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  • 2004
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  • 2004
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Summary From the creators and executive producers of The Job comes Rescue Me, a dramedy that centers on the inner workings of Engine 62, a New York City firehouse, and the personal and emotional battles of its members in a post-9/11 world. The show focuses on Tommy Gavin, the senior firefighter whose life is in turmoil as he copes with the st...

Created By: Denis Leary, Peter Tolan

  • 2004
  • TV-MA
  • FX
  • 2004
  • TV-MA
  • FX

Rescue Me

8 Seasons
Season 1 Premiere: 2004
Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 100 Critic Reviews
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85
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 153 User Ratings
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Summary From the creators and executive producers of The Job comes Rescue Me, a dramedy that centers on the inner workings of Engine 62, a New York City firehouse, and the personal and emotional battles of its members in a post-9/11 world. The show focuses on Tommy Gavin, the senior firefighter whose life is in turmoil as he copes with the st...

Created By: Denis Leary, Peter Tolan

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 100 Critic Reviews
85
89% Positive
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10% Mixed
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1% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 100 Critic Reviews
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89% Positive
89 Reviews
10% Mixed
10 Reviews
1% Negative
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100
Jan 28, 2014
At heart, it's a funny, raucous, bittersweet and vividly entertaining chronicle of the spontaneous emotional combustion that goes on in the lives of one soulful, eclectic assortment of firehouse characters. OK, 62 Truck, time to go back to work...Crank up the sirens. Rescue Me has arrived to rescue prime time from the hazy, lazy days of summer. [11 June 2007, p.1]
By Mike Duffy FULL REVIEW
100
Jan 22, 2014
Put together, all these elements make Rescue Me one of the television's top dramas, on a par with the likes of "Deadwood" and "The Shield." It is that rare TV series that offers insight, generates heartfelt emotion and challenges the viewer to consider the darker corners of the soul. [21 June 2005, p.2D]
By Charlie McCollum FULL REVIEW
100
One of TV's bleakest shows is also one of TV's best comedies. What a marvel.
By Verne Gay FULL REVIEW
88
Jul 13, 2011
As FX's hit series Rescue Me begins its seventh and final season tonight, the melding of comedy and drama is as deft as ever.
By Mike Thomas FULL REVIEW
80
What Rescue Me has shined and polished to a high gloss, though, is those scenes of aggressive camaraderie between men. They're smart, funny and utterly realistic in terms of the ways that men relate to each other.
By Heather Havrilesky FULL REVIEW
70
By reattaching his misery to 9/11, and by reminding us that everyone around him still shares in the miseries of that day, Rescue Me has lit a new fire under both the man and his show.
By Alan Sepinwall FULL REVIEW
25
Jul 15, 2011
Apart from a few dry, ashy chuckles conjured up by memories of what Rescue Me once was, this final season is about as useful as a lighter in a vacuum: Forget fresh air, there's no air left on which to cast a spark.
By Aaron Riccio FULL REVIEW

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8.0
85% Positive
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8% Mixed
13 Ratings
7% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 153 User Ratings
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8% Mixed
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7% Negative
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Production Company:
  • Apostle
  • The Cloudland Company
  • DreamWorks Television
  • Sony Pictures Television
Initial Release Date: 2004
Number of seasons: 8 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
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Awards

Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 1 Win & 8 Nominations
Satellite Awards
• 1 Win & 7 Nominations

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