Sirens (2014)
ABC | USA | Release Date: March 6, 2014
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
7
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
The A.V. ClubSonia SaraiyaMar 4, 2014
Season 1 Review: It’s not exactly groundbreaking, but it’s fun to watch and slightly addictive. Read full review
80
Boston GlobeChristopher MutherMar 6, 2014
Season 1 Review: There is no mistaking that this is a bromedy. But this is a smart bromedy. Ladies, don’t be afraid to watch. Out of the gate, Leary creates characters that are identifiable and likable. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyClark CollisFeb 28, 2014
Season 1 Review: Mosley, Kevin Daniels, and Kevin Bigley play Chicago EMTs in this promising show, which is more comedically broad than Leary's Rescue Me and much raunchier than your average USA series. [7 Mar 2014, p.61] Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterTim GoodmanMar 7, 2014
Season 1 Review: Sirens is a better than expected offering and probably better than the kickback it’s likely to get when it comes to faulty memories and dusty legacies. Read full review
70
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen GrayMar 5, 2014
Season 1 Review: The humor's as broad as Lake Michigan, but when Sirens wades in a little deeper, as it occasionally does, it sometimes manages to be even funnier. Read full review
70
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenMar 5, 2014
Season 1 Review: Later episodes are funny enough. Perhaps it’s just the usual early episode growing pains. Read full review
70
VarietyBrian LowryMar 4, 2014
Season 1 Review: Mosley and Daniels bring an easygoing banter to the central roles, and the series has considerable fun with the bluer aspects of the job. That said, the show’s preoccupation with below-the-belt comedy risks growing a trifle tedious even after the three previewed episodes. Read full review
67
Uncle BarkyEd BarkMar 5, 2014
Season 1 Review: At its best is dumb fun. Johnny, Hank and rookie EMT Brian of course keep making a fine mess of things. They also mesh together pretty well in a series that bracingly is without a detracting laugh track. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesLori RacklMar 6, 2014
Season 1 Review: The man-banter humor and language in Sirens can be jarringly crass at times--an unexpected pothole hit while cruising along with these generally likable characters. Read full review
63
USA TodayRobert BiancoMar 5, 2014
Season 1 Review: The show's younger stars all are personable, if not yet exactly memorable, and all told, their show is an agreeable, mildly amusing time-passer. Read full review
63
People WeeklyTom GliattoFeb 28, 2014
Season 1 Review: At its best, Sirens has some of the emotional and comedic recklessness and shock of his FX comedy about firefighters, Rescue Me. Sirens needs to howl a little more. [10 Mar 2014]
60
Washington PostHank StueverMar 5, 2014
Season 1 Review: The humor is smart-ish and has more bite and suggestive raunch than you’d expect. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyMar 5, 2014
Season 1 Review: The discussions at times feel Seinfeldian, tempered with Leary’s fondness for outrage, darkness and absurdity. Leary’s last show, “Rescue Me,” worked because it never lost the humanity. The task for Sirens, which will take a few weeks, is to establish it. Read full review
58
The Lincoln Journal StarJeff KorbelikMar 27, 2014
Season 1 Review: The comedy is “Rescue Me”-like, but lighter, with less angst. Read full review
50
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardMar 6, 2014
Season 1 Review: Johnny is easily a Leary/Tommy Gavin stand-in, 
Theresa is Janet (Andrea Roth) with a badge, and Bigley could be Mike Silletti’s (Mike Lombardi) brother. Don’t bother with the alarm. When it comes to 
Sirens, you know this drill. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandMar 5, 2014
Season 1 Review: The characters are charming and likable, but the show is strangely humor-challenged. Read full review
50
The New York TimesMike HaleMar 5, 2014
Season 1 Review: Sirens stands at the far end of a current spectrum in which jokes are considered too obvious and old-fashioned a way of getting laughs. Unfortunately, the show doesn’t replace them with funny circumstances or characters we care about. Read full review
42
NewsdayVerne GayMar 4, 2014
Season 1 Review: Overtones of "Rescue Me," absent the wit and bite. Read full review
20
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushMar 6, 2014
Season 1 Review: Confusing tastelessness and cheap profanity with actual humor, this misfire from executive producer Denis Leary feels like a series of limp outtakes from the more daring Rescue Me. Read full review
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