Private Practice: Season 1

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Season Details & Credits

ABC | Season Premiere Date: September 26, 2007

Starring: Timothy Daly, Eric Dane, James Pickens Jr.

Summary: Addison trades Seattle and her love triangle for California, Taye Diggs, and Tim Daly.

Creator: Shonda Rhimes

Genre(s): Drama

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E9. In Which Dell Finds His Fight
Air Date: December 5, 2007
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S1:E8. In Which Cooper Finds a Port In His Storm
Air Date: November 21, 2007
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S1:E7. In Which Sam Gets Taken For A Ride
Air Date: November 14, 2007

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David Hinckley

Private Practice at first glance looks like it's about to die. But by the end of its premiere tonight it has miraculously come back to life, apparently without even the aid of a tall, handsome, mysterious script doctor. Read full review

Robert Bianco

Still, for all the show's flaws, here's the good news: Practice is far better than the dismal Grey's episode that introduced it. Read full review

Brian Lowry

ABC's eagerly awaited spinoff of "Grey's Anatomy" initially qualifies as a disappointment -- hitting completely familiar medical-drama beats while pursuing a whimsical tone it never fully achieves. Read full review

Ken Tucker

The pleasure to be extracted from Private Practice--well, not so much pleasure as cringey curiosity--resides entirely in trying to figure out what's really going on inside the actors' heads as they skip through this latest Adults Are the New Spoiled Brats fantasy from "Grey's Anatomy" creator Shonda Rhimes. Read full review

David Zurawik

While the series created by Shonda Rhimes brings some outstanding performers like Amy Brenneman and Audra McDonald back to weekly TV, tonight's season opener is not very appealing. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Matt Roush

This lightweight medical drama still needs serious script surgery. Read full review

Jonathan Storm

It's amazing there's no orthopedist, since the show's so lame. Read full review

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SeanO.

Sep 26, 2007

Move over Grey's. At least PP has a main female character that everyone likes. Best new show of the year so far.

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ZachH.

Sep 26, 2007

Pure genius!

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MaryP.

Feb 15, 2009

Give Private Practice a chance !! It's a great show !! New Characters and relationships, internesting medical cases, Addison that we all love, ect.

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TVshowaddicted

Nov 4, 2011

I think that some of the negative reviews did not watch the whole first season. Actually I love the characters. Then I agree with those who didn't like the pilot, I taught it was cheap and the actors not good enough, but, after watching the whole first season, I liked it.. A lot.

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JulieL.

Sep 27, 2007

I had great hopes for PP and I have to admit that i was a little bit disappointed (too much for one episode....) But just give them a chance.

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KevinL.

Sep 26, 2007

A huge disappointment. The large following of Grey's Anatomy might want to skip this spin-off. The writing is weak and Kate Walsh and her supporting cast doesn't seem to mend with the script and the lame writing. This more "hip and modern" medical drama doesn't seem to have A huge disappointment. The large following of Grey's Anatomy might want to skip this spin-off. The writing is weak and Kate Walsh and her supporting cast doesn't seem to mend with the script and the lame writing. This more "hip and modern" medical drama doesn't seem to have the intensity or any sort of factor to hold the viewers in because the premise of this show lacks all aspects of a good drama. My advice, is stick to Grey's… Expand

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caladoniak.

Sep 26, 2007

Yuck

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Seasons & Episodes

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  Air Date: September 25, 2012
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  Air Date: September 29, 2011
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  Air Date: September 23, 2010
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  Air Date: October 1, 2009
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  Air Date: October 1, 2008
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 26, 2007
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  S1:E9. In Which Dell Finds His Fight
  Air Date: December 5, 2007
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  S1:E8. In Which Cooper Finds a Port In His Storm
  Air Date: November 21, 2007
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  S1:E7. In Which Sam Gets Taken For A Ride
  Air Date: November 14, 2007
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  S1:E6. In Which Charlotte Goes Down the Rabbit Hole
  Air Date: October 31, 2007
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  S1:E5. In Which Addison Finds a Showerhead
  Air Date: October 24, 2007
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  S1:E4. In Which Addison Has a Very Casual Get Together
  Air Date: October 17, 2007
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  S1:E3. In Which Addison Finds the Magic
  Air Date: October 10, 2007
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  S1:E2. In Which Sam Receives an Unexpected Visitor
  Air Date: October 3, 2007
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  S1:E1. In Which We Meet Addison, a Nice Girl From Somewhere Else
  Air Date: September 26, 2007
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  S1:E0. Come Rain or Come Shine: From Grey's Anatomy to Private P...
  Air Date: September 19, 2007