riveting mix of police drama and time-bending fantasy. Read full review
75
NewsdayVerne GayOct 4, 2016
Season 1 Review: Frank and Raimy are co-authors of their own personal histories. How they write it together, or mess it up together, could make an intriguing cop procedural. Read full review
75
Colorado Springs GazetteTerry TerronesOct 3, 2016
Season 1 Review: Skillfully shot, with a slick concept and a strong cast, I was eager to see what happened next after viewing the premiere. Read full review
70
The WrapMichael E. RossOct 5, 2016
Season 1 Review: The producers and creator Jeremy Carver have deftly retrofitted a familiar film for the small screen with smart present-day touches and solid performances. Read full review
70
Yahoo TVKen TuckerOct 5, 2016
Season 1 Review: The show is no out-of-the-box winner, but it has possibilities to become an intriguing nighttime soap with sparks of electricity. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergOct 4, 2016
Season 1 Review: I do know that I like this opportunity for List as a TV star and tthe opening time-travel convolutions are treated to accentuate emotion and character relationships in a solid way. It has room to grow and room for improvement. Read full review
70
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerOct 4, 2016
Season 1 Review: It’s hard to make an impression in a genre so heavily worked, especially with a series drawn from a moderately popular movie, but Frequency is in good hands and has promising ingredients. Read full review
70
Philadelphia InquirerEllen GrayOct 4, 2016
Season 1 Review: The Dennis Quaid-Jim Caviezel movie has been reimagined as a story about a police detective (Peyton List, Blood & Oil) who's trying to save her long-dead father (Riley Smith, Nashville), and it packs the emotional punch of the original. Read full review
67
Uncle BarkyEd BarkOct 4, 2016
Season 1 Review: Frequency does a pretty solid job of juggling its balls and creating new intrigues. By the end of the premiere episode, another perplexing murder mystery is in play while Raimy wonders what hit her. Read full review
67
Washington PostHank StueverSep 15, 2016
Season 1 Review: Frequency’s concept was mildly intriguing in theaters, and it’s mildly intriguing now, even with an extra layer or two of mushy TV-style goop on top of the story’s basic hokeyness. List and the other cast members give convincing enough performances. Read full review
65
Reason.comGlenn GarvinOct 1, 2016
Season 1 Review: Despite your understandable and probably entirely justified fear that the success of a show about a time-traveling ham radio will lead to a painful rash of sequels about time-traveling toaster-ovens and Waring blenders, Frequency is not so bad. The paradoxes of time-travel, though familiar to anybody with even a passing acquaintance with sci fi, are artfully woven in, and List is quite appealing as a daughter remaking her long-held image of a father she hardly knew. Read full review
63
USA TodayRobert BiancoOct 4, 2016
Season 1 Review: Frequency is a much smaller story [than NBC's Timeless]: a daughter trying to save her father without endangering everyone else around them. It's a good story, but in essence, it feels very much like a movie story--which is exactly what it was. Whether it can work as a TV story, only time will tell. Read full review
60
ColliderAllison KeeneOct 4, 2016
Season 1 Review: List is earnest in her role, and manages to make the stranger aspects of the show’s time travel and inter-dimensional plot points feel grounded. Read full review
58
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardOct 5, 2016
Season 1 Review: Those familiar with the source material will recognize the pilot is essentially the first two-thirds of the film. Some convincing performances from Smith and List get Frequency humming. But that’s just not enough buzz. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubErik AdamsOct 4, 2016
Season 1 Review: Frequency’s vintage equipment is missing its spark of life. Read full review
58
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertSep 16, 2016
Season 1 Review: The movie moved me, but the show feels like it’s going to wear thin after the setup in the pilot. Read full review
50
The Salt Lake TribuneScott D. PierceOct 5, 2016
Season 1 Review: The movie wasn't that great. It was just sort of OK. The series seems to be in pretty much the same territory. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Matt Zoller SeitzOct 4, 2016
Season 1 Review: It’s heartfelt and likable, but doesn’t quite justify its existence. Read full review
50
VarietyMaureen RyanOct 3, 2016
Season 1 Review: The characters and relationships are never specific or resonant enough to make the attempted blending of family drama, time travel series, and cop show memorable, or, perhaps more importantly, as addictive as the several other smart hybrid programs on the CW. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesMeredith BlakeOct 4, 2016
Season 1 Review: It is an unabashedly hokey affair with an inherently seductive premise. The problem is that Frequency is too generic to make the sentiment work. Read full review
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