TNT | Release Date: July 12, 2006
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Generally favorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
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Cleveland Plain DealerMark DawidziakMay 4, 2021
Season 1 Review: Bouncing between bloody good and bloody brilliant. [12 July 2006, p.D1]
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Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardMay 4, 2021
Season 1 Review: The production values are exceedingly high, and you could find worse excuses to stay up past your bedtime. [12 July 2006, p.038]
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NewsdayDiane WertsMay 4, 2021
Season 1 Review: Rarely does a TV series premiere as pitch-perfect as "Nightmares & Dreamscapes." But often does a second installment deflate as disappointingly as the subsequent second hour of this summer anthology of mystical imagination adapted from the stories of Stephen King...While the bubble doesn't burst completely, the bravura filmmaking of tonight's first hour sets a standard that's difficult to match on a regular basis, much less in the hour that airs immediately after. It's a "wow!" that's likely to stand as one of TV's most mesmerizing hours of the year. [12 July 2006, p.B21]
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Chicago Sun-TimesDoug ElfmanMay 4, 2021
Season 1 Review: The best of King, roadblocks and all, is packaged in "Nightmares & Dreamscapes". [12 July 2006, p.25]
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St. Louis Post-DispatchGail PenningtonMay 4, 2021
Season 1 Review: There's a "Twilight Zone" vibe to the stories and their TV treatment, although it goes without saying that Rod Serling did better in half the time. William Hurt is sure to rack up acclaim for his tour de force performance in the first hour, "Battleground," airing without commercials, in which a hit man is attacked by an army of toy soldiers. Once you get the point, however, the actual battle -- wordless if not soundless -- seems to go on and on. [12 July 2006, p.E6]
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New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyMay 4, 2021
Season 1 Review: The fewer people who sleep well on Wednesday nights, the happier TNT will be. It's a goal partially realized. [11 July 2006, p.82]
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Miami HeraldGlenn GarvinMay 4, 2021
Season 1 Review: The show can suffer wild mood swings not just week to week but hour to hour. [12 July 2006, p.E3]
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Orlando SentinelHal BoedekerMay 4, 2021
Season 1 Review: The first hour, "Battleground" with William Hurt, is brilliant, but the next three are repetitive, talky or derivative. [9 July 2006, p.10]