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3 Lbs.: Season 1
  • Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Nov 14, 2006
  • Season #: 1
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Metascore
40 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 24 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 15 Ratings

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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 24
  3. Negative: 11 out of 24
  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    75
    After one hour, we not only care about the patients - but care quite a bit about the doctors.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Alessandra Stanley
    60
    The question is not whether "3 Lbs" is familiar and predictable, but whether "3 Lbs" is entertaining. It is, and mostly because it is so familiar and predictable.
  3. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    37
    The most important lesson from tonight's premiere is that there isn't a single plot point this yawn-a-minute show won't feel the need to hammer home.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. LisaL
    10
    This was a wonderful show. It held its own and not a rip-off of others. I love Tucci! This is the first time I've really seen Feuerstein, but I enjoyed his character in this show. Indira, I loved from ROME and she did excellent as a more ethereal type doctor. I really don't like that it is being compared to HOUSE or CSI. I love both of those shows. The characterization and stories are different. Yes, maybe there are a few techniques used that are similar in both (viewing the internal body), but that shouldn't condemn the show. It uses a viable technology to enhance a story line. Are we calling anyone that uses Lucases technology after the original Star Wars a rip off? Or how about the new filming techniques used in the Matrix? Innovation needs to start somewhere and then progress in other outlets. Bring back this wonderful show. Don't dumb down the shows on TV. Keep these intellectual shows alive!… Expand
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  2. MattS
    10
    I was impressed with this show, as I am fascinated by the brain. I didn't mind that the doctor show format is not entirely original as far as writing. The subject matter and the actors made it enlightening for me. The second episode dealing with the differences between left and right brain was especially interesting.… Expand
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  3. km
    0
    what a blatant rip-off of a far better show props to HOUSE for being so good it spawned a copy
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