The Player

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Season 1
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 24, 2015
User Score
7.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 57 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 39 out of 57
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 57
  3. Negative: 11 out of 57
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  1. duffsmom
    Oct 5, 2015
    6
    This series is action-packed and Philip Winchester as Alex Kane is excellent. That being said, the premise for this series is so far-fetched and bizarre, I have trouble getting past it. The pit boss, played by Wesley Snipes and his assistant (Charity Wakefield) are standard stereotypes and not terribly likable. I'll keep trying because I enjoy Philip Winchester's work, but I'm not sure ifThis series is action-packed and Philip Winchester as Alex Kane is excellent. That being said, the premise for this series is so far-fetched and bizarre, I have trouble getting past it. The pit boss, played by Wesley Snipes and his assistant (Charity Wakefield) are standard stereotypes and not terribly likable. I'll keep trying because I enjoy Philip Winchester's work, but I'm not sure if this one can last.… Expand

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#76 Most Discussed TV Season of 2015
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Metascore
43

Mixed or average reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 26
  3. Negative: 12 out of 26
  1. Yahoo TV
    Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    Oct 22, 2015
    50
    For its combination of silliness revved up to a furious pace, The Player is, as I said at the start, watchable--the kind of visual junk food that you find yourself consuming for an hour before you realize 60 minutes have passed.
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  2. The Salt Lake Tribune
    Reviewed by: Scott D. Pierce
    Sep 25, 2015
    30
    The action sequences are cool. Unbelievable, but cool. Fast forward through the rest of this drivel and just watch those, if you must.
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  3. We Got This Covered
    Reviewed by: Isaac Feldberg
    Sep 25, 2015
    20
    Everything on the screen has been played out, ad nauseam, in other series--we’ve seen dozens of brooding-hero-with-a-dead-wife narratives and omniscient-organization-secretly-saving-the-world backdrops in the past few years alone, but it’s entirely possible that none of those other shows have left as bland a taste in the mouth as this one.
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