Saved

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Season 1
  • Network: TNT
  • Series Premiere Date: Jun 12, 2006
Metascore
51

Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 18
  3. Negative: 2 out of 18

Critic Reviews

  1. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    60
    [Scott's] vital, star-making turn in "Saved" comes as a surprise, as it makes his earlier work seem muted by comparison.
  2. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Storm
    60
    So what if it's as superficial as a flesh wound? There's plenty of style.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Alessandra Stanley
    60
    Wyatt's story falls together a little too neatly.
  5. Slate
    Reviewed by: Troy Patterson
    60
    [Scott's] playfulness is essential to making this show a pleasurable trifle instead of a sodden one.
  6. Detroit Free Press
    Reviewed by: Mike Duffy
    50
    "Saved" is a sometimes entertaining, often predictable trauma drama.
  7. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    50
    Given that it wants to seem edgy and quirky, "Saved" is remarkably rich in cliché... Still, it's no worse than average and has Tom Everett Scott in it, which is a nice thing for TV viewers.
  8. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    50
    In spite of [Scott's] fine performance, though, nothing elevates this drama about people on the verge of death and disaster into something other than ordinary.
  9. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    50
    The opening crises just feel phony and forced -- as does everything else, from the humor to the drama to the bleached-out colors.
  10. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    40
    Cliches are cliches, no matter what channel you're watching.
  11. Orlando Sentinel
    Reviewed by: Hal Boedeker
    40
    A flashy but derivative medical drama.
  12. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    40
    It's not atrocious, just sort of bland -- the kind of show we've watched a million times before.

Awards & Rankings

67
#67 Best TV Season of 2006
23
#23 Most Discussed TV Season of 2006

User Reviews

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User Score
8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 120 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 105 out of 120
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 120
  3. Negative: 14 out of 120
  1. CharleenA.
    Apr 15, 2008
    10
    You left us stranded with them in as wreck, please get them on the air.
  2. ShawnM.
    Feb 7, 2008
    10
    There can be no good reason not to bring this show back. It was an instant classic, and if it got overshadowed by "reality" TV, then I thank There can be no good reason not to bring this show back. It was an instant classic, and if it got overshadowed by "reality" TV, then I thank God I got to see the few episodes that aired when it did. Oh, well, at least there's "House". BTW, "Rescue Me" does not hold a candle to "Saved".… Full Review »
  3. DarrallS.
    Oct 22, 2007
    10
    I loved it and would like it to come back. I am a paramedic and took pride in the show.
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