Traveler
ABC | Release Date: May 10, 2007
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
6
Negative:
4

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: The show seems faster, brighter and more entertaining than most of the serials that beat it to the punch this fall. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamara
Season 1 Review: It's all very tense and fun, underscored by sirens and ominous techno music, shot in that popular, over-caffeinated jumpiness that here at least makes sense. Read full review
70
NewsdayDiane Werts
Season 1 Review: A pretty nifty, if completely insane, suspense/conspiracy/ chase/road adventure. Read full review
70
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: The premiere plays like a solid thriller. Read full review
70
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: An action-packed adrenaline rush. Read full review
70
The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley
Season 1 Review: The first episode of “Traveler” is well made and quite gripping. Read full review
63
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: The action is fast and sometimes even compelling, if not entirely believable - or even a little believable. Read full review
60
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: Another workmanlike, reasonably decent thriller. Read full review
60
Washington PostTom Shales
Season 1 Review: The show... can easily be enjoyed simply as a fairly proficient thriller, pushing the kind of buttons that Alfred Hitchcock used to push with such films as "North by Northwest" -- although here they're pushed with much less artfulness and finesse. Read full review
50
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
Season 1 Review: Like so many current serials, [it] requires viewers to buy into the idea that its heroes have no choice but to do very unobvious things. Read full review
40
Baltimore SunDavid Zurawik
Season 1 Review: The problem is, at the end of the pilot, one simply doesn't care enough about Jay and Tyler to go on the lam with them each week. Read full review
40
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: Alas, show creator David DiGilio forgot to put distinct personalities on his fast-moving bodies. Read full review
40
Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker
Season 1 Review: After 24, Lost, Heroes and Prison Break, prime time is overstocked with such sprawling, demanding plots. Read full review
38
Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman
Season 1 Review: The debut episode isn't so bad. The action is fairly taut, except for a dumb foot chase. The direction is tight, despite a few improbable twists. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterRay Richmond
Season 1 Review: You have to suspend an awful lot of disbelief to buy into this premise, and even at that the protagonists aren't nearly compelling enough to care a lot about. Read full review
30
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Season 1 Review: I'm already committed to Prison Break. One cockamamy chase show is all my unaddled brain can handle. Read full review
25
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: Nothing to see. Read full review
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