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  • 2008
  • TNT
  • 2008
  • TNT
Raising the Bar

Summary From the creators of NYPD Blue, Hill Street Blues, and L.A.Law; Raising the Bar is about a group of young lawyer friends and former law school classmates who find themselves on opposing sides in this fresh legal drama on TNT. Raising the Bar is produced by ABC Studios in association with Bochco Media.

Created By: Steven Bochco

  • 2008
  • TNT
  • 2008
  • TNT

Raising the Bar

Season 1 Premiere: Sep 1, 2008
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 46 Critic Reviews
48
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Summary From the creators of NYPD Blue, Hill Street Blues, and L.A.Law; Raising the Bar is about a group of young lawyer friends and former law school classmates who find themselves on opposing sides in this fresh legal drama on TNT. Raising the Bar is produced by ABC Studios in association with Bochco Media.

Created By: Steven Bochco

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 46 Critic Reviews
48
13% Positive
6 Reviews
65% Mixed
30 Reviews
22% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 46 Critic Reviews
48
13% Positive
6 Reviews
65% Mixed
30 Reviews
22% Negative
10 Reviews

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75
Good show with fine cast, but it all still feels a little too familiar and old-fashioned.
By Verne Gay FULL REVIEW
60
What it isn't is very dramatic. If watching attorneys haggle like rug traders was all that interesting, Feige probably would still be doing it. Nonetheless, there are worse ways to spend an hour than watching Raising the Bar, especially since the cast members are all quite pretty.
By Glenn Garvin FULL REVIEW
50
Too often, though, plots are contrived and coincidental (how many times can Kellerman defend clients against the same prosecutor, who just happens to be his girlfriend?) and lack the wonderful surprises that are trademarks of a Bochco production.
By Barry Garron FULL REVIEW
50
Bar still feels like an attempt at a '90s-era edgy prime-time drama whose time has past.
By Rob Owen FULL REVIEW
40
There's no escaping a nagging sense that the series springs from a well-worn playbook.
By Brian Lowry FULL REVIEW
38
The second episode is 30 percent better than the first. Maybe by episode six, it will actually be watchable.
By Linda Stasi FULL REVIEW
30
These are some of the most lackluster, unimaginative trials brought to TV in years, as every defendant's guilt or innocence is written all over his or her face from the get-go.
By Matthew Gilbert FULL REVIEW

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Production Company:
  • Steven Bochco Productions
Initial Release Date: Sep 1, 2008
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
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Awards

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• 1 Nomination

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