NCIS: New Orleans
CBS | Release Date: September 23, 2014
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
55
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
12
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandSep 18, 2014
Season 1 Review: The show makes good use of its New Orleans setting and the script hits all the right, albeit familiar, notes. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertSep 15, 2014
Season 1 Review: The cast is appealing, despite Bakula’s questionable accent. Read full review
70
Zap2it (Inside the Box)Rick PorterSep 23, 2014
Season 1 Review: There's enough detail in the setting and characterization to keep it distinct from the mothership, but also more than enough of the template (down to the freeze-frame tic at the open and close of each act) to make it go down like a comforting plate of crawfish etouffee. Read full review
70
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen GraySep 23, 2014
Season 1 Review: The formula remains solid: A colorful, supportive work family solves mysteries with technological savvy and a dash of humor. Read full review
67
NewsdayVerne GaySep 22, 2014
Season 1 Review: [Bakula and Pounder] should make the process of watching--or chore of watching, depending on your appetite for more of this formula--just a little more agreeable. Read full review
63
USA TodayRobert BiancoSep 23, 2014
Season 1 Review: The result is a show that is neither ambitious nor exciting, but is now, at least, competent enough to be a decent companion for NCIS. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleySep 23, 2014
Season 1 Review: There’s a Crescent City flavor here. But in the larger picture, not much on this menu is unfamiliar. Read full review
58
HitfixAlan SepinwallSep 22, 2014
Season 1 Review: Not an especially good first episode (the two-part backdoor pilot on "NCIS" last spring was better), but one I may return to on occasion, just like the original series, just to see the actors work. Read full review
50
The Daily BeastJason HughesSep 23, 2014
Season 1 Review: It's the strong sense of family within the team that's going to keep viewers coming back. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushSep 23, 2014
Season 1 Review: NCIS: NO is set and shot in Louisiana's signature city, providing a visual and cultural richness that will help set the show apart. More than the writing does, anyway, at least initially. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubMyles McNuttSep 23, 2014
Season 1 Review: Bakula is a strong anchor for a series like this one, and the supporting cast is likable and engaged.... However, based on the framework laid out by producers, NCIS: New Orleans is primarily concerned with continuing the franchise, at the expense of telling stories of the lived realities of its primary setting. Read full review
50
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenSep 22, 2014
Season 1 Review: For some viewers this sameness will be like slipping on a comfy pair of slippers; for others NCIS: New Orleans might be too much the same. Read full review
50
VarietyBrian LowrySep 22, 2014
Season 1 Review: NCIS: New Orleans bears a closer resemblance to “CSI: Miami” than anything else, simply in terms of trying to use a specific locale to differentiate a spinoff that otherwise doesn’t orbit far from the mother ship with a Big Easy vibe. Read full review
50
The OregonianKristi TurnquistSep 19, 2014
Season 1 Review: The cast has easy chemistry, the New Orleans setting is colorful, and Pounder lends class to anything she does. The CBS procedural formula works, but that doesn't make it feel any less formulaic. Read full review
50
Washington PostHank StueverSep 19, 2014
Season 1 Review: The title tells you all you need to know.... The rest is pretty much gumbo from a can. Read full review
50
The Huffington PostMaureen RyanSep 17, 2014
Season 1 Review: This iteration of the very successful "NCIS" franchise is, unsurprisingly, as competent as all the others, Bakula is typically good and it's nice that the show actually shot in New Orleans. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydSep 23, 2014
Season 1 Review: The plot of the pilot, which begins with the discovery of a severed leg in a load of shrimp, is clever enough and manages to fit a lot of locations into its 40-minute hour. That time is also filled with cornball dialogue, shameless sentimentality and B-movie displays of toughness. Read full review
40
The New York TimesAlessandra StanleySep 22, 2014
Season 1 Review: Despite all those [Louisiana] touches, the pacing is slower, the jokes more labored, the personalities more wooden. Read full review
25
Uncle BarkyEd BarkSep 22, 2014
Season 1 Review: It all ends in thoroughly predictable fashion--and without any zip or pop. Read full review
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