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Close To Home
SERIES: CBS, Tuesday 10:00p (60 minutes)


7.2

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Starring Jennifer Finnigan, Kimberly Elise, John Carroll Lynch, and Christian Kane

This Jerry Bruckheimer-produced procedural follows a prosecutor who is also a new mother.

GENRE(S):	Crime, Drama
CREATED BY:	Jim Leonard
FIRST AIR DATE:	October 4, 2005

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

New York Post Adam Buckman

Women -- especially young mothers juggling responsibilities at home and the office — will find much with which to identify in the story of Annabeth.

USA Today Robert Bianco

It's well cast, well executed and solidly competent across the board. But exciting, it's not.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen

Better than average.

New York Daily News David Hinckley

The show isn't a terrific one, but its working-mom protagonist, and its element of "Blue Velvet"-style suburban creepiness, might well find a very receptive and loyal audience for this CBS drama.

People Weekly Tom Gliatto

Finnigan's performance dovetails perfectly with Close's neat if heavy- handed dramatic concept. [17 Oct 2005, p.39]

PopMatters Cynthia Fuchs

[The show has] married the procedural to melodrama, with occasionally intriguing results.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland

Those still smarting over [Judging Amy's] cancellation may take a while to warm up to the way "Close to Home" wraps justice in a small fuzzy blanket.

Variety Brian Lowry

"Close to Home" lives up and down to its title -- staying very close to what's worked for CBS before.

Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert

It's a contrived product, but the storytelling reveals the cases and their solutions nicely, if straightforwardly.

Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm

Close to Home is supposed to be playing on the dark-underbelly-of-the-burbs fascination supposedly stirred by Desperate Housewives. But it's basically just another lawyer/crime show with a mommy twist.

The New York Times Alessandra Stanley

It is instructive to observe how working woman's guilt plays out in a postfeminist era when having it all is considered a privilege, not a right.

Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan

The trouble with this drama is that it doesn't veer much from the often dark tone of the other procedurals from the Bruckheimer TV factory.

Miami Herald Glenn Garvin

What would otherwise be a tedious collection of working-mom and lawyer-show clichés is saved by an excellent cast.

Entertainment Weekly Alynda Wheat

Home isn't a bad show--it's just bad-intentioned. [7 Oct 2005, p.64]

Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron

Finnigan, who was so right in NBC's loopy comedy "Committed," lacks the heft for the role of the no-nonsense prosecutor. Not that, as written, the role would be easy for anyone. It requires Annabeth to be a vigorous and energetic protagonist and, simultaneously, a weepy young mother with postpartum blues.

San Jose Mercury News Charlie McCollum

A pedestrian, predictable crime procedural.

Newsday Diane Werts

This canned stew is further flavored with too-snappy comebacks, too-slick repartee and too-clever contrivances. Making it bearable are cast members who do somehow manage to seem like people next door.

Los Angeles Times Robert Lloyd

A production that tends to make everything look artificial, that freezes the air between the characters and keeps them distant.

Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman

It can't be this much like glorified Lifetime every week, can it?

Detroit Free Press Mike Duffy

Crusading criminal prosecutor Annabeth Chase... [is] the most irritating lead character on any new drama series this fall.

The average user rating for this tv show is 7.2 (out of 10) based on 30 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

A F gave it a0:
I usually like this type of show. But this show seems predicitable, judgemental and ridiculously right-wing. I think the main actress could be very good. It's a shame her talents are wasted on this conservative predictable tightly wound drivel.

Lily H gave it a10:
I absolutely LOVE this show!! I think the cast is great, and Jennifer Finnigan is my favourite actress!

Sandra A gave it a10:
Excellant Program and Cast. I love the program and watch it every week if I can.

CARA W gave it a4:
I can't believe you killed off Annabeth's husband. What...just to add more love interests for her. Wha't wrong with have a strong mother, husband, baby juggling "real" life. I loved the show for that very reason and now you have killed by reason for watching the show. Strike one! Then you replace John Carroll Lynch. I loved him in this show. Strike Two. You think not having a strong committed relationship on a TV is bad for ratings. Bull*&#@. I will no longer watch this TV show.

chris p gave it a10:
This show is yet another crime drama, but I really like this one. I've seen about five episodes and they have all been great. The storylines are exciting and the acting is superb. The fact that these crimes occur in the suburbs give the average viewer a chance to feel like this could happen to them. Plus, Annabeth is hot. Not supermodel hot, but hot like the type of girl you want to bring home to meet the parents. I'm going to watch this show every Friday. Well, I'm not that big of a loser I have DVR. Move this show to a weeknight. It's a winner!

Jim P gave it a1:
More of the same with this show. In same genre as CSI, CSI Miami, Numbers, Cold Case, CSI NY, - how about something original?

Joan K gave it a9:
Great show. However tonight's show (May 12) writers forgot they were supposedly in Indiana. Indiana jury would never have found Cantrell not guilty. Remember Mike Tyson went to jail....

Close To Home SERIES: CBS, Tuesday 10:00p (60 minutes)

Close To Home
SERIES: CBS, Tuesday 10:00p (60 minutes)