Inconceivable

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Season 1
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 30, 2005
Metascore
32

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 20
  3. Negative: 10 out of 20

Critic Reviews

  1. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    63
    Collectively, Inconceivable seems a bit desperate and confused.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Gillian Flynn
    58
    With wannabe sensational plotlines and not-at-all-sensational dialogue, Inconceivable feels duly artificial. [23 Sep 2005, p.83]
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  3. Detroit Free Press
    Reviewed by: Mike Duffy
    50
    Even with its erratic start, "Inconceivable" still manages to deliver a fair share of escapist, bun-in-the-oven fun.
  5. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Paul Brownfield
    50
    "Inconceivable" is a much more tentative exercise than "Nip/Tuck," offering only the mildest hints of comment on the world it depicts, of affluent people going to great lengths to bear children.
  6. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    50
    A strong cast... breathes life into what might otherwise be just one more tepid medical drama.
  7. People Weekly
    Reviewed by: Tom Gliatto
    50
    Does it deliver excitement? So far, no. [3 Oct 2005, p.39]
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  8. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Joy Press
    50
    It's not clear yet how well the show will balance the fertility doctor's high jinks with patient scenarios.
  9. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Sid Smith
    40
    Too much of the setup is a sad, cheesy cross between "Grey's Anatomy" and "Nip/Tuck."
  10. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    40
    Like a test-tube baby, "Inconceivable" has the feeling of a series birthed less by passion than clinical precision.
  11. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Nancy DeWolf Smith
    40
    Much of this is utter nonsense. Life at a real fertility clinic is certainly a lot more humdrum, with fewer sexy nurses and doctors, a lower success record and longer debates about which clients to treat.
  12. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Doug Elfman
    38
    Has a lot of forced backstory writing.
  13. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Ray Richmond
    30
    The inherent melodrama has some absorbing moments, but they're undercut by overheated dialogue and story lines that invariably bite off more than they can easily chew early on.
  14. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    25
    A monumental waste of time.
  15. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    20
    An often lighthearted medical show set in a Los Angeles fertility clinic, NBC's "Inconceivable" lacks the grit of "ER," the heart of "Scrubs" and the soapy shenanigans of "Grey's Anatomy," leaving an empty husk of a series.
  16. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    20
    This baby doesn't look like it'll make it full term.
  17. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    12
    "Inconceivable" is so sappy and syrupy, it's the sort of program that even the Lifetime or Oxygen networks might reject.
  18. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Virginia Heffernan
    10
    Few viewers will have the stomach to enjoy this.
  19. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    0
    [An] intolerable piece of attention-getting TV.
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  20. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    0
    Utterly vacuous and incompetent.
  21. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Storm
    0
    The worst new show this season.

Awards & Rankings

65
#65 Best TV Season of 2005
30
#30 Most Discussed TV Season of 2005

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User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 49 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 43 out of 49
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 49
  3. Negative: 6 out of 49
  1. Stephanie
    Nov 12, 2005
    10
    I loved this show! Figures they would cancel it. It's not like they even gave it a chance! Good grief! And they put Law and Order in I loved this show! Figures they would cancel it. It's not like they even gave it a chance! Good grief! And they put Law and Order in it's place....that's insult to injury!!… Full Review »
  2. jenniferf
    Nov 12, 2005
    10
    I loved this show. I was so disappointed it was canceled. I looked forward to it every friday night. i delt with infirtility for about 2 I loved this show. I was so disappointed it was canceled. I looked forward to it every friday night. i delt with infirtility for about 2 years and then got pregnant. NBC you were verrrrrry DUMB for taking it off the air. Why don't you cancel some of these crime shows. Every time i turn around i see a darn crime show. Please bring it back!!!!!!… Full Review »
  3. JaimeB
    Nov 12, 2005
    10
    I love this show I am going through this write now in my life Please bring back inconceivable
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