• Network: USA
  • Series Premiere Date: Jun 16, 2002
Season #: 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
65

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 15
  2. Negative: 0 out of 15
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Critic Reviews

  1. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Noel Holston
    Jul 28, 2014
    60
    Hall lacks Walken's natural aura of strangeness, and he looks a little too well-fed for a guy who has been vegetating for half a decade. But he does manage to make Smith credible and sympathetic. [14 June 2002, p.B51]
  2. The Detroit News
    Reviewed by: Tom Long
    Jul 28, 2014
    60
    Truth is, Johnny's predicament has a mix of emotional trauma, supernatural hoodoo and old-fashioned conniving that just might work. Or not, depending on how often the writers beat the same drum -- saving a small kid every week will get old quick. For now, let's give the show the benefit of the doubt. [14 June 2002]
  3. San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa Times
    Reviewed by: Chuck Barney
    Jul 28, 2014
    60
    The pilot managed to hold my interest for the most part, and I'll credit Hall for bringing a moody allure to the role...Who knows? The show could still flatline over its 13-episode run, but for now it seems to be alive and kicking. [16 June 2002, p.C4]
  4. Houston Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Ann Hodges
    Jul 28, 2014
    58
    So far, the plot's in place, but Dead Zone's good old gotcha is minimal. And in anything claiming to trace its roots to Stephen King, minimal chill factor could be risky - maybe even the kiss of death. [15 June 2002, p.9]
  5. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    Jul 28, 2014
    50
    It isn't terrible, as TV hours go, but nothing about it leads you to believe turning the movie into a series was a good idea. [14 June 2002, p.13E]
  6. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Phil Rosenthal
    Jul 28, 2014
    40
    It's just not that suspenseful. [14 June 2002, p.55]