CBS | Release Date: October 6, 2000
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METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
16
Mixed:
8
Negative:
0
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Los Angeles TimesHoward RosenbergJun 14, 2013
Season 1 Review: Moderate achievement. [6 Oct 2000, p.F1]
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New York Daily NewsDavid BianculliJun 14, 2013
Season 1 Review: Tim Daly is miscast as Richard Kimble in this new CBS remake of the classic '60s series. It's worth seeing once, though, just to see the effort. [6 Oct 2000, p.150]
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Orlando SentinelHal BoedekerJun 13, 2013
Season 1 Review: Still, familiarity undermines the updated Fugitive. If you've seen the David Janssen series or the Harrison Ford movie version, you know how the story starts and how it ends. [6 Oct 2000, p.E1]
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Denver PostJoanne OstrowJun 13, 2013
Season 1 Review: It is formulaic but built to last. Think of this expensive remake as 'Touched by a Kimble.'... The workmanlike hour continues to mine old themes of alienation, injustice and the search for truth. [5 Oct 2000, p.E-03]
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Philadelphia InquirerJonathan StormJun 14, 2013
Season 1 Review: It was all cool years ago, but today it seems just a bit too contrived, even if it does mean lots of work for Hollywood stuntmen. TV has never had a successful remake of an old show, and there's no reason to believe The Fugitive, which debuts Friday at 8 p.m., will escape that bleak statistic. [6 Oct 2000]
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NewsdayDiane WertsJun 13, 2013
Season 1 Review: TV fave Daly is more personally accessible than Janssen and Harrison Ford. And his show is beautifully produced. But we've seen it all before. CBS must figure this old-style genre-single- lead hero, chase drama, closed-end action-is primed for a comeback, though it's hard to imagine younger viewers sitting still for this Diagnosis Pursuit. [6 Oct 2000, p.B51]
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Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertJun 13, 2013
Season 1 Review: While the pacing and acting of the new show is admirable, it's an overtold story and its familiarity lessens the intrigue. Baby, maybe he wasn't born to run, and run, and run. [6 Oct 2000, p.D1]
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The New York TimesCaryn JamesJun 14, 2013
Season 1 Review: While The Fugitive is the most high-profile of the CBS crime series, it is also the most lackluster, mostly because Tim Daly is a lightweight Kimble. [6 Oct 2000, p.E1]