Brothers & Sisters: Season 1
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 24, 2006
  • Season #: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
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Metascore
51 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 27 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 164 Ratings

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  • Starring: Balthazar Getty, Sally Field, Ron Rifkin
  • Summary: Anticipated more for its cast than its original premise, this soapy drama follows the lives and loves of members of a wealthy California family.
  • Genre(s): Drama

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 27
  3. Negative: 7 out of 27
  1. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Dorothy Rabinowitz
    80
    There are precious few signs of trouble or uncertainty in the polished, instantaneously seductive finished product on display in its first episode.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    60
    On the glossy surface, it’s an earnestly predictable but impeccably produced soap opera. [13 Sep 2006]
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Alessandra Stanley
    60
    Ms. Flockhart... is not convincing as a woman of conviction. And that is too bad, because “Brothers and Sisters” has wit and grace.
  4. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Doug Elfman
    38
    A clutter of clunky dialogue that sucks the life out of [Flockhart] and other usually skilled actors.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 76 out of 97
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 97
  3. Negative: 16 out of 97
  1. RacheliG.
    10
    An amazing drama, from the kind we don't have any more on TV. A great acting from all the cast and well scripted show. I cant wait for the next episode, especially now that Justin and Rebbecca are together.… Expand
  2. SusanL.
    8
    An upper middle-class family warts and all. Good stuff.
  3. JR
    7
    I was drawn in by the cast, especially Rachel Griffiths, of the late and much lamented SFU. The production is slick, the characters are all beautiful, and yet there is potential for depth. The writing needs to smarten up, though. People rarely say the right things at the right moments, and yet this is happening all the time in this show. If it would stop going for an emotional jugular in every scene, and let the chemistry develop among its amazing cast, it could really be something. I will keep watching with hopeful expectation . . .… Collapse
  4. MikeT
    1
    Predictable and aweful. One retarded cathartic moment after another. The jokes are flat and the acting sucks.

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