• Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 18, 1992
Season #: 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
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Metascore
61

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 16
  2. Negative: 1 out of 16
  1. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Marvin Kitman
    Jul 12, 2013
    100
    With the mix of bizarre cases and believably goofy characters, I found already I never wanted the show to end. It's great stuff working on three levels at once. [17 Sep 1992]
  2. Reviewed by: David Hiltbrand
    Jun 25, 2013
    67
    The show runs on the same alternating current of pathos and comedy as L.A. Law, but the drama is more ponderous and the humor a good deal more forced.
  3. San Diego Union-Tribune
    Reviewed by: John Freeman
    Jun 19, 2013
    50
    So many scenes work so wonderfully well in the first episode of Picket Fences. Trouble is, the show has nearly as many sappy, melodramatic scenes, the kind of cloddy clunkers that ultimately weigh down the entire affair. [13 Sept 1992, p.TV-16]