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Close To Home
EMAILPRINTSERIES: CBS, Tuesday 10:00p (60 minutes)
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 20 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 30 votes
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Show Info
Genre(s): Crime, Drama
Created By: Jim Leonard
First Air Date: October 4, 2005
Summary
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.
Episode Guide & More Info: More about this show at TV.com
Also On The Web: Official Show Site
What The Critics Said
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 PostAdam Buckman
Women -- especially young mothers juggling responsibilities at home and the office — will find much with which to identify in the story of Annabeth.
Read Full Review >USA TodayRobert Bianco
It's well cast, well executed and solidly competent across the board. But exciting, it's not.
Read Full Review >New York Daily NewsDavid 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.
Read Full Review >People WeeklyTom Gliatto
Finnigan's performance dovetails perfectly with Close's neat if heavy- handed dramatic concept. [17 Oct 2005, p.39]
PopMattersCynthia Fuchs
[The show has] married the procedural to melodrama, with occasionally intriguing results.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie 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.
Read Full Review >VarietyBrian Lowry
"Close to Home" lives up and down to its title -- staying very close to what's worked for CBS before.
Read Full Review >Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
It's a contrived product, but the storytelling reveals the cases and their solutions nicely, if straightforwardly.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia InquirerJonathan 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.
Read Full Review >The New York TimesAlessandra 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.
Read Full Review >Chicago TribuneMaureen 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.
Read Full Review >Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
What would otherwise be a tedious collection of working-mom and lawyer-show clichés is saved by an excellent cast.
Read Full Review >Entertainment WeeklyAlynda Wheat
Home isn't a bad show--it's just bad-intentioned. [7 Oct 2005, p.64]
Hollywood ReporterBarry 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.
Read Full Review >San Jose Mercury NewsCharlie McCollum
A pedestrian, predictable crime procedural.
Read Full Review >NewsdayDiane 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.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloyd
A production that tends to make everything look artificial, that freezes the air between the characters and keeps them distant.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman
It can't be this much like glorified Lifetime every week, can it?
Read Full Review >Detroit Free PressMike Duffy
Crusading criminal prosecutor Annabeth Chase... [is] the most irritating lead character on any new drama series this fall.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this 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....
