Zero Hour
ABC | Release Date: February 14, 2013
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
39
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 30 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
12
Negative:
13
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
Chicago Sun-TimesLori RacklFeb 14, 2013
Season 1 Review: This overly ambitious series tries to do way too much and ends up doing nothing particularly well. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraFeb 13, 2013
Season 1 Review: Zero Hour, while initially tantalizing (priests, Nazis, Anthony Edwards, an unholy birth, a secret map--I'm in! I'm in!), is more than a little disappointing (flat-footed dialogue, absurd plot machinations, cardboard main characters, ludicrous historical leaps--I'm out! I'm out!). Read full review
30
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteFeb 11, 2013
Season 1 Review: Zero Hour is a terrible show. But for viewers who long to mock or hate-watch and for "Da Vinci Code" fans who like to be dragged along on a crazy ride to Crazytown, Zero Hour is a hoot. Read full review
25
People WeeklyTom GliattoFeb 8, 2013
Season 1 Review: It hyperventilates when it means to be breathless. [18 Feb 2013, p.44]
20
New York Magazine (Vulture)Matt Zoller SeitzFeb 14, 2013
Season 1 Review: Without Anthony Edwards's unpretentious intelligence anchoring Zero Hour, I doubt I could have gotten through ten minutes of the pilot without gnashing my teeth in annoyance. Read full review
16
Uncle BarkyEd BarkFeb 12, 2013
Season 1 Review: Preposterous, ridiculously earnest, poorly scripted and laughably acted, this is the series that Anthony Edwards chose to re-enter prime-time after a long tenure as one of ER's main men. He should've stayed in bed. Read full review
10
The Daily BeastJace LacobMay 30, 2013
Season 1 Review: Zero Hour, like many of its fallen drama brethren, does the opposite, building layer after layer of false mystery around cardboard characters. Read full review
10
TimeJames PoniewozikFeb 14, 2013
Season 1 Review: We’ve seen this over and over again: a series built around an elaborate concept, dressed up with a spooky mythology, then filled in with characters so poorly conceived, they may as well be called Kidnapped Wife Lady. Read full review
10
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertFeb 13, 2013
Season 1 Review: The acting is half-hearted, the characters are paper thin, and the dialogue and plot development are embarrassing. It’s as sophisticated as “Jonny Quest.” Read full review
0
SalonWilla PaskinFeb 14, 2013
Season 1 Review: Hapless, feckless, goofy, dumb: take your pick of adjectives, that is Zero Hour. Read full review
0
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushFeb 14, 2013
Season 1 Review: Even in a year that has given us clunkers like The Mob Doctor, Emily Owens, M.D. and Animal Practice, it's tempting to declare Zero Hour the worst or at least silliest show of this or any other recent season. Read full review
0
Washington PostHank StueverFeb 13, 2013
Season 1 Review: Zero Hour was rancid when it got here. The dialogue is stilted and almost entirely expository. The plot is like receiving a coloring book that’s already been colored. Read full review
0
Slant MagazineAaron RiccioFeb 4, 2013
Season 1 Review: The first 12 minutes are enough to bury it, though given the shoddy acting, overwrought dialogue, and poor production values, it's easy to imagine that 12 full episodes would in fact bring about the end of time itself. Read full review
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