| 80 |
Wall Street Journal Nancy DeWolf Smith
As the denizens of K-Ville move among the ruins of the city, the real and the fake merge until you forget that this is mere entertainment. It's a new experience, and an invigorating one. |
| 75 |
Christian Science Monitor Gloria Goodale
This new cop series is filmed in New Orleans, giving it at times too much topicality for its own good. |
| 63 |
Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman
K-Ville's" heavy tone and sober acting capture enough of that essence to make it interesting. |
| 60 |
LA Weekly Robert Abele
There are intriguing elements here that promise to explore the aches, pains and joys of those committed to rebuilding something wrenched from them. |
| 60 |
The New York Times Virginia Heffernan
This first episode doesn’t offer enough payoff for those first scenes: far too much Hauser and running, and too little Boulet and talking. But the opening scenes give proof of intelligence, and the series might yet display that intelligence more effectively, and give Mr. Anderson room to play. |
| 60 |
Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan
K-Ville is a solidly crafted drama with admirable focus and energy. |
| 58 |
Entertainment Weekly Clark Collis
K-Ville plays like a tired retooling of the pre-"Homicide" cop-show formula. |
| 50 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland
So what we have here is "Miami Vice" minus the palm trees and sports cars, and plus a sliver of an earnest message. |
| 50 |
New York Magazine John Leonard
K-Ville’s co–executive producers are both cop-show veterans--Jonathan Lisco of NYPD Blue and The District, Craig Silverstein of Bones and Standoff--who know how to yank our chains with close-ups, jump cuts, booster shots of adrenaline, and low-rent noir. |
| 50 |
San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman
Right now, outside of Anderson struggling to make something from the limited ingredients he's been given, New Orleans itself is the only interesting element. |
| 50 |
New York Daily News David Hinckley
Fox and K-Ville creator Jonathan Lisco get credit for setting their new police drama in post-Katrina New Orleans--but future episodes will have to settle down and get serious if the show is to do justice to its setting and potential. |
| 50 |
New York Post Linda Stasi
After a few minutes, it becomes clear that this is yet another formulaic cop drama off the "Lethal Weapon" template. |
| 40 |
Philadelphia Daily News Ellen Gray
K-Ville's Lisco seems to want to have it both ways, presenting very complex cases and then wrapping them up neatly within the hour. |
| 40 |
Variety Brian Lowry
The intent seems to be baiting a drama with a tantalizing marketing hook, but the resulting gumbo--despite a few promising ingredients--is all gristle, no beef. |
| 40 |
Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron
The more K-ville captures this aura of gloom, the more depressing it is to watch. |
| 30 |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen
The show squanders any high-mindedness with ridiculous shoot-'em-up scenes reminiscent of any cop show circa 1979. |
| 30 |
Los Angeles Times Mary McNamara
Lost in all the plot and character contrivance is any sense of the city--a few gumbo and bourbon references are most certainly not enough. |
| 30 |
Newark Star-Ledger Alan Sepinwall
All the gunplay, pedal-to-the-metal action and cartoon villains cheapen any serious talk of what's going on in the city. |
| 30 |
Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm
Filmed in New Orleans, the show does have an authentic look, but as a cop drama, it's so hackneyed and ham-handed, it's not even funny. |
| 25 |
USA Today Robert Bianco
A badly acted, clumsily constructed "Starsky & Hutch"/"Miami Vice" revival that imposes fictional clichés on top of harsh realities. |
