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Ed

Summary Ed Stevens is a contracts lawyer at a high-profile New York City firm. Around the same time he splits with his wife (who slept with a mailman), he makes a single error in punctuation when going over a contract. Because of the resulting financial loss to the firm, he's fired. Despondent, he heads back to his (small) hometown of Stuckeyvil...

  • 2000
  • NBC
  • 2000
  • NBC

Ed

Season 1 Premiere: Oct 8, 2000
Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 32 Critic Reviews
must-watch
87
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 21 User Ratings
6.7
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Summary Ed Stevens is a contracts lawyer at a high-profile New York City firm. Around the same time he splits with his wife (who slept with a mailman), he makes a single error in punctuation when going over a contract. Because of the resulting financial loss to the firm, he's fired. Despondent, he heads back to his (small) hometown of Stuckeyvil...

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 32 Critic Reviews
87
94% Positive
30 Reviews
3% Mixed
1 Review
3% Negative
1 Review

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 32 Critic Reviews
87
94% Positive
30 Reviews
3% Mixed
1 Review
3% Negative
1 Review

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100
Jun 13, 2013
Like the best TV shows, Ed has a profound point beneath its silliness. It seems it's always possible to return to Stuckeyville, the hometown we carry around inside, and see new possibilities. If we let go and embrace a magical dramedy that dares to dream, we may feel somehow ennobled. [5 Oct 2000, p.E-03]
By Joanne Ostrow FULL REVIEW
100
Jun 12, 2013
Even if the new season's shows weren't the blah, bland blanks that most of them are, Ed would stand out. For one thing, it isn't often that the season's best new comedy is also its best new drama. Ed is. [8 Oct 2000, p.G01]
By Tom Shales FULL REVIEW
100
Jun 12, 2013
It's where quirky meets quixotic, and the mix is enchanting - equal parts wit and whimsy. [8 Oct 2000, p.11]
By Mark Dawidziak FULL REVIEW
90
Jun 12, 2013
Ed is a throwback, a hopeful, pixilated Capra character who wants to believe that things will work out as they should and is genuinely baffled and disappointed when they don't. Yet "Ed" the show doesn't seem creaky because Ed the character has also been endowed with ironic self-awareness, as might be expected on a series created by the men behind "The Late Show With David Letterman." He does wonders for both lawyers and bowling.
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83
Jun 12, 2013
It's the old Northern Exposure trick again. Quirks and eccentrics abound, but they could grow on you. It's nicely done, with an air of sweet innocence by David Letterman's production company, with former Late Show producers Rob Burnett and Jon Beckerman at the helm. [7 Oct 2000]
By Ann Hodges FULL REVIEW
75
Jun 13, 2013
You might call Ed a sentimental comedy, soft rather than biting, with the mushy sensibility of a going-home show like Providence turned into an amusing Jell-O salad. Or looked at from another angle - the simple innocence of an Adam Sandler movie, but with brains instead of body functions. [6 Oct 2000, p.R2]
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Jun 12, 2013
Sheesh! This show's about as real as Pamela Anderson's second set of breasts. [8 Oct 2000, p.107]
By Linda Stasi FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 21 User Ratings
6.7
67% Positive
14 Ratings
5% Mixed
1 Rating
29% Negative
6 Ratings

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5% Mixed
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29% Negative
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Production Company:
  • Worldwide Pants
  • NBC Studios
  • Viacom Productions
Initial Release Date: Oct 8, 2000
Number of seasons: 4 Seasons
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Awards

Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Online Film & Television Association
• 2 Wins & 13 Nominations
TV Guide Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations

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