Kingdom Hospital

ABC | Release Date: March 3, 2004

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47	METASCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews

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Robert BiancoApr 14, 2021

Season 1 Review: Kingdom does have a few frightening moments, but they don't compensate for the lackluster performances, the absence of character development, humor or pacing, or the wild fluctuations in tone. [3 March 2004]

David BianculliApr 14, 2021

Season 1 Review: By the time the first episode of Kingdom Hospital is over, viewers are likely already to have checked out. [2 March 2004, p.79]

Melanie McFarlandApr 13, 2021

Season 1 Review: Ghosts aren't Kingdom Hospital's biggest problem. What this movie needed was an editor with the ability to exorcise dusty cliches. Read full review

Terry SawyerApr 13, 2021

Season 1 Review: A befuddled retirement party for King's clichés. From start to finish, the show dodders about like an Alzheimer's patient on a scavenger hunt. Read full review

Tom ShalesApr 13, 2021

Season 1 Review: At least "Twin Peaks" was fascinating when it first began. Kingdom Hospital is not. It's just more simplistic horror hash from a tired and shameless old slinger. If only he would pick up the pace, and things would actually happen. Read full review

Amy AmatangeloApr 14, 2021

Season 1 Review: Oh, if only television critics could be like Simon Cowell on "American Idol." I could declare Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital positively dreadful, and viewers would never have to see it again. [29 Feb 2004]

Tim GoodmanApr 13, 2021

Season 1 Review: Based on the two-hour premiere, a hodgepodge of false dramatic starts, bad acting, rambling scenes, a stupendously annoying narrator and a metaphorical anteater that looks like, of all things, ALF, there's only one conclusion to draw: Those things aren't scary. They're stupid. Read full review

Hal BoedekerApr 14, 2021

Season 1 Review: Among new series this season, Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital is the biggest disappointment, a botch of monumental proportions. Next to it, NBC's misbegotten Coupling looks quaint. [29 Feb 2004, p.4]