Grey's Anatomy
ABC | Release Date: March 27, 2005
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 40 Critic Reviews
Positive:
24
Mixed:
12
Negative:
4

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The GuardianRebecca NicholsonApr 8, 2021
Season 17 Review: This is a tonal smörgåsbord, and for all of the serious medical cases and global pandemic traumas and bureaucratic nightmares, plenty of personal problems are given equal weight. Much like the masks, this jars briefly, until it doesn’t. Read full review
60
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenFeb 20, 2013
Season 1 Review: A mixed bag. Diagnosis: Some good dialogue, but it also suffers from a mild case of predictability. Read full review
60
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 5 Review: At some point, though, a program this reliant on workplace sexcapades begins to run out of combinations, and the writers haven't done much more to address the problem than pad on new layers of interns (starting with Meredith's younger sister, played by Chyler Leigh) to further confound things. Read full review
60
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 5 Review: You expect the Big Moment on Grey's Anatomy, and the usual array of melodramatic developments in Thursday's two-hour season premiere. On the plus side, at least this episode isn't as padded and maddening as past two-hour Grey's episodes have been. Read full review
60
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
Season 5 Review: What's bad for Seattle Grace isn't necessarily bad for Grey's, which needs all the medical drama it can muster to distract its doctors from their (mostly) dreary love lives. Guest stars don't necessarily hurt, either. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 5 Review: ABC's promise, a bold one, is "A New Beginning." That may be overstating what we see tonight, but at least we do get a brand-new guy for Sandra Oh's Cristina Yang to kiss. That's a good start. But as with any veteran show, some of the old mix-and-match gets redundant. Read full review
50
People WeeklyTerry KelleherJun 28, 2013
Season 1 Review: There are bright spots here, including Pompeo's skillful performance and the surprisingly touching relationship between Meredith and her mother, a renowned surgeon. But to be worthy of study, Grey's Anatomy needs more of a brain. Read full review
50
Denver PostJoanne OstrowFeb 20, 2013
Season 1 Review: So far Grey's Anatomy is groping for a balance between over-the-top nuttiness and heartstring plucking drama; it lands awkwardly in the dram-edy category. If it would stop trying to be droll and ironic (this is no "Scrubs"), it just might make the cut. [27 March 2005, p.F01]
50
San Francisco ChronicleTim GoodmanFeb 20, 2013
Season 1 Review: Ultimately, there's nothing new about the bones of Grey's Anatomy. Somebody needs to reinvent the hospital drama, stat. Read full review
50
NewsdayVerne Gay
Season 5 Review: It's still the Meredere (or Deremere) show, and Cristina's right. It's just ... so ... over. Read full review
50
PopMattersRenee Scolaro Mora
Season 7 Review: Unfortunately, the best bits of the premiere were the flashbacks to the finale, though their impact was watered down considerably in the context of an action-less storyline, filled with Grey's usual rambling pontifications. Read full review
40
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertFeb 20, 2013
Season 1 Review: The kind of TV product that's so instantly recognizable you feel like you've already dreamed it from premiere to finale. It might as well be over before it really starts. Read full review
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