• Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 31, 2008
  • Season #: 1 , 2
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critics What's this?

User Score

Universal acclaim- based on 8 Ratings

  • Summary: Eli's visions continue, as do musical guest appearances, this time from Seal and Katie Holmes.
  • Genre(s): Drama, Suspense
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    91
    As leaps of faith go, yes. And faith--in visions both magical and musical--has everything to do with Eli Stone's divine appeal.
  2. A quality series that's the TV equivalent of comfort food, the emergence of Eli Stone from the Hollywood firmament may qualify as a minor miracle among more cynical viewers.
  3. 75
    Like most ABC shows, Eli Stone could stand to prune its cast and deepen its writing. But that's focusing on the glass half empty. So let's just be glad that this good-hearted show made it through the previous TV season and "Big Shots" didn't.
  4. A show with such a weird mix of tones and subject matters needs a strong cast to even have a hope of working, and for the most part, the ensemble remains sturdy.

See all 9 Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 2
  2. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. [Anonymous]
    10
    An actually feel-good show that isn't terribly trite and cheesy. This show manages just to make me smile and still want to watch, and that's something special in our tv landscape. It just makes you feel good. Expand
  2. ChrisC
    5
    Maybe I could enjoy this show if the dialogue weren't so hacky.