Rosewood

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Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 23, 2015
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
37

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 23
  3. Negative: 12 out of 23
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Critic Reviews

  1. Uncle Barky
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    Sep 23, 2015
    50
    Rosewood can be fun in spots, but more often is way over-cooked.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    Sep 23, 2015
    50
    If Rosewood is unremarkable, there is still a place for unremarkable television in the mental life of the culture. (Creator Todd Harthan worked on USA's amiable, undemanding "Psych.") And if Chestnut and Ortiz don't exactly burn up the screen, they are not hard to take, like the show they live in.
  3. Boston Herald
    Reviewed by: Mark A. Perigard
    Sep 23, 2015
    50
    Rosewood tries so badly to create the next prime-time super couple, but the duo at the heart of this awkward crime procedural are less together than they are apart.
  5. Slate
    Reviewed by: Willa Paskin
    Sep 21, 2015
    50
    The only original thing about Rosewood is that the flashy, genius pathologist with a dark secret is, in this case, a black man, and the tough yet vulnerable cop playing across from him is a Hispanic woman.
  6. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: David Wiegand
    Sep 14, 2015
    50
    The show has a certain sunny Miami gloss, but that doesn’t blind us to the generally perfunctory script, the flat pacing and the useful but unremarkable dialog. Everyone involved really deserves better, including the audience.
  7. Newark Star-Ledger
    Reviewed by: Vicki Hyman
    Sep 23, 2015
    42
    Chestnut, a reliably charming presence on screens small and large, is by far the best the thing about this painfully conventional procedural that borrows aethestically from "Miami Vice."
  8. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Joshua Alston
    Sep 23, 2015
    42
    Beyond the tired, will-they-yes-of-course-they-will dynamic between Rosewood and Villa, the show’s premise is weirdly thin. There’s no macro-story, and Rosewood’s only other element is a character attribute, not a story driver.
  9. The Salt Lake Tribune
    Reviewed by: Scott D. Pierce
    Sep 25, 2015
    40
    Rosewood isn't awful. But both Chestnut and the viewers deserve much better.
  10. Yahoo TV
    Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    Sep 23, 2015
    40
    Rosewood still seems like something you’ve watched before. It’s like Burn Notice meets Royal Pains interrupted by Cops.
  11. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: James Poniewozik
    Sep 22, 2015
    40
    The first murder they investigate suggests that Rosewood will be a drama as bright and shallow as fresh paint on stucco.
  12. The Huffington Post
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    Sep 17, 2015
    40
    Rosewood brings nothing distinctive or memorable to the formula, aside from the welcome diversity of its cast.

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#97 Most Discussed TV Season of 2015

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User Score
4.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 68 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 68
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 68
  3. Negative: 27 out of 68
  1. cafelatte
    Feb 2, 2016
    10
    Love this show! I don't care what others say I find it entertaining and the crimes riveting, they're not as obvious as other crime dramas inLove this show! I don't care what others say I find it entertaining and the crimes riveting, they're not as obvious as other crime dramas in the whodunit stakes. Refreshing!… Full Review »
  2. imacog
    Dec 3, 2015
    8
    When I watched the 1st couple of episodes my reaction was eh. However, as I continued to watch I realized the show is not meant to be grittyWhen I watched the 1st couple of episodes my reaction was eh. However, as I continued to watch I realized the show is not meant to be gritty or overly intense. Its a cross between Moonlighting, House, and Bones. I also like it for reasons that may make others uncomfortable ... that being, it places black characters outside of the Rapper/Drug Dealer/Athlete box that has become commonplace in movies and television. Consequently, I enjoy watching an upbeat positive show with a talented and integrated cast that recognizes a black man (or anyone else for that matter) can be as smart as Sherlock Holmes :-)… Full Review »
  3. jeremyp
    Sep 24, 2015
    3
    Lasted 5 minutes. Our hero sees a body that's fallen from a building and without missing a beat tells us why he did it. He's smarter thanLasted 5 minutes. Our hero sees a body that's fallen from a building and without missing a beat tells us why he did it. He's smarter than Sherlock, and he's Black too! He rattles off medical terminology to make your head spin.… Full Review »
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