K-Ville

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Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 17, 2007
Metascore
49

Mixed or average reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 20
  3. Negative: 5 out of 20

Critic Reviews

  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    60
    K-Ville is a solidly crafted drama with admirable focus and energy.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Clark Collis
    58
    K-Ville plays like a tired retooling of the pre-"Homicide" cop-show formula.
  3. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Robert Abele
    60
    There are intriguing elements here that promise to explore the aches, pains and joys of those committed to rebuilding something wrenched from them.
  5. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    50
    Fox and K-Ville creator Jonathan Lisco get credit for setting their new police drama in post-Katrina New Orleans--but future episodes will have to settle down and get serious if the show is to do justice to its setting and potential.
  6. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: John Leonard
    50
    K-Ville’s co–executive producers are both cop-show veterans--Jonathan Lisco of NYPD Blue and The District, Craig Silverstein of Bones and Standoff--who know how to yank our chains with close-ups, jump cuts, booster shots of adrenaline, and low-rent noir.
  7. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Linda Stasi
    50
    After a few minutes, it becomes clear that this is yet another formulaic cop drama off the "Lethal Weapon" template.
  8. Philadelphia Daily News
    Reviewed by: Ellen Gray
    40
    K-Ville's Lisco seems to want to have it both ways, presenting very complex cases and then wrapping them up neatly within the hour.
  9. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    50
    Right now, outside of Anderson struggling to make something from the limited ingredients he's been given, New Orleans itself is the only interesting element.
  10. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    50
    So what we have here is "Miami Vice" minus the palm trees and sports cars, and plus a sliver of an earnest message.
  11. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Barry Garron
    40
    The more K-ville captures this aura of gloom, the more depressing it is to watch.
  12. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Virginia Heffernan
    60
    This first episode doesn’t offer enough payoff for those first scenes: far too much Hauser and running, and too little Boulet and talking. But the opening scenes give proof of intelligence, and the series might yet display that intelligence more effectively, and give Mr. Anderson room to play.
  13. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    40
    The intent seems to be baiting a drama with a tantalizing marketing hook, but the resulting gumbo--despite a few promising ingredients--is all gristle, no beef.

Awards & Rankings

71
#71 Best TV Season of 2007
55
#55 Most Discussed TV Season of 2007
37
#37 Most Shared TV Season of 2007

User Reviews

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User Score
6.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 33 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 33
  3. Negative: 6 out of 33
  1. ShaunR.
    Apr 21, 2008
    10
    I really like the show a lot its not often you get to see good shows like that. You really put together a master piece with this show. I really like the show a lot its not often you get to see good shows like that. You really put together a master piece with this show. Definitely recommend it to every one i know!!… Full Review »
  2. LucindoT.
    Dec 13, 2007
    9
    Yo this shop is pimp and Anthony Anderson makes it pimp.
  3. JaneK.
    Dec 7, 2007
    6
    Why is it so hard for the media to properly capture New Orleans on film? As a resident, I think I am not alone in saying me and my neighbors Why is it so hard for the media to properly capture New Orleans on film? As a resident, I think I am not alone in saying me and my neighbors are not watching this. We may have all tuned in with high expectations for the Pilot, but that was enough. Horrible cliches, bad writing, emotional angles that are meant to be deep but come off pathetic... The South is a gold mine of odd balls and unique characters and unexpected situations, but this show falls flat on its face when trying to depict it. What a shame, because New Orleans (pre and post Katrina) is still an ideal city for a great show... like Sex and the City did for New York, or The Sopranos did for New Jersey - this city could easily be a major reoccurring character. But Nooooo.... they screwed us in the media once again.… Full Review »
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