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E-Ring
EMAILPRINTSERIES: NBC, Wednesday 8:00p (60 minutes)
Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 23 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 102 votes
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Show Info
Genre(s): Action / Adventure, Drama
Created By:
David McKenna
Ken Robinson
First Air Date: September 21, 2005
Summary
Starring Benjamin Bratt, Aunjanue Ellis, Kelly Rutherford, and Dennis Hopper
Television's latest Jerry Bruckheimer-produced drama is set in the Pentagon.
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...
Chicago TribuneSid Smith
Besides its surefire pacing and startling moments, "Invasion" features a promising cast.
Read Full Review >Baltimore SunDavid Zurawik
[It has] a tick-tick-tick pace almost as intense as that of 24.
Read Full Review >NewsdayVerne Gay
An effective and well-wrought drama, with enough cinematic flair and energy to paper over some of its more obvious faults.
Read Full Review >New York PostLinda Stasi
"E-Ring" is sometimes kind of silly, sometimes tightly drawn, and sometimes it's fun.
Read Full Review >SalonHeather Havrilesky
We don't really learn anything new about the military or its operations, of course, but with the slick scenes and snappy one-liners coming in rapid succession, who really cares?
Read Full Review >Hollywood ReporterRay Richmond
It pulsates with the requisite flash and dash we've come to expect of a Bruckheimer outing, in this case rather like "JAG" on steroids. But at the end of the day it rings emotionally hollow.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman
The half-tense dramatic payoff is a pleasant surprise, but the bluster -- oh, the bluster and machismo are palpable.
Read Full Review >People WeeklyTom Gliatto
Anyone who saw Team America, the movie send-up of all things Bruckheimerian, will find E-Ring hard to take too seriously. [24 Oct 2005, p.41]
PopMattersCynthia Fuchs
Hopper [is] so misfitted for this role that he seems perversely perfect.
Read Full Review >VarietyBrian Lowry
Remember those scenes on "The West Wing" when the Joint Chiefs assemble in the "situation room" to tackle some faraway threat? Reprise the tension with none of the intelligence, inject flag-waving machismo and high-tech imagery, and what's left is this Jerry Bruckheimer drama.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald
The unarguable truth of E-Ring's central premise -- that America's national-security bureaucracy probably spends as much time in intramural squabbles as it does fighting terrorism or rogue states -- does not make it any better drama.
Read Full Review >Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Unfortunately, despite an interesting pair of lead actors, ''E-Ring" is stubbornly conventional and bland.
Read Full Review >New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
The network may feel that Bratt could stand there, read the phone book and attract millions of adoring female fans. Starring in "E-Ring" may be the closest thing to finding out whether that's true.
Read Full Review >San Jose Mercury NewsCharlie McCollum
Both tonight's opening episode and next week's installment are predictable, loaded with cliched dialogue and lacking in the tension you want in this kind of show.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland
More proof that even Jerry Bruckheimer can spit out barely watchable productions.
Read Full Review >Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Overcooked and preposterous to the point of being laughable.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles TimesPaul Brownfield
As the mission's race against time ticks down, "E-Ring" thinks it's got you by the throat, and that's true, because you feel like you're being led around on a leash.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Interesting and exciting only when no one's saying anything, which isn't very often.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this show is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 102 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Rob N. gave it a10:
Awesome show, bring it back soon!
Richard K. gave it a10:
Its one off the best series I ever Sean.
Maggie L. gave it a10:
So disappointing that such a great show was taken off the air. Perhaps it told the truth too well.
Ashley S. gave it a10:
Please bring it back!
sasha gave it a10:
I love this show and what it to come back. I thought it just got better and better.
Kafo J gave it a10:
Love this show, it completely rocks. Please bring it back!
Kafo B gave it a10:
Great show.
