King & Maxwell
TNT | Release Date: June 10, 2013
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
56
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
11
Negative:
2
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyJun 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: A promising new summer series. Read full review
75
People WeeklyTom GliattoJun 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: A smoothly executed vehicle for Rebecca Romijn and Jon Tenney, it knows exactly what it's doing, [16 Jun 2013]
70
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen GrayJun 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: Tenney and Romijn make fun partners, and the pilot by executive producer Shane Brennan follows an intriguing course that might have seemed far-fetched only a week ago, before we learned that truth might be stranger than "Person of Interest." Read full review
70
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenJun 7, 2013
Season 1 Review: King & Maxwell doesn't have much that's new to offer, but it's fine, forgettable, escapist summer fare. Read full review
67
Uncle BarkyEd BarkJun 7, 2013
Season 1 Review: The script and circumstances really labor down the stretch. Still, Tenney and Romijn make for a pretty nifty pair, whether quipping on cue or subduing some henchmen with their feet and fists. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydJun 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: Most of what doesn't work in the pilot happens when the production strives for a big effect or grand stroke, while all of what works best happens in the close space between the leads. Read full review
60
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerJun 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: It’s a solid start, and were this the first series of its kind, King & Maxwell would seem like a sure hit. That it’s working the same territory as various other well-made shows costs it some luster, but it could still settle in as a reliable schedule filler. Read full review
58
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardJun 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: TNT’s latest crime drama reeks of stale TV crime procedurals from the ’70s and ’80s. Read full review
50
St. Louis Post-DispatchGail PenningtonJun 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: Together, they're charming, but the "will they or won't they?" romantic tension feels forced, and that takes much of the fun out of it. Read full review
50
USA TodayRobert BiancoJun 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: Every detail in the show looks and feels false and phony--from the weird, yellow-tinged warehouse/prison to the skyline view of Washington that seems to insert national monuments at random. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertJun 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: It’s a bland, cliched kind of offbeat, as she teases him and he teases her in an all too familiar manner. Read full review
50
New York PostLinda StasiJun 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: More focus on their day jobs and less “Moonlighting” by the producers is needed here. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandJun 5, 2013
Season 1 Review: King and Maxwell banter like a fourth-rate Nick and Nora Charles.... This stuff is much more credible, and interesting, in series like "Castle" and "Bones," but, again, those shows have better actors than Romijn as well as better writers. Read full review
42
NewsdayVerne GayJun 7, 2013
Season 1 Review: The dialogue's preposterous, the plot ludicrous, and the premise as fresh as a wrung-out old mop. Read full review
40
VarietyBrian LowryJun 7, 2013
Season 1 Review: Forgive TNT for returning to the ampersand well (following “Rizzoli & Isles” and “Franklin & Bash”), but creatively speaking, this is all fairly stale & mediocre. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterTim GoodmanJun 5, 2013
Season 1 Review: For a moment, it feels like a big screen action flick. Then the plot unfolds and it’s back to Familiarville. Read full review
38
RedEyeCurt WagnerJun 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: [King & Maxwell] will live and die on the casting--because everything else about it feels as stale and standard as week-old white bread. Read full review
30
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniJun 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: King & Maxwell is all lazy writing, clumsy plotting, and somnambulistic acting. Read full review
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