NYC 22
CBS | Release Date: April 15, 2012
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
13
Negative:
2
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
NewsdayVerne GayApr 10, 2012
Season 1 Review: They honor the job without trivializing it, or turning it into melodramatic entertainment pap for the masses. Read full review
90
Wall Street JournalDorothy RabinowitzApr 12, 2012
Season 1 Review: It is, in its artfulness and drama, a smashing pilot and--from the evidence of the next episodes--a reliable indicator of the quality to come. Read full review
75
New York PostLinda StasiApr 16, 2012
Season 1 Review: The series, written by Price and produced by Robert DeNiro, has NYC cred, and it, like its characters, grows with each episode. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyClark CollisApr 6, 2012
Season 1 Review: It boasts at least a whiff of the grittiness to be found in creator/writer Richard Price's 1992 novel about drug dealer, Clockers. [13 Apr 2012, p.79]
70
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydApr 13, 2012
Season 1 Review: While the broad strokes tend to remind you that you're watching a fiction, the finer details are well done - the bits and pieces are satisfying, even as you note the rivets and seams that join them. Read full review
63
People WeeklyTom GliattoApr 27, 2012
Season 1 Review: It's a well-done, somewhat sleepy ensemble drama about newbies on patrol. [7 May 2012, p.46]
60
PopMattersLesley SmithApr 16, 2012
Season 1 Review: The first episode is not a courageous start, despite good acting from the ensemble cast, generous location shooting, and a quirkily realized context. Read full review
60
Miami HeraldGlenn GarvinApr 16, 2012
Season 1 Review: Some of the bits are awfully predictable, like tough-guy Sands mellowing into a big-brother type for a young street punk who (amazing coincidence alert) has a hottie older sister. Others are more interesting, particularly a debate between Goldberg and Marte over whether warring on drugs makes any sense. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyApr 12, 2012
Season 1 Review: The dialogue is crisp, no scene lasts too long, and despite the large cast, we can follow what's happening. What's not clear yet is whether this show has its own style and vision. Read full review
58
HitfixAlan SepinwallApr 16, 2012
Season 1 Review: NYC 22 feels like the TV version of the show it wants to be. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Matt Zoller SeitzApr 16, 2012
Season 1 Review: NYC 22 isn't the best or worst show you'll ever see. Read full review
50
Zap2it (Inside the Box)David EcksteinApr 16, 2012
Season 1 Review: The show is pretty much a by-the-numbers cop show. Read full review
50
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerApr 13, 2012
Season 1 Review: The scripts are efficient. The acting is decent. But you're likely to find yourself just waiting for the familiar crises and character complications to come along, and sure enough, they do. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesLori RacklApr 13, 2012
Season 1 Review: When it comes to most of the rookie characters and the plot, nothing in the pilot of NYC 22 jumps out as being particularly original or interesting. Read full review
50
USA TodayRobert BiancoApr 12, 2012
Season 1 Review: It's better-acted than some shows, less grating than others. Its greatest flaw is it's too familiar and predictable. Read full review
50
VarietyBrian LowryApr 12, 2012
Season 1 Review: While the show's vision encompasses a touch more character than the average procedural, this latest case of the NYPD blues is hardly a reason to start spreading the news. Read full review
50
Uncle BarkyEd BarkApr 11, 2012
Season 1 Review: In short, nothing really jumps off the screen here. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandApr 9, 2012
Season 1 Review: NYC 22 (for the 22nd Precinct in Harlem) is pretty average, which is to say: Nothing to write home about and probably nothing that you'll stick with very long. Read full review
40
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenApr 16, 2012
Season 1 Review: NYC 22 is very much a prototypical CBS show--it lacks ambition but it's not terrible. Read full review
30
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushApr 13, 2012
Season 1 Review: NYC 22 isn't even trying. It's not too too, it's too little. Read full review
25
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardApr 16, 2012
Season 1 Review: TV this dull should be outlawed. Read full review
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