Royal Pains
USA | Release Date: June 4, 2009
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
14
Mixed:
9
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
Entertainment WeeklyKyle AndersonJun 6, 2013
Season 5 Review: All told, it's a fantastic collection of talent that keeps the show moving, even when the case-of-the-week is something of a clunker. Read full review
83
NewsdayVerne GayMay 18, 2016
Season 8 Review: As always, a welcome summer visitor. Read full review
83
NewsdayVerne GayJun 5, 2012
Season 4 Review: As always, a sunny, laid-back pleasure. Read full review
83
NewsdayVerne GayJun 28, 2011
Season 3 Review: All those greens and blues--and I'm just talking about the trousers and jackets--make you almost forget how well-written and acted this show is; even the medical jargon seems (ummm) un-jargony and informative. The mini dramas are mostly, however, just a light summer breeze, as befitting unpretentious Pains. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyKyle AndersonJun 4, 2012
Season 4 Review: The introduction of high-strung Dr. Sacani (Ben Shenkman) as the new lead physician at HankMed is a confident first step in another summer of Hamptons high jinks.
75
Entertainment WeeklyKen Tucker
Season 1 Review: No one's ever going to say Royal Pains, with its pun title (although Scott is the only royalty around, most of the upper-class patients prove to be real pains), is a classic addition to the medical genre, but it certainly is zippy fun. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesPaige Wiser
Season 1 Review: In summer, we feel less guilty about guilty pleasures. And Royal Pains is just what the doctor ordered for a shameless seasonal fling. Read full review
75
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: Perfect, mindless, summer fun. Read full review
70
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: The one-liners are broad, the plots preposterous. And yet it all works in a lighthearted-summer-fare kind of way, helped along with almost pornographic images of Hamptons wealth. Read full review
70
Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Season 1 Review: Royal Pains has some moments of genuine wit--a lot more of them after Costanzo shows up. Read full review
70
Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall
Season 1 Review: Royal Pains can't help but suffer in comparison, but it's not a bad summer diversion--which, frankly, is all that "Burn Notice" was in its first season. Read full review
70
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
Season 1 Review: Royal Pains, with a sunny star and even sunnier setting, might be just what the doctor ordered for those who can't take one more minute of pseudo-celebrity antics. Read full review
70
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: USA's Royal Pains is an amusing, enjoyable addition to basic cable. Read full review
67
NewsdayVerne GayJun 12, 2013
Season 5 Review: Get past the languor and absence of urgency of any kind and you quickly realize what Royal Pains is all about--TV's version of a nice easy beach read. The fifth season promises more of the same. Read full review
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