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  • 1990
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  • 1990
  • TV-14
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Brewster Place

Summary Brewster's Place is a modern day intake of the generation of people living Brewster's Place. This series was inspired the original concept " The Women of Brewster's Place" a feature film with stars such as Jackee Harry, Lynn Whitfield, and Oprah Winfrey. The film was such a perceived success that the creators of the series decided that...

  • 1990
  • TV-14
  • ABC
  • 1990
  • TV-14
  • ABC

Brewster Place

Season 1 Premiere: May 1, 1990
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
51
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Summary Brewster's Place is a modern day intake of the generation of people living Brewster's Place. This series was inspired the original concept " The Women of Brewster's Place" a feature film with stars such as Jackee Harry, Lynn Whitfield, and Oprah Winfrey. The film was such a perceived success that the creators of the series decided that...

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
51
33% Positive
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22% Mixed
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44% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
51
33% Positive
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22% Mixed
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44% Negative
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90
Jul 23, 2014
Wonderful. ... It is a realistic drama, the sort of thing you might see occasionally on experimental "American Playhouses" on public TV. But nobody does realistic drama on commercial TV today. [1 May 1990]
By Marvin Kitman FULL REVIEW
70
Jul 23, 2014
"Brewster" improves on the original and has the look of a warmhearted winner. ... It's corny, it's old-fashioned, it's predictable, and it works. [1 May 1990]
By Tom Shales FULL REVIEW
60
Jul 23, 2014
Although off to a sluggish start, Brewster Place represents an Olympics-sized leap in prime-time programming.
By John J. O'Connor FULL REVIEW
60
Jul 23, 2014
Brewster Place has chosen to forgo sophistication or subtlety in favor of little homilies that come off just a tad heavy-handed. [30 Apr 1990]
By Eric Mink FULL REVIEW
30
Jul 23, 2014
It could as easily be Sesame Street as Brewster Place, the way everyone has become so doggone lovable and earnest in this transformation from dark- edged 1989 miniseries to sunny weekly half-hour drama. [1 May 1990]
By Matt Roush FULL REVIEW
30
Jul 23, 2014
The show reduces some of its actors, notably Cole, to stereotypical shtick. There are too many characters and too many emotional shifts, but not enough depth. Viewers who visit the neighborhood of Brewster Place won't get close to its people. [1 May 1990]
By Hal Boedeker FULL REVIEW
30
Jul 23, 2014
Winfrey ... displays some of the appealing humanity that also characterizes her work on her syndicated talk show. ... But "Brewster Place" is so saccharine and enervating and [Winfrey's] Mattie so sorrowful and subdued that you feel weary just watching. Not too weary to change channels, however. [1 May 1990]
By Howard Rosenberg FULL REVIEW

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Production Company:
  • Harpo Productions
Initial Release Date: May 1, 1990
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-14
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