CBS | Release Date: October 7, 2000
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
6
Negative:
6
60
Orlando SentinelHal BoedekerJun 14, 2013
Season 1 Review: Mannion is most appealing when he doesn't play the hero. [7 Oct 2000, p.E1]
60
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenJun 14, 2013
Season 1 Review: Whatever the politics of it, The District is a decent drama. Not great, but certainly interesting, especially if it actually deals with issues of race and politics. [7 Oct 2000, p.B-8]
50
Dallas Morning NewsTom MaurstadJun 14, 2013
Season 1 Review: The macho-vigilante ethos of the show quickly grows tiresome. But with scene after scene of the Chief's righteous indignation - uttering lines such as "I don't care how much it costs, people out there are dying" - The District can be silly fun. [7 Oct 2000, p.1C]
50
Kansas City StarAaron BarnhartJun 12, 2013
Season 1 Review: Nelson clearly relishes this role, though his rah-rah approach to everything wears thin. And critics are right to note that some of the confrontations between Nelson and his black rivals are needlessly harsh. [7 Oct 2000, p.E1]
40
The New York TimesCaryn JamesJun 14, 2013
Season 1 Review: The District will either have to ignore race and lapse into television fantasyland or embrace its realism and become more sophisticated. (A tiresome political correctness would be worst of all. ) Either way, it's halfway there. [6 Oct 2000, p.E1]
40
NewsdayDiane WertsJun 13, 2013
Season 1 Review: Whoa, pardner. Calm down. There's too much struttin' and puffin' in the pilot for our taste. Rich casting and drama possibilities get mired in improbable events. And the basic premise -white father rides in to save black city? -is asking for trouble. [6 Oct 2000, p.B51]