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Raising the Bar: Season 1
  • Network: TNT
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 1, 2008
  • Season #: 1 , 2
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Metascore
48 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 23 Critics What's this?

User Score
5.5 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 28 Ratings

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10 out of 10
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  • Summary: Bochco returns with a new legal drama set in the criminal justice system.
  • Genre(s): Drama

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 23
  3. Negative: 5 out of 23
  1. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    75
    Good show with fine cast, but it all still feels a little too familiar and old-fashioned.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    60
    Bochco delivers instead a solid lawyer show that fits comfortably into the mold formed by dozens of lawyer shows before it.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Linda Stasi
    38
    The second episode is 30 percent better than the first. Maybe by episode six, it will actually be watchable.

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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 19
  3. Negative: 9 out of 19
  1. seanb
    10
    One of the best shows that I have watched ever.
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  2. Raprilc
    4
    TNT seemingly ran nonstop ads for this show, so I was excited to check it out. Boy was I disappointed after watching the first episode. With the exception of Gloria Reuben, I didn't find the cast intriguing at all. I actually thought most of the acting was really bad. Also, I have no idea what motivates any of these characters to do what they do, and w/o that context, everyone's actions feel contrived, hyper-dramatic and purely for the sake of television. Nothing felt real or authentic. Mark-Paul G., the main character, tries to be the hero at every turn, but he just comes off as naive and bullish. Jane K. as the judge is an ass for reasons that make no sense. (She feels so "disrespected" that she takes it out on a defendant? What?) "Raising the Bar" wants to be Ally McBeal, The Practice, and Law & Order all rolled into one. Nudge to TNT: it's not working.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. ErinJ.
    2
    Real crap. Fantasy fulfillment for some seriously inadequate former public defender. But apparently renewed for another season by TNT. Incredible.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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