The Nine
ABC | Release Date: October 4, 2006
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
81
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 29 Critic Reviews
Positive:
27
Mixed:
1
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker
Season 1 Review: There are few answers in this excellent premiere, but The Nine makes you want to find out. Read full review
100
San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa TimesCharlie McCollum
Season 1 Review: The way these characters interact and relate in the first hour is dazzling and involving without being self-consciously clever. Read full review
100
People WeeklyTom Gliatto
Season 1 Review: This could be the fall's finest drama. [9 Oct 2006, p.41]
100
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: A satisfying, intriguingly complex ABC drama that emerges from the season's serialized pack as the best new show of the year. Read full review
100
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: "The Nine," starting tomorrow, is the show most people will want to discuss at the office water cooler. Read full review
91
Entertainment WeeklyGillian Flynn
Season 1 Review: The biggest worry with The Nine is that its mystery will start to crumble after a dozen episodes or so. But for now, it's one smooth, creepy, cool operation. Read full review
90
Arizona RepublicBill Goodykoontz
Season 1 Review: It's a fantastic show, neck-and-neck with Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip for best new show of the season. Read full review
90
Baltimore SunDavid Zurawik
Season 1 Review: The writing is daring, the editing dazzling and bold... this is prime-time storytelling that pops. Read full review
90
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: Easily the best of ABC's overly similar, large-cast ensemble dramas. Read full review
90
Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland
Season 1 Review: In a fall season full of lofty recommendations and solid, well-made pilots, it's the only series truly worth getting excited about. Read full review
90
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: Though it has an almost flawless pilot, and one of the best casts of the season, how long will the writers be able to tease out the mysteries of those 52 hours without driving viewers mad? Read full review
90
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Season 1 Review: This season's best new show. Read full review
90
The Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron
Season 1 Review: Whether or not "The Nine" succeeds -- and, personally, I'm pulling for it -- it deserves credit for advancing the art of TV storytelling to new heights, both complex and rewarding. Read full review
88
San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Season 1 Review: What helps separate "The Nine" from others in this season's crowded field are stellar performances throughout and a steady, sure hand in the pilot. Read full review
83
Christian Science MonitorGloria Goodale
Season 1 Review: It will certainly make you wonder how you might survive such an event yourself - though whether that premise can fuel a whole series remains to be seen. Read full review
80
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: The challenge, structurally, will be finding a way to keep these characters interacting (logic that already seems a bit strained in the pilot) as the incident drifts into the distance. Read full review
80
Kansas City StarAaron Barnhart
Season 1 Review: The first hour... hits you with a potent cocktail of action and intrigue. Read full review
80
The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley
Season 1 Review: There is nothing supernatural behind the mystery, and there is no deep-rooted government conspiracy lurking behind seemingly mundane events. But suspense builds, personalities strengthen and change, and “The Nine” takes on a life of its own. Read full review
80
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: Based on the pilot, [the] mystery promises to be surprising, psychological, and addictive. Read full review
75
Detroit Free PressMike Duffy
Season 1 Review: "The Nine" unfolds with an abundance of emotion-charged imagination. Read full review
75
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: Sure, I'm in, but I'm not quite a hostage to the show - not yet, anyway. Read full review
70
L.A. WeeklyRobert Abele
Season 1 Review: The Nine doesn’t quite feel like a Lost knockoff since its missing-piece, jigsaw-puzzle construct has a basis in reality: the unknowable feelings of those who have weathered personal crisis. Read full review
70
TimeJames Poniewozik
Season 1 Review: The tense pilot suggests the series has a few twists up its sleeve and a cast up to the challenge. Read full review
70
Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Season 1 Review: If you're willing to invest some time and brain cells, The Nine is an absorbing experience. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloyd
Season 1 Review: Without making any great claims for the show's depth, I do sense a desire behind the sensation and soap to investigate something significant, if deceptively simple: how life changes in a moment. Read full review
70
NewsdayVerne Gay
Season 1 Review: "The Nine" may well be the best of the crop - smart, clever and especially wise to the ways of this genre - but the challenge remains the same. This is work - admittedly often pleasurable work, but come 10 p.m. next Wednesday, we've got to do it all over again. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman
Season 1 Review: There's nothing wrong with "The Nine." It's just essentially a step above pedestrian. Read full review
60
The New YorkerTad Friend
Season 1 Review: Watching “The Nine” is like trying to do a crossword with only the Across clues. But it promises to reward our vigilance. Read full review
30
Washington PostTom Shales
Season 1 Review: It's not so much a narrative as a collection of character studies, and the characters aren't particularly fascinating. Read full review
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