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Army Wives: Season 1
  • Network: Lifetime
  • Series Premiere Date: Jun 3, 2007
  • Season #: 0 , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
Metascore
65 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 15
  3. Negative: 1 out of 15
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  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Linda Stasi
    88
    The writing's crisp and the acting is first-rate.
  2. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Robert Abele
    80
    A tightly woven, watchable melodrama that connects an eclectic but friendly bunch of women through maybe the only thing they could possibly have in common: being married to the military.
  3. People Weekly
    Reviewed by: Tom Gliatto
    75
    A satisfyingly meaty drama. [11 Jun 2007, p.41]
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  4. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Adam Markovitz
    75
    An earnest soap about women who are scrappy, sensitive, and stoic. [1 Jun 2007, p.64]
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  5. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    70
    With a little tweaking, the series just as easily could be set in some large corporation, or on a college campus, and engage most of the same interpersonal issues - what women do for men and for one another.
  6. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    70
    "Army Wives" is a series that sucks you in on the strength of its characters.
  7. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Barry Garron
    70
    The show succeeds on a number of levels and builds on a well-crafted premise pilot.
  8. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Diane Werts
    70
    The intimate moments have a gutsy realness, and the central characterizations are bedrock enough to sell us through the stereotypes.
  9. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Doug Elfman
    63
    "Army Wives" is better than it has any right to be.
  10. Orlando Sentinel
    Reviewed by: Hal Boedeker
    60
    Television needs a stronger series on the subject, and military families deserve something better.
  11. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    60
    "Army Wives" is by no means a perfect show, but there's a lot of potential material in the lives of these women.
  12. San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa Times
    Reviewed by: Charlie McCollum
    60
    While lacking the satirical humor of "Housewives" and the edge of "Unit," the show is serviceable in its storytelling, quite well-done in its production and better than well-done in its acting.
  13. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    50
    If you like Lifetime, you'll probably love this one.
  14. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    50
    The obvious, soapy stories plod along at a too-languid pace, leaving talented actors in their wake.
  15. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    30
    A stereotypical sudser that wants to be "From Here to Eternity" but feels like "All My Children: Military Edition."
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User Score
7.6 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 110 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 61 out of 82
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 82
  3. Negative: 19 out of 82
  1. CJG.
    0
    Never saw the kind of drivel you write about the Army or it's environs. Make a mockery of the Military and you can expect negative criticisms.
  2. KristenM.
    10
    Army Wives is the best drama on TV today and also very underrated. Catherine Bell as Denise Sherwood continues to shine with her performances weekly. You will cry after the first ep of season 4 if you have not seen her yet. Everyone on the show is phenomenal and they (the Tribe) do make you want to cheer for them and their families.… Full Review »
  3. LindaR.
    10
    Top new show opening episode out of 11 shows. that says it all. Army Wives is number one.
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