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K-Ville
EMAILPRINTSERIES: Fox, Monday 9:00p (60 minutes)
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 20 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 33 votes
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Show Info
Genre(s): Drama
Created By: Jonathan Lisco
First Air Date: September 17, 2007
Summary
Starring Anthony Anderson, Cole Hauser, Blake Shields, Tawny Cypress, and John Carroll Lynch
Post-Katrina, the Big Easy and its people find it's not so easy to return.
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...
Wall Street JournalNancy DeWolf Smith
As the denizens of K-Ville move among the ruins of the city, the real and the fake merge until you forget that this is mere entertainment. It's a new experience, and an invigorating one.
Read Full Review >Christian Science MonitorGloria Goodale
This new cop series is filmed in New Orleans, giving it at times too much topicality for its own good.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman
K-Ville's" heavy tone and sober acting capture enough of that essence to make it interesting.
Read Full Review >LA WeeklyRobert Abele
There are intriguing elements here that promise to explore the aches, pains and joys of those committed to rebuilding something wrenched from them.
Read Full Review >The New York TimesVirginia Heffernan
This first episode doesn’t offer enough payoff for those first scenes: far too much Hauser and running, and too little Boulet and talking. But the opening scenes give proof of intelligence, and the series might yet display that intelligence more effectively, and give Mr. Anderson room to play.
Read Full Review >Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
K-Ville is a solidly crafted drama with admirable focus and energy.
Read Full Review >Entertainment WeeklyClark Collis
K-Ville plays like a tired retooling of the pre-"Homicide" cop-show formula.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland
So what we have here is "Miami Vice" minus the palm trees and sports cars, and plus a sliver of an earnest message.
Read Full Review >New York MagazineJohn Leonard
K-Ville’s co–executive producers are both cop-show veterans--Jonathan Lisco of NYPD Blue and The District, Craig Silverstein of Bones and Standoff--who know how to yank our chains with close-ups, jump cuts, booster shots of adrenaline, and low-rent noir.
Read Full Review >San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Right now, outside of Anderson struggling to make something from the limited ingredients he's been given, New Orleans itself is the only interesting element.
Read Full Review >New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Fox and K-Ville creator Jonathan Lisco get credit for setting their new police drama in post-Katrina New Orleans--but future episodes will have to settle down and get serious if the show is to do justice to its setting and potential.
Read Full Review >New York PostLinda Stasi
After a few minutes, it becomes clear that this is yet another formulaic cop drama off the "Lethal Weapon" template.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
K-Ville's Lisco seems to want to have it both ways, presenting very complex cases and then wrapping them up neatly within the hour.
Read Full Review >VarietyBrian Lowry
The intent seems to be baiting a drama with a tantalizing marketing hook, but the resulting gumbo--despite a few promising ingredients--is all gristle, no beef.
Read Full Review >Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron
The more K-ville captures this aura of gloom, the more depressing it is to watch.
Read Full Review >Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
The show squanders any high-mindedness with ridiculous shoot-'em-up scenes reminiscent of any cop show circa 1979.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles TimesMary McNamara
Lost in all the plot and character contrivance is any sense of the city--a few gumbo and bourbon references are most certainly not enough.
Read Full Review >Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall
All the gunplay, pedal-to-the-metal action and cartoon villains cheapen any serious talk of what's going on in the city.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Filmed in New Orleans, the show does have an authentic look, but as a cop drama, it's so hackneyed and ham-handed, it's not even funny.
Read Full Review >USA TodayRobert Bianco
A badly acted, clumsily constructed "Starsky & Hutch"/"Miami Vice" revival that imposes fictional clichés on top of harsh realities.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this show is 6.6 (out of 10) based on 33 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Shaun R. gave it a10:
I really like the show a lot its not often you get to see good shows like that. You really put together a master piece with this show. Definitely recommend it to every one i know!!
Lucindo T. gave it a9:
Yo this shop is pimp and Anthony Anderson makes it pimp.
Jane K. gave it a6:
Why is it so hard for the media to properly capture New Orleans on film? As a resident, I think I am not alone in saying me and my neighbors are not watching this. We may have all tuned in with high expectations for the Pilot, but that was enough. Horrible cliches, bad writing, emotional angles that are meant to be deep but come off pathetic... The South is a gold mine of odd balls and unique characters and unexpected situations, but this show falls flat on its face when trying to depict it. What a shame, because New Orleans (pre and post Katrina) is still an ideal city for a great show... like Sex and the City did for New York, or The Sopranos did for New Jersey - this city could easily be a major reoccurring character. But Nooooo.... they screwed us in the media once again.
Janet S. gave it an8:
Kville is by far my favorite new show of the year. The characters have appealing individual personalities, the writing is excellent, the plots are fresh and interesting, and I like the fact that it may keep at least some of our attention focused on New Orleans where it is still so very much needed. I hope the show comes back strong after the writer's strike ends. I look forward to this one every week.
McLean B. gave it an8:
Love the show -- my only issue is that it comes on in the middle of DWTS.
Cardize G gave it a10:
I love this show. It helps to keep America's mind on New Orleans and it also lets people across America know that we are rebuilding our city!!!! We are open for business.
S P. gave it a9:
The show has shown great character development over the past few weeks. I have come to respect the partnership of Boulet & Cobb and appreciate their differences. Chief Embry has stern compassion, showing more of a human side of any tv police chief to date. The storylines are becoming stronger and has less of the "shoot 'em up" mentality and are showing FOX does, in deed, know what they are doing. Showing the devastation of NOLA while showing some of it's heart and cultural soul at the same time as it shows NOLA is all her glory...both the GOOD and the BAD is a challenge the writers/directors/etc have taken on and won well. I think it EVERYONE (viewers and critics alike) will remember that this is a crime drama set in post-Katrina New Orleans, and NOT a documentary ABOUT post-Katrina New Orleans...we all would sit back and enjoy this refreshing new crime drama series!
